What does it take to build infrastructure that no longer depends on its creator?
In this episode of Crypto Hipster, host Jamil Hasan welcomes Yassir Haouati, Co-Founder and COO of Brickken, for a conversation about real-world asset tokenization, institutional adoption, governance, and the evolution of a founder's responsibilities.
Yassir's entrepreneurial journey began in Morocco, where he started learning programming at seven years old and landed his first paying client at ten. Years later, that curiosity led him through engineering, entrepreneurship, and ultimately the founding of Brickken in 2020.
But this conversation goes well beyond putting assets on a blockchain.
Jamil and Yassir explore why tokenization is about more than liquidity, how institutions are changing the requirements for blockchain infrastructure, and why compliance and risk management must be designed into systems from the beginning.
The conversation ultimately arrives at a deeper question: When does a founder stop being an owner and become a steward?
For Yassir, the strongest ecosystems are those capable of surviving their founders. And the ultimate success of infrastructure may be the moment it becomes invisible.
Topics include:
From childhood programmer to blockchain entrepreneur
The evolution of real-world asset tokenization
Institutional adoption and operational infrastructure
Governance, compliance, and trust
Building organizations that survive their founders
Ownership versus stewardship
Why invisible infrastructure may represent the greatest success
A conversation about building technology—and knowing when to let the system stand on its own.
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