Overview
- Carlos Domingo presented the projection at ETHConf in New York on Tuesday, arguing that moving just 2–3% of the roughly $150 trillion global equities and ETF market onchain could create about a $5 trillion token market.
- Securitize has forged ties with the New York Stock Exchange and transfer agent Computershare and counts institutional clients including BlackRock while preparing to list publicly to scale on‑chain equity services.
- Domingo drew a clear line between direct tokenization, which conveys real share ownership and rights, and many existing offerings that rely on synthetic or derivative structures.
- The firm favors public blockchains, especially Ethereum, while using smart contracts and permissioning controls to limit ownership to approved investors and meet compliance needs on open rails.
- The tokenized‑asset sector is still small at roughly $30 billion and led by U.S. Treasuries, so any move into equities depends on institutional integrations, custody and regulatory clarity and could bring faster settlement, 24/7 transferability and greater DeFi interoperability.