BackHalf Labs

Daniel Kim · Jan 14, 2026

The significance of crypto in asset pricing mechanism.

Crypto matters most when it changes how assets get priced, not when it copies existing wrappers.

Tokenization usually gets sold as access. That is too narrow. The more interesting change is faster feedback between ownership, liquidity, and price discovery.

Public markets already price liquid assets well. Private markets, thin assets, and emerging claims still price slowly. Crypto can compress that delay when market structure is designed well.

The risk is fake liquidity. A token without credible supply, redemption, custody, and disclosure creates a price display, not a market.