IMF Flags Tokenized Stock Market as Small and Volatile Despite Rising Interest
The International Monetary Fund says the tokenized equity market remains tiny and more volatile than traditional stocks, with most trading occurring outside U.S. market hours.
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The market for tokenized stocks remains small and concentrated relative to traditional equity exchanges, according to analysis from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The IMF put the value of the tokenized stock market at roughly $2.3 billion, a figure it said illustrates the gap between rising institutional interest in on-chain securities and the market's limited scale. A separate estimate from Cointelegraph placed the value of tokenized equities at close to $3.3 billion, meaning the sources differ on the market's exact size.
The market is heavily concentrated. According to the IMF, Ondo Finance and Backed Finance's xStocks together account for more than 70% of its value.
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