About this episode
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. Click here to watch a video of this episode.Join the conversation shaping the future of energy.Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noise. No fluff. Just the discussions that move our industry forward.Apply today at collide.ioClick here to view the episode transcript.
0:00 - Intro and what Tokenized Energy actually does3:01 - Breaking down the barriers to oil and gas investing6:00 - Inside the platform: data rooms, deal structure, and SPVs9:05 - Building your own personal oil and gas portfolio10:11 - Deals on the platform and how they launched12:23 - Buyer minimums, price setting, and the CarMax model14:07 - How sellers get assets on the platform17:14 - Early beta results and what surprised them21:34 - Chuck's soapbox: making oil and gas sexy again25:37 - 5-year vision: stablecoins, yield tokens, and secondary markets31:44 - Why the US is behind on tokenization adoption38:17 - WTI tokens, commodity-backed digital assets, and optionality46:19 - Overcoming the "vaporware crypto" misconception49:09 - Robinhood for oil and gas and where digital investing is heading52:50 - How to access the platform and get in touchhttps://twitter.com/collide_aihttps://www.tiktok.com/@collide.iohttps://www.facebook.com/collide.iohttps://www.instagram.com/collide.iohttps://www.youtube.com/@collide_iohttps://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.socialhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai
