Don't think it would introduce any hurdles related to protocol development-- you'd just segment those allocations into it's own bucket and leave them out of pubco if necessary. Costs aside, this should be at least as good as status quo, as it accesses capital and unifies both markets through the lifecyle of the token.
Suggesting this as a potential path to access a larger pool of capital. Crypto-native demand moves in cycles, so pairing crypto markets with US public equity markets could materially broaden participation, which moves the needle on lower market cap assets.
Wouldn't underestimate the size of US equity markets (see DAT success). Robinhood and Coinbase have broadly comparable MAUs, lots of other big retail brokerages exist, and there's more sophisticated capital which of course is harder to tap but has worked for DATs.
That said the cost and burden are significant. I'd expect this would only be attempted for projects in the >300m range, which is probably the top decile of projects.
@mcagney That’s a lot of machinery to repair a structural mismatch. PATI is designed so NAV drift, dual securities, and tender offers never arise, as the public instrument and the token remain 1:1 in perpetuity.
One of the biggest problems with tokenization is that it doesn’t offer the same investors the same propriety rights and protections as traditional markets.
It’s one of the reason $hype is trading at a huge discount vs Robinhood, there is no unalienable rights. You’re at the whim of the team.
Harbor aims to be one of the first DEFI protocol to actually “go public” as a commodity token on chain & offer real propriety rights
The result of this new model maximizes buyer access (retail + institutional via brokerages), ensuring deep liquidity pre/post-launch, maintain strict 1:1 parity while being in compliance with US regulation
How?
PATI is a proposed 3-step model to replace traditional TGEs for protocol tokens:
1. Public Acquisition: Protocol goes public via SPAC, reverse merger, PIPE, or IPO — creating tradable shares pre-token.
2. Token Issuance: Public company distributes tokens 1:1 to shareholders (via property dividend or foundation airdrop) under CLARITY Act safe harbor, treating token as future commodity.
3. Fusion: Convert company to ETP/SPV allowing perpetual 1:1 create/redeem between shares and tokens, arbitraging TradFi and crypto liquidity
It’s exploratory, law-firm vetted but relies on CLARITY/FIT21 passing for on token-as-commodity status
If regulation aligns, it’s a vastly superior distribution vs. private sales/airdrops/ICOs
Good question and probably the core one we will grapple with. Being a trailblazer in legal structure does impose upfront cost that creates value for the wider ecosystem.
That said, the PATI path doesn't require a full IPO. It can be done with Reg A+, at a fraction of the cost, though still not trivial. Over time, a platform that gets this design right should be able to productize it and offer it as a service to other protocols, amortizing much of that initial complexity.
Ultimately believe the benefits of public market liquidity vastly outweigh the cost of launching a PATI.
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