Oil and gas deals have always been a handshake-and-know-the-right-guy kind of business, but Tokenized Energy is changing that. Chip Simmons and Adrian Macias, co-founders of Tokenized Energy, along with Tim Pawul, President of Minerals and Royalties Authority LLC, join Chuck to break down how blockchain is turning exclusive oil and gas investments into something anyone can access from their phone for as little as 500 bucks.

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0:00 - Intro and what Tokenized Energy actually does
3:01 - Breaking down the barriers to oil and gas investing
6:00 - Inside the platform: data rooms, deal structure, and SPVs
9:05 - Building your own personal oil and gas portfolio
10:11 - Deals on the platform and how they launched
12:23 - Buyer minimums, price setting, and the CarMax model
14:07 - How sellers get assets on the platform
17:14 - Early beta results and what surprised them
21:34 - Chuck's soapbox: making oil and gas sexy again
25:37 - 5-year vision: stablecoins, yield tokens, and secondary markets
31:44 - Why the US is behind on tokenization adoption
38:17 - WTI tokens, commodity-backed digital assets, and optionality
46:19 - Overcoming the "vaporware crypto" misconception
49:09 - Robinhood for oil and gas and where digital investing is heading
52:50 - How to access the platform and get in touch

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