NASDAQ Startup Bringing Gold Onchain | Co-founder and CEO of Streamex | DROPS E36

In this episode of DROPS, we sit down with Henry Mcphie, co-founder and CEO of Streamex. His team is building tokenized commodities designed for the next generation of finance. The conversation dives deep into gold leasing, tokenization infrastructure, DeFi vaults, institutional adoption and why commodities may become one of the biggest narratives of the next decade. ⸻⸻⸻⸻ NordVPN EXCLUSIVE DEAL👇 Get big savings + 4 extra months here: https://nordvpn.com/drops ⸻⸻⸻⸻ FOLLOW STREAMEX 👇 Twitter (X): https://x.com/streamex Website: https://www.streamex.com/ ⸻⸻⸻⸻ FOLLOW KEVIN & WHEN SHIFT HAPPENS 👇 Twitter (X): https://x.com/KevinWSHPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevinfollonier_/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kevinfollonier_ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinfollonier/ ⸻⸻⸻⸻ DISCLAIMER: The information contained herein is for informational purposes only. Nothing herein shall be construed as financial, legal, or tax advice. The content of this video reflects solely the opinions of the speakers, who are not licensed financial advisors or registered investment advisors. Trading cryptocurrencies involves considerable risk of loss. The speakers do not guarantee any particular outcome. ⸻⸻⸻⸻ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 1:10 - Welcome to DROPS 1:51 - What Streamex Actually Does? 3:10 - Henry’s Background 4:06 - How he get into Mining 4:42 - Building a NASDAQ Company at 26 5:47 - From NFT Founder to Public Company CEO 7:37 - How Much of Success Is Luck? 8:45 - World of Crypto 9:31 - Taking an NFT Founder Seriously 12:00 - Raising $55M at a Young Age 14:00 - What Is Streamex? 15:01 - Why We Need Tokenized Commodities? 16:13 - Why Traditional Gold Doesn’t Earn Yield 18:51 - Why Gold Was Chosen? 19:33 - Building This as a Public Company 20:17 - Why List in the US Instead of Canada? 20:58 - Sponsorship 21:23 - Being Taken Seriously at 26 22:31 - Is StreamX a Crypto or Finance Company? 23:59 - GLDY Different From Gold ETFs 26:15 - How Scalable is Gold Leasing? 27:24 - Maths behind 3.5% Yield 31:43 - Risks Behind Lending Gold 32:44 - RFID Tracking & Gold Verification 34:36 - Other Ways to Earn Yield on Gold 35:26 - Goal: $1B in AUM 37:34 - Why GLDY Is Institution-Focused 38:26 - Misconceptions About GLDY 40:01 - Which Institutions Will Adopt First? 41:33 - Silver Is the Next Focus 42:47 - Silver Will Be Retail-Friendly 43:57 - What Are Vaults in DeFi? 45:34 - Security Tokens vs Permissionless Assets 46:38 - What Comes After Silver? 47:38 - How Mining Royalties Work? 51:27 - Conclusion