Tokenized securities continue to grow. Digital assets that are securities are broadly viewed as the future of equities, debt, and more. The current administration in the US has embraced the transition to digital assets, which has fueled sector growth with legislation in the queue that aims to provide improved rules and safeguards to make the US the global leader in crypto.
A recent report by Bitget Wallet reviewing trading on Ondo Global Markets states that tokenized shares generated over $5.5 billion in trading volume from 2.8 million trades through May 2026. This involved approximately 180,000 digital wallets. BNB Chain accounts for over 75% of total trading volume, and the majority of digital wallets.
While still relatively small, adoption is happening and predicted to continue. Retail participation is said to be growing, but at the same time, users are trading in ways similar to how they use traditional securities markets via a broker.
Even though tokenization supports 24/7 trading, over half of the activity (52%) occurs during market hours. Trading on weekends accounts for only 0.55% of total volume.
More telling is that the majority of trades are below $500, or 64% of all transactions. This represents 5% of trading volume.
Trades topping $50,000 are just 0.5% of transactions but generate 35% of all trading volume.
The report claims that artificial intelligence (AI)- linked equities are driving most trading activity, accounting for up to 40% of recent trades.
Other assets, such as commodities like gold and silver, are said to be picking up pace.
ETFs are expected to become “one of the more durable use cases for tokenized financial assets.”
The near term presents challenges for tokenized assets, including liquidity, pricing, and the overall user experience. It will take some time.
Alvin Kan, COO of Bitget Wallet, says that tokenization is not replacing traditional access but is expanding the availability of securities globally.
A global convergence is taking place in digital assets. Traditional brokers and marketplaces are moving rapidly to update their offerings and tech stacks to support the future. Meanwhile, crypto native firms are quickly shifting focus to add traditional securities in tokenized form. If regulated appropriately with proper safeguards that do not undermine innovation, the future is clearly one where tokenization is the norm.
