Securitize CEO forecasts $5 trillion tokenized stock market

The CEO of a major asset tokenization firm has projected that tokenized stocks and exchange-traded funds could grow into a $5 trillion market, representing a massive expansion from the sector's current size. Carlos Domingo, CEO of Securitize, made the remarks during a panel discussion at the ETHConf event in New York on Tuesday, June 9.

Domingo based his forecast on the scale of the global equities and ETF market, which he estimated at roughly $150 trillion. He argued that if just 2% to 3% of that value were to move onto blockchain-based platforms, it would create a tokenized market approaching $5 trillion. The current real-world asset tokenization sector is valued at approximately $30 billion, a figure largely driven by the growth of tokenized U.S. Treasury products over the past two years.

While acknowledging the role of Treasuries in establishing the market, Domingo positioned equities and ETFs as the next major growth engine. He stated that tokenized stocks offer advantages Treasury products do not, including broader investor access, greater liquidity, and stronger potential for integration with decentralized finance.

A central part of Domingo's argument was a distinction...