Tokenized Stocks Surpass $1.7 Billion as Market Composition Diversifies and Institutions Enter

Tokenized Stocks Surpass $1.7 Billion as Market Composition Diversifies and Institutions Enter Tokenized equities experienced rapid expansion over the past year, with market capitalization rising more than fivefold to roughly $1.7 billion by the end of June. The surge was primarily driven by new asset issuance, accompanied by a sharp jump in monthly transfer volume and expanding support from major traditional and crypto institutions. Tokenized stock market cap grew from $329 million to approximately $1.7 billion year-over-year, driven mostly by newly issued assets rather than underlying price appreciation. Market composition shifted away from crypto-linked equities toward a diverse long tail, AI and chip equities, ETFs, and megacap tech. Monthly transfer volume increased over 170-fold, reaching $9.22 billion in June compared to $53 million a year earlier. Institutional momentum expanded as DTCC, Robinhood, Intercontinental Exchange, Coinbase, and Binance initiated onchain equities trading and infrastructure projects. Market Cap Expansion and New Issuance The market cap of tokenized stocks reached roughly $1.7 billion at the end of June, more than five times the $329 million recorded a year prior. Unlike stablecoins, tokenized equities fluctuate alongside their underlying assets; however, evidence demonstrates that new token issuance was the primary driver of this growth. More than half of the current market value exists in assets that were not onchain a year ago, with most remaining balances entering after significant underlying stock price appreciation had already occurred. Diversifying Asset Composition The market's makeup diversified substantially over the twelve-month period. Crypto-linked products, which previously comprised 79% of total market capitalization, fell to 21%. A long-tail category of smaller listings took the largest share at 35%, up from 15%. Megacap tech increased from 0.6% to 10.6%, while ETFs and index products grew from 4.5% to 17.3%. The fastest expansion occurred in AI and chips, which jumped from less than $1 million (0.3% of the market) to 15.5%. Transfer Activity and Institutional Moves Onchain movements—including trading, wallet transfers, and DeFi collateral deposits—jumped from $53 million to $9.22 billion monthly, representing a greater than 170-fold increase. Simultaneously, major platforms developed institutional rails: DTCC executed its first live production trades on Digital Asset's Canton Network ahead of an October rollout, Robinhood launched a mainnet chain, the parent company of the NYSE formed a joint venture with OKX, and Coinbase alongside Binance launched tokenized U.S. stock offerings for non-U.S. users.

代币化股票市场爆发：市值突破17亿美元，传统金融巨头加速布局 代币化股票（在区块链上代表传统股票、ETF和指数产品的代币）正迎来爆发式增长。过去一年中，其市值增长超5倍，月交易量增长超170倍，同时传统金融与加密巨头正加速构建其基础设施。 代币化股票市值在一年内从3.29亿美元飙升至约17亿美元，增长超5倍，且增长主要由新资产发行驱动而非仅靠股价上涨。 市场结构发生剧变，加密关联产品份额从79%骤降至21%，而AI与芯片类、大盘科技股及ETF/指数类代币化资产份额显著上升。 月度链上转移量从去年同期的5300万美元暴增至92.2亿美元，增幅超170倍。 DTCC、纽交所母公司、Coinbase、Robinhood等主流金融与加密机构近期密集推出代币化交易、新链或合资项目，加速基础设施建设。 市值与交易量呈爆发式增长 截至今年6月底，代币化股票的市值已达到约17亿美元，较去年同期的3.29亿美元增长了5倍以上。数据显示，这一增长主要源于新代币的发行，而非仅是底层股票的价格上涨，因为超过一半的市值属于一年前尚未链上化的新资产。此外，代币化股票的月度链上转移量（包括交易、钱包间转账及DeFi抵押）从去年6月的5300万美元飙升至92.2亿美元，增幅超过170倍。 市场构成多元化，AI与科技股崛起 在一年的时间里，代币化股票的市场构成发生了巨大变化。此前占据主导地位的加密关联产品市场份额从79%骤降至21%。相比之下，由数百个小型上市资产组成的“其他”类别跃升至35%，成为最大板块。大盘科技股的份额从0.6%升至10.6%，ETF和指数产品升至17.3%。其中，AI和芯片类资产增长最快，市场份额从2025年6月的0.3%（不足100万美元）飙升至一年后的15.5%。 传统金融与加密巨头加速入局 近期，华尔街与加密行业的巨头动作频频。DTCC在Canton网络上完成了代币化国债和股票的首批生产交易，并计划于10月全面推出该服务。Robinhood推出了自己的主网链以融合传统与加密市场。纽交所母公司与OKX宣布成立合资企业以提供代币化美股交易。Coinbase和币安也相继宣布向非美国用户提供1:1锚定的代币化美股，支持24/7交易及分红等股东权益。

