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According to BlockchainReporter, the IMF released an empirical look at tokenized equities, highlighting real demand but noting volatility and liquidity gaps.
According to BlockchainReporter, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published its first major empirical analysis of tokenized equities in its October 2026 Global Financial Stability Report. Tokenized stocks are blockchain-based tokens representing conventional company shares, allowing round-the-clock trading and fractional ownership. The IMF found that tokenized equities account for about $2.3 billion within a $65 billion tokenized real-world asset market.
Data shows that over half of tokenized equity trading occurs outside regular U.S. market hours, and roughly 80% of trades involve less than one share. However, the report highlights that these markets are approximately 1.5 times more volatile and significantly less liquid than traditional equities. Issuers such as Ondo Finance and Backed Finance operate in this sector, while platforms like Securitize have integrated U.S. equities onto networks like Solana.
The IMF cautions that the market remains fragmented and small, noting that scaling requires legal certainty, consistent regulation, interoperability, and settlement in widely accepted forms of money. The organization advocates for a technology-neutral framework adhering to the principle of "same activity, same risk, same regulatory outcome."
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https://blockchainreporter.net/what-are-tokenized-stocks/
