✅ What is a Tokenized Stock? How Do Tokenized Stocks Work?
A tokenized stock is a digital version of a traditional stock, represented as a token on a blockchain. It behaves like a mirror of a real stock — say Apple (AAPL) — but it trades 24/7 and can be broken into fractional shares more easily.
Think of it like this:
📦 AAPL stock → 🧱 Tokenized AAPL on blockchain
💰 What are you actually buying?
That depends on how the token is structured:
Backed Token (Most Common):
You’re buying a blockchain token that’s backed 1:1 by a real share held by a licensed custodian. The token is a representation or derivative of the actual stock. You don’t usually get voting rights or dividends directly, unless the platform passes them through.
Synthetic Token:
The token mimics the price movement of the real stock, using things like smart contracts or price oracles — but it’s not backed by actual shares.
These are more like CFDs (contracts for difference), and often restricted to non-U.S. markets.
🏛️ Does buying tokenized stocks affect the real stocks on the stock exchange?
Not directly — and here’s why:
Tokenized stocks are not bought on Nasdaq or NYSE. They’re bought on crypto platforms (like Dinari, Synthetix, or using Solana-based platforms).
A custodian or broker-dealer buys and holds the real stock to “back” the token.
So if you buy 1 tokenized AAPL:
The platform may go and buy 1 real AAPL stock to back it — that affects the market slightly. But you trading the token itself doesn’t move the real stock price unless large volumes cause the issuer to rebalance holdings.
🧠 Why do people use tokenized stocks?
24/7 trading (not limited to Wall Street hours)
Global access — even people without U.S. brokerage accounts can buy them
Fractional ownership — buy 0.01 of a share
Programmability — tokens can be used in DeFi (lending, collateral, yield)
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