BlockEstate

If the BlockEstate token succeeds to completion, it will be one-of-its-kind in the real estate market. The company plans to list BEAT, a trading platform focused on tokenized securities, one the OpenFinance Network (OFN). The network works with both retail and institutional investors globally, deploying blockchain technology in order to facilitate more efficient securities trading.

Benefits Of BlockEstate Security Tokens:

Put simply, security tokens represent ownership of some sort, whether it’s real estate, debt, bond, stock etc. According to the Official Guide to Tokenized Securities drafted by Anthony Pompliano, founder and partner at Morgan Creek Digital assets:

The potential benefits of security tokens (tokenizing traditional assets) are quite many. These include:

Expanding the design space for security contracts
24/7 markets
Asset interoperability
Fractional ownership
Automated compliance
Rapid settlement
Increased market depth and liquidity
Reduction in direct costs

Disadvantages Of Security Tokens:

Whereas security tokens offer great advantages over traditional securities, it’s a fact that they also have some downsides. Firstly, representing ownership of real-world asset like real estate through security tokens will require trusting a third party, which isn’t the case with other digital tokens like Bitcoin.

For instance, if a person purchases “ownership” of a car in for of a security token, and then the vehicle is stolen, they no longer have possession of that particular thing, in practical terms. This means that you will have to trust that the judiciary system and the police will bring your car back undamaged.

However, even though trust is an important thing with asset-backed tokens/security tokens, the benefits such as accessibility, transparency, and increased liquidity, are still a great improvement over the status quo.