Tokenized Stocks Show Real Demand But Remain Volatile and Illiquid, IMF Finds

Tokenized stocks may be a small market, but their traders aren’t keeping Wall Street hours. More than half of tokenized equity trading happens outside regular U.S. market hours, according to the International Monetary Fund’s latest Global Financial Stability Report . About 80% of trades involve less than a full share, a sign of strong demand for fractional ownership among retail investors. Tokenized stocks are blockchain-based tokens that track the shares of publicly traded companies. The IMF studied the five most liquid tokenized U.S. equities, including tokens tracking Tesla, Nvidia, and the S&P 500, across 11 trading venues over 365 days.