Tokenized Stocks Reach $1.2B Market Cap, Potentially Mirroring Early Stablecoins

Tokenized equity products have grown to $1.2 billion in combined market capitalization, with particularly strong expansion during September and December pushing the sector to record size. Token Terminal compared the current phase to stablecoins circa 2020, before that market exploded to its present $300 billion scale.

The comparison highlights how early the tokenized stock sector remains despite rapid recent growth. Other observers draw parallels to the 2020 DeFi boom, suggesting global equities could increasingly migrate on-chain to capture benefits like continuous trading and fractional ownership.

September’s acceleration coincided with Backed Finance deploying its xStocks suite on Ethereum, launching roughly 60 tokenized equities through distribution deals with Kraken and Bybit. The institutional partnerships marked a shift from experimental pilots to production-scale deployment.

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