The Tokenization Stack
How capital flows through tokenization. From institutional allocators to productive yield.
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Issuance
2Who creates tokenized assets
Securitize and Ondo run most of the issuance. Everyone else is fighting for distribution. When the product is a wrapper, distribution is the only thing that differentiates you.
Infrastructure
1Who keeps tokenized assets safe and moving
Fireblocks is the default custodian. Hidden Road sold for $1.25B. The margins in tokenization are in plumbing, not products, and the plumbing layer is consolidating.
Chains
1Where tokenized assets settle
Every major tokenized money market fund settled on Ethereum. Solana is growing fast. Twenty-two other chains are competing for what's left, and the ones without real liquidity or issuer commitments will have a hard time staying relevant.
Stablecoins
1What everything settles in
USDT, USDC, PYUSD. The settlement layer. Increasingly backed by tokenized treasuries themselves, which means the base layer is starting to eat what it settles. That loop is worth watching.
Trading
2Where tokenized assets trade
Kraken, Coinbase, Robinhood all list tokenized stocks now. Distribution is still the bottleneck. Retail access might be what cracks it open. Nobody's solved it yet, but that's where the next winner comes from.