The World’s Second Publicly Traded Person

I’ve been a publicly traded person since 2008, and I’ve always called myself the “first” because I hoped more would come after. Today, 12 years later, the prophecy has been fulfilled! Alex Masmej has used cryptocurrency to become the second publicly traded person. I first spoke with Alex when we were both on a panel about personal tokens but thought it was worth following up.

Mike: Let’s start with the basics, who are you? Where do live? What do you do? Give me a little sense of who you are…

Alex: Hi Mike, thanks! I’m Alex Masmej, 23, and I currently live in Paris. I’ve been an entrepreneur in the crypto(currency) space, doing projects on Ethereum (the second biggest blockchain after Bitcoin) for the past year.

My latest project is the launch of my “personal token,” called $ALEX. By using crypto technology I can enable all sorts of financial combinations that would be very complicated if not impossible to replicate in traditional finance.

Mike: All I want to do is build financial complications into my life. I’m a little jealous.

Alex: Don’t be too hard on yourself! My token is built with “blockchain smart contracts”, which didn’t exist when you started trading yourself!