{
  "id": 17890091,
  "title": "Tokenized Stocks Put Banks’ Round-the-Clock Operations to the Test",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/tokenized-stocks-put-banks-round-the-clock-operations-to-the-test",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-03T02:00:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Korea IT Times",
    "slug": "korea-it-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreaittimes.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=158753"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The growing market for blockchain-based exposure to U.S. stocks and ETFs is posing new operational challenges for financial institutions. While these digital assets offer benefits like round-the-clock trading and simplified transfers, they also heighten the significance of pricing, liquidity, and asset recovery when markets are inactive. Adoption rates will hinge more on the support systems in place than the blockchain technology itself. In discussions with Korea IT Times on November 2, Flowdesk CEO Guilhem Chaumont highlighted that banks and hedge funds maintain a competitive edge in tokenized markets due to their regulatory status, financial strength, and operational expertise. However, the complexity of managing multiple counterparties across globally open markets adds another layer of intricacy. Flowdesk specializes in providing liquidity and OTC trading services for digital assets, projecting that stocks, ETFs, and other liquid assets will transition onto blockchain infrastructure within a four to five-year timeframe, subject to regulatory approval and institutional risk assessments.",
  "summary": "The expanding market for blockchain-based exposure to U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds is creating a new operational challenge for financial institutions. Longer trading hours and simpler asset transfers offer opportunities, but they also increase the importance of pricing, liquidity and asset recovery when traditional markets are closed. The pace of adoption will depend on the systems…",
  "key_points": [
    "Tokenized stocks introduce operational challenges for banks",
    "Banks and hedge funds have competitive edge in tokenized markets",
    "Flowdesk predicts blockchain adoption in four to five years"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The shift toward continuous blockchain trading forces traditional institutions to overhaul their infrastructure to manage the heightened liquidity and pricing complexities of a market that never sleeps.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}