Overview
- Reality went live on Tuesday when Bitget began issuing rTokens that the company says are blockchain representations of selected U.S. stocks and ETFs backed one-for-one by real shares.
- Bitget says those shares are held with FINRA‑registered, SIPC‑member U.S. broker‑dealers and that reserves are independently attested by The Network Firm and kept above 100 percent for issued rTokens.
- The platform supports 24/5 minting and redemption, converts cash dividends into USDT for on‑chain payout, and allows rTokens to be used as margin, collateral, or in Bitget products such as lending, grid trading, and copy trading.
- Reality connects issuance to U.S. market liquidity on venues including Nasdaq and the NYSE and uses regulated custody and DTCC registration references to mirror traditional settlement channels.
- The launch is part of Bitget’s broader real‑world asset push alongside products like IPO Prime and the SPCXUSDT pre‑IPO perpetual, and it signals plans to expand tokenized offerings into ETFs, bonds, and Treasuries which could widen market access and on‑chain capital use.