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Morning Edition · Monday, October 12, 2026Published at 1:41 AM EDT · New York
IMF finds real demand for tokenized stocks but says they trade with less liquidity and more volatility than the shares they track
Investors mostly use on-chain shares for small and after-hours trades, and the Fund says liquidity, legal rules and settlement systems have not kept up.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) found genuine demand for tokenized stocks, meaning blockchain tokens that represent shares in listed companies. It also found the market is still volatile and illiquid. According to CoinDesk's summary,…
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Tokenized Equities Push Onto Public Blockchains
Over 3-6 months, exchanges and banks accelerate moving real equities on-chain — tokenized stocks with on-chain dividends and composable trading — turning the contest over open vs. closed tokenization venues into a concrete product race.
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