Curt Hopkins

CEO, McQueen Labs. The future of alternative investments. Tokenized.

[McQueen Labs @McQueenLabs]

A Ferrari 458 Spider just sold for over $400,000 at auction.

A new record.

What's remarkable isn't just the price.

Rosso Corsa.
Beige interior.
~10,000 miles.
No one-off specification.
No celebrity ownership.
No extraordinary provenance.
Just a great Ferrari.

The market is sending a clear message:
The naturally aspirated Ferrari era is becoming increasingly valuable.
🏁

[Curt Hopkins @cdhopkins]

@blade_toxic2 @chriseyin 💯

[Curt Hopkins @cdhopkins]

@RLHeinrichs Thirteen thousand air strikes for what? https://t.co/Dk4HD1nr01

[McQueen Labs @McQueenLabs]

On March 6, 2025, a Ferrari 458 Speciale with 945 miles sold for $752,000.

Today, a Ferrari 458 Speciale sold on Bring a Trailer for $1,129,000.

A new auction record.

For perspective:

You could have bought the earlier car, driven it 3,000 miles, and still theoretically be sitting on more than $350,000 in appreciation based on where the market is today.

The takeaway?

The market continues to place an extraordinary premium on the best naturally aspirated Ferraris ever built.

Some cars depreciate.

Others become legends. 🏁

https://t.co/7tdepxPzrX

[McQueen Labs @McQueenLabs]

Tokenized deposits are just the beginning.

The direction of travel is clear:

→ Deposits
→ Microlending
→ Bridge lending
→ Direct lending
→ Private credit

The future of credit is moving on-chain.

Not because it's crypto.

Because it's better infrastructure.

https://t.co/JUsFjzpJKE

[Curt Hopkins @cdhopkins]

“If tokenization only serves crypto degens chasing trendy synthetic exposure, it stays niche. If it improves access, settlement speed, collateral mobility, and 24/7 price discovery around real assets, then it becomes much bigger than just crypto product.” @DoveyWan captures @McQueenLabs mission

https://t.co/xviYSnQY8Y

[Curt Hopkins @cdhopkins]

@MillPrue Epic idea!

[Curt Hopkins @cdhopkins]

@Interaxis8 @JanusHenderson @ethena Small shifts indeed

[McQueen Labs @McQueenLabs]

The next trillion-dollar asset class may already exist.

The market simply hasn't caught up yet.

The biggest opportunities often look unconventional before they look inevitable.

What investment trend do you think investors are underestimating right now?

#Investing #FutureOfFinance #Markets

[McQueen Labs @McQueenLabs]

Most people think investing is about choosing assets.
The bigger question is:

Who gets access to them?

The next chapter of investing may be less about finding new opportunities and more about opening existing opportunities to more people.

Access creates markets.

Markets create wealth.

What's one investment opportunity you've always wished you could participate in?

#Investing #AlternativeAssets #Ownership

[McQueen Labs @McQueenLabs]

Why should billionaires have all the fun?

For decades, some of the world's most attractive assets were reserved for institutions and the ultra-wealthy.

Private credit.
Collector cars.
Fine art.
Commercial real estate.

Most investors never had access.

Technology is beginning to change that.

The real story isn't blockchain.

It's access.

What asset class would you most like to invest in if barriers disappeared?

#FutureOfFinance #AlternativeAssets #RWA

[Curt Hopkins @cdhopkins]

@incognitoparker We need more content like this…

[McQueen Labs @McQueenLabs]

The greatest financial innovations don’t create demand.

They unlock it.

The next major lending category won’t come from banks.

It will come from the “missing middle.”

For years, traditional finance has focused on two ends of the spectrum: consumer lending and large institutional credit.

But millions of borrowers sit between those markets, too large for microfinance, too small for conventional capital.

History suggests that’s where the biggest opportunities emerge.

As technology lowers the cost of underwriting, servicing, and distributing capital, entirely new lending markets become possible.

We believe microlending is one of them.

Not because it’s a new idea.

Because it’s a massive market that has historically been underserved.

[Curt Hopkins @cdhopkins]

Crazy amount of innovation in US banking

[Zachary Perret @zachperret]

Launched some new banks on @Plaid recently: Coinbase Card, https://t.co/QEbQUZXGc1 Card, Erebor, Rho, Flex, River, Rho, Bushel, PenFed CU. More coming.

[Dogecoin @dogecoin]

doge has survived more “this is over” posts than there are transactions on the blockchain

[McQueen Labs @McQueenLabs]

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Tokenized real-world assets just crossed another threshold.

Solana’s RWA market cap surpassed $2B.

That’s the signal.

This category is moving beyond theory and into actual financial infrastructure.

The conversation is no longer “Will tokenization happen?”

It’s becoming:
How large does this market get once real assets, liquidity, and distribution fully move on-chain?

[McQueen Labs @McQueenLabs]

https://t.co/FnhjN9YHUh

The exotic collector car market is getting “crazy.”

Crazy good.

That’s according to Hagerty, one of the most respected collector car market intelligence companies in the world.

The best cars are becoming even more valuable as collectors chase rarity, analog driving experiences, iconic specs, and culturally significant vehicles.

What used to be “just a car” is increasingly viewed as:
• A collectible asset
• A status signal
• A piece of design history
• A finite store of passion and scarcity

And the market is rewarding the very best examples accordingly.

[Curt Hopkins @cdhopkins]

This 👇

[Jim Hiltner @HiltnerJim]

If you are a long-term shareholder but receive limited economics from securities lending because your broker retains most of the yield, natively tokenized shares create a different model. You decide where to lend your shares, participate directly in lending economics, and potentially earn higher returns on your assets.

[Curt Hopkins @cdhopkins]

There has been a fall in deposits in DeFi lending following the KelpDAO exploit. This is a reminder that we are in the early days of managing yield on chain. Much more to come!

https://t.co/SZ6iW2pG1f

[Curt Hopkins @cdhopkins]

👀

[McQueen Labs @McQueenLabs]

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$570 BILLION worth of collector cars are expected to transfer to a new generation over the next 15 years.

Not stocks.
Not ETFs.
Cars.

What was once viewed as “enthusiast culture” is rapidly becoming a generational wealth category driven by scarcity, provenance, emotion, and global demand.

The next era of alternative assets won’t just be digital.
It’ll be physical assets with cultural gravity.

The question is no longer whether collector cars belong in modern portfolios.

It’s who gets access.

Explore the future of collector car investing:
https://t.co/JDkzoDpnu3

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