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NYSE and Blockchain.com Plot 24/7 Stocks for 44 Million Users
The New York Stock Exchange signed an agreement that could eventually place tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs inside Blockchain.com, reaching more than 44 million confirmed crypto accounts, but the NYSE digital market they would trade on has not opened.
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What happened
The New York Stock Exchange signed an agreement that could eventually place tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs inside Blockchain.com, reaching more than 44 million confirmed crypto accounts, but the NYSE digital market they would trade on has not opened.
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Global impact / market context
If it opens, ordinary crypto users could buy tokenized stocks and ETFs, which are digital tokens representing shares, through a crypto account instead of a traditional broker, potentially bringing new money into these assets and pressuring brokers and exchanges that charge fees.
Analyst inference
Tokenized real-world assets, meaning blockchain tokens tied to ordinary investments, are a growing crypto category. This deal links a major traditional exchange with a large crypto platform, though the trading venue is unopened, so real trading volume and revenue cannot yet happen.
Analyst inference
What to watch
- Whether the NYSE digital market, the venue where tokenized stocks and ETFs would trade, actually opens. Confirmed
- Whether the agreement moves beyond signing to launch tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs inside Blockchain.com. Proposed
- Whether reaching 44 million crypto accounts draws enough trading to affect revenue, costs, and investor positioning in tokenized real-world assets. Analyst inference
Affected assets
- RWA — Xend Finance