{"id":91579,"date":"2025-11-30T13:30:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T10:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=91579"},"modified":"2025-11-30T13:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T10:35:12","slug":"nasdaq-prioritizes-tokenized-stocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/nasdaq-prioritizes-tokenized-stocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Nasdaq Prioritizes Tokenized Stocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Securing approval from the <span data-descr=\"U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission\" class=\"old_tooltip\">SEC<\/span> for the introduction of <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-tokenised-assets\">tokenized<\/a> securities is Nasdaq&#8217;s main priority, according to Matt Savarese, head of the exchange&#8217;s digital division, in an interview with CNBC.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nasdaq's head of digital assets explains exchange's push to launch trading of tokenized stocks\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6ffzbUH0u3o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;We will move [in this direction] as quickly as we can. We need to carefully review public comments and then respond to regulators&#8217; questions as they arise,&#8221; he noted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to him, in September, Nasdaq submitted a proposal to the Commission requesting permission for clients to buy and sell exchange tokens as digital equivalents of public company shares.<\/p>\n<p>The platform aims to be a pioneer in the ecosystem but does not seek to redefine investment methods, Savarese added. He pointed out that Nasdaq was the first to transition &#8220;paper&#8221; trading to electronic form.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;We are not going to change the system. We want everyone to join this process and make tokenization more popular,&#8221; emphasized the top manager.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The topic has become one of the most discussed among major players in recent years. Standard Chartered anticipates that by 2028, the total market value of <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-rwas-real-world-assets\">tokenized real-world assets<\/a>, excluding <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-stablecoins\">stablecoins<\/a>, will grow to $2 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, the total capitalization of the sector <a href=\"https:\/\/app.rwa.xyz\/\">stands at<\/a> $36 billion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-f749e6dbdcf7df27-10882933766550468-1024x431.png\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-270773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-f749e6dbdcf7df27-10882933766550468-1024x431.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-f749e6dbdcf7df27-10882933766550468-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-f749e6dbdcf7df27-10882933766550468-768x323.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-f749e6dbdcf7df27-10882933766550468-1536x646.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-f749e6dbdcf7df27-10882933766550468.png 1648w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Source: RWA.xyz.<\/p>\n<p>The largest market share is held by digital private loans and U.S. Treasury bonds. The remainder is comprised of commodities, alternative funds, and various securities.<\/p>\n<p>Back in November, Europe&#8217;s largest asset management company, Amundi, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/amundi-launches-tokenized-money-market-fund-shares-on-ethereum\">launched<\/a> its first tokenized money market fund shares on the Ethereum blockchain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nasdaq&#8217;s main priority is obtaining SEC approval for the introduction of tokenized securities, said Matt Savarese, head of the exchange&#8217;s digital division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Nasdaq prioritizes SEC approval for tokenized securities, says digital division head.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1282,768,1211],"class_list":["post-91579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-asset-tokenization","tag-nasdaq","tag-stock-market"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"203","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Nasdaq prioritizes SEC approval for tokenized securities, says digital division head.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91581,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91579\/revisions\/91581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}