Tokenized equities — or tokenized stocks, as they’re more commonly known — show the inroads crypto is making into [Wall Street](https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/why-wall-street-is-moving-onchain/). These are blockchain-based tokens that represent traditional equities such as corporate shares, ETFs, and index products. Unlike traditional equities, tokenized stocks can be self-custodied in digital wallets, moved permissionlessly, traded at any time, and used seamlessly as collateral across onchain finance. In just the past couple of months, Coinbase, DTCC, NYSE, Robinhood, and others have made moves here, ranging from processing trades onchain to forming new joint ventures to launching new chains. The momentum shows up in the data. The market cap of tokenized stocks reached about $1.7 billion at the end of June, up from $329 million a year earlier — more than 5x growth. This makes tokenized stocks one of the fastest-growing categories of [tokenized assets](https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/tokenized-asset-rwa-market-data-charts/) (which some refer to as real-world assets). How much of that growth comes from new issuance versus price appreciation of the underlying stocks? Unlike [stablecoins](https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/stablecoin-data-charts/), whose circulating supply is a direct proxy for demand — one token, one dollar — tokenized stocks move *with* their underlying equities, so market cap does not cleanly separate the effects of new tokens minted and existing tokens repricing. The evidence points to issuance, though. More than half of today’s market cap sits in assets that weren’t onchain a year ago. And most of the remaining balances arrived mid-year — after much of the period’s price movement in the underlying stocks had already occurred. While the market for tokenized stocks is new, its composition has already changed greatly in the past year: Crypto-linked products once dominated the market, but their share by market cap has dropped to 21% (as of June) from 79% a year earlier. They have lost the top spot to the “other” category — a long tail of hundreds of smaller listings — that now makes up 35% of the market, up from 15% a year earlier. The rest of the market is climbing too. Megacap tech — tech companies with a market cap around $100 billion or more — now make up 10.6% of the market by market cap as of June, up from 0.6% a year ago. ETFs and indices grew to 17.3% of the market in that same period, up from 4.5% a year earlier. The fastest riser has been, unsurprisingly, the AI and chips category. The category vaulted from less than $1 million in June 2025 — 0.3% of the market by market cap at the time — to 15.5% of the market as of a year later. Transfer activity is on the rise too. Monthly transfer volume for tokenized stocks reached $9.22 billion in June, up from $53 million last June — a more than 170x increase. This metric measures any onchain movements, such as trading, transfers between wallets, or collateral deposits into [DeFi](https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/tags/defi) protocols .\*\*\* The institutional groundwork is now falling into place. In just the past month, DTCC [processed](https://www.dtcc.com/news/2026/july/15/dtcc-turns-tokenization-into-reality) its first live production trades of tokenized Treasuries and equities on Digital Asset’s Canton Network. (A full launch of the broader tokenization service is planned for October, giving Wall Street a direct on-ramp to the \~$114T in assets custodied at DTC.) At the start of the month, Robinhood [launched](https://x.com/RobinhoodApp/status/2072389368891703748?s=20) its own chain on mainnet, bringing traditional markets, crypto, and real-world assets together on an open network. On June 22, the parent company of the NYSE [announced](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260622653058/en/Intercontinental-Exchange-and-OKX-Establish-Joint-Venture-to-Bridge-Traditional-and-Digital-Asset-Markets) a joint venture with OKX to make tokenized NYSE-listed stocks available to users, pending regulatory approval. And a week earlier, on June 16, [Coinbase said](https://x.com/coinbase/status/2066890566667796530) it will offer 1:1-backed tokenized U.S. stocks to non-U.S. users, with dividends, full shareholder rights, and 24/7 trading. Binance shipped its own version days before. The market for tokenized stocks is still a small one compared to traditional equities, which trade in the double-digit trillions per month. 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