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Key Takeaways Commodity tokenization modernizes ownership and financing without changing the underlying physical assets.
Founders who understand commodity exposure early gain optionality in volatile, capital-constrained markets.
Most founders don’t think much about commodities. Oil, metals, power, raw materials — those are background inputs. Something suppliers deal with. Something finance prices in. Something outside the “real” business of building products and acquiring customers.
That mental model used to work. It doesn’t anymore.
As supply chains fragment, capital becomes more selective and volatility turns from cyclical to structural, commodities are creeping closer to the center of how companies are built, financed and scaled. One of the most misunderstood developments accelerating that shift is commodity tokenization.
Ignore the crypto noise for a moment. This isn’t about speculation. It’s about plumbing.
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So, what is commodity tokenization — really?
Strip away the jargon and tokenization is a pretty simple concept.
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