Tokenized Equities and the Rise of Internet Capital Markets

Aditya Shetty joins The Sophron® Network to talk through "internet capital markets": the idea that with a phone and an internet connection you can access any asset, any market, regardless of your location, your politics or your investment size. Recorded the same week tokenized SpaceX went live, the conversation is grounded in a concrete example and an honest distinction every finance listener needs.Aditya Shetty is Lead at Superteam Global, the talent and community network for the Solana ecosystem, which runs programs such as Superteam Earn, Idea Bank and Instagrants to help builders ship and get funded. He is based in Mumbai and works across the global Solana community.We start with Solana framed as technical and financial infrastructure, an internet capital market positioned as a successor to NASDAQ. From there we get concrete with SpaceX on Solana: how Backpack built a full-stack wallet, exchange and regulated securities brokerage, why the launch partner Sunrise mattered for liquidity, and how that creates a single liquid market where price arbitrage is close to risk free. We draw the line between owning the underlying stock and holding a synthetic price tracker, separate the three layers of Solana, and close on composability, fees, Superteam's community model and the bridge between TradFi and DeFi.Follow Aditya Shetty on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aditya-shetty-97ab5258/Core Timestamps00:00 - Welcome and introductions: Superteam and internet capital markets01:02 - Buying SpaceX 24/7: ownership versus synthetics02:37 - What SpaceX on Solana did differently02:57 - Internet capital markets versus the US capital markets03:31 - Backpack: wallet, exchange and a regulated securities brokerage05:05 - One liquid market and risk-free arbitrage05:17 - Decentralization and the case for investor education06:43 - Education, KYC and DeFi trust assumptions07:54 - Synthetics and mimicking: what you actually own10:02 - The three layers of Solana: token, network and infrastructure12:18 - Limited inventory, one-to-one minting and fees14:08 - Composability: trading the weekend and borrowing against shares15:40 - The Superteam model and community-driven investing18:42 - Closing vision: reimagining access and the TradFi to DeFi bridgeMain Topics CoveredInternet capital markets as a successor to NASDAQTokenized equities and buying SpaceX on SolanaReal ownership versus synthetic price exposureBackpack's wallet, exchange and regulated brokerage stackSingle liquid markets and risk-free arbitrageInvestor protection, education and KYC in an open-access modelThe three layers of Solana: token, network, infrastructureComposability: borrowing against and staking tokenized sharesFees across wallets, DEXs and aggregatorsSuperteam's bottoms-up community modelThe bridge between TradFi and DeFiConnect With UsInstagram: https://instagram.com/amsterdaminvestLinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/amsterdam-investment-clubX: https://x.com/amsterdaminvestSubscribe for more conversations at the intersection of markets, research, and technology.