Morning Edition · Sunday, October 18, 2026Published at 1:40 AM EDT · New York

Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley call tokenization a growth line as Polygon buys Coinme to own the payments customer

Citrini's research argues that real-world assets give blockchains a clear role in finance, but the open question is whether banks, networks or applications will capture the fees.

Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley are treating tokenization as a source of new business: new trading opportunities, faster payments and a role for their financial advisers, CoinDesk reported. The banks' position matters because…