Jeff Dorman is one of the earliest traditional credit and equity traders to fully pivot into digital assets, bringing a structured credit and distressed-debt mindset from firms like Merrill Lynch and Citadel to token investing by emphasizing balance sheets, cash flows, and covenant-style analysis rather than momentum or narratives alone. He advocates for the tokenization of everything and frames crypto as a new capital markets structure rather than just a new asset class, consistently arguing that most value will accrue to non-currency tokens like asset-backed, revenue-sharing, or utility tokens rather than layer-1 coins.
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Arca operates Arca Labs as a dedicated product innovation arm that builds new blockchain-native investment structures, including launching the first fund registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 to issue shares as a digital asset security on a blockchain. The firm runs a regulation-first strategy, architecting products to meet existing SEC standards while positioning itself as investing beyond tokens by focusing on tokenized funds, digital asset securities, and infrastructure plays where they apply traditional valuation frameworks.
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