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Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. In September, Nasdaq filed proposed rule changes enabling the trading of tokenized securities that would still settle through DTC, the traditional U.S. clearing and settlement system. Weeks later, Binance approved BlackRock’s tokenized Treasury fund as collateral for off-exchange institutional activity via triparty arrangements (including Ceffu). The push is on for assets that move faster and can post as margin automatically. Summary Tokenization is shifting from wrappers to infrastructure: regulators and institutions are aligning on tokenized assets as regulated collateral that settles through existing rails (DTC/DTCC), not parallel crypto markets. The real innovation is collateral mobility: firms like JPMorgan, BlackRock, and Nasdaq are building systems where tokenized Treasuries, equities, and funds post as margin, rebalance automatically, and move in seconds. 2026 is the multi-asset inflection point: connecting tokenized equities, debt, stablecoins, and commodities into unified collateral engines will unlock liquidity, compress friction, and redefine how yield is generated. Tokenized equities remain subject to the full securities framework, and the SEC is still clarifying the market-structure details — especially around venues, intermediaries, and how execution should be governed. In December, we got a clearer signal of where this is heading when the agency granted DTCC’s clearing subsidiary a three-year no-action relief to tokenize DTC-custodied assets — including Russell 1000 stocks, major index ETFs, and U.S. Treasuries — on approved blockchains starting in 2026. The trajectory is clear: the world’s biggest institutions are already building for a future where tokenized assets function as regulated collateral, not speculative wrappers. Recently, BlackRock’s Larry Fink wrote that tokenization is where the internet was in 1996, before Amazon became Amazon. Days later, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said tokenization has the potential to completely change…

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