Tokenized Stocks Hit a $2.3 Billion Record — and You Can Now Trade Stocks With Just a Wallet
Something happened to the stock market in July, and most people missed it. Tokenized stocks — regular stocks living on a blockchain — hit a record $2.3 billion in value, double where they were in March. The number of people holding them jumped 92% in thirty days, to about 752,000 wallets. And for the first time ever, you could trade the price of Tesla or Nvidia around the clock with nothing but a crypto wallet. No brokerage account. No paperwork. No ID check. Here's what happened, in plain English, and what do you actually own when you hold one of these things?