{
  "id": 5252369,
  "title": "[Interview] Algorand’s Amar Odedra Says 24/7 Liquidity Could Position Asia as a Global Market Bridge",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/interview-algorands-amar-odedra-says-24-7-liquidity-could-position",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-03T05:26:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Korea IT Times",
    "slug": "korea-it-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreaittimes.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=156758"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Algorand’s Amar Odedra argues that continuous, 24/7 liquidity could serve as a bridge connecting Asia’s markets to the global financial system. Currently, most equities and bonds are limited by conventional trading hours, leaving institutional investors locked out once markets close in their region. By providing constant liquidity for ALGO, the native token of the Algorand blockchain, Odedra’s team aims to broaden access to tokenized markets and enable smoother capital movement for investors.\n\nFor South Korea and other Asian markets, Odedra sees 24/7 liquidity as a way to attract global capital that can operate outside traditional trading sessions. This could help synchronize Asian and Western market cycles, allowing local funds to adjust their exposure to US-listed assets even when US exchanges are closed.\n\nFlow Traders will be the liquidity provider for ALGO, which Odedra believes will boost efficiency and price discovery for tokenized securities on the Algorand network. Just as base-layer liquidity improves the cost and predictability of trading native assets, deeper liquidity in tokenized securities could make capital movement more seamless and reduce price discrepancies between onchain and traditional markets.\n\nHowever, Odedra warns that continuous liquidity requires more than just market access. Barriers such as regulatory clarity, qualified custody solutions, real-time compliance, enforceable settlements and cross-chain interoperability must also be addressed. Without these foundations, institutional adoption of tokenized markets may remain limited despite the availability of continuous liquidity.",
  "summary": "Tokenization has exposed a structural mismatch in global finance: blockchain markets operate around the clock, while most equities and bonds remain tied to conventional trading hours. The Algorand Foundation and Flow Traders are addressing this gap by providing continuous institutional liquidity for",
  "key_points": [
    "24/7 liquidity could connect Asia's markets to global financial system.",
    "Flow Traders to provide liquidity for ALGO, boosting efficiency.",
    "Continuous liquidity requires regulatory clarity and cross-chain interoperability."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Algorand's push for 24/7 liquidity could help position Asia as a global market bridge by synchronizing Asian and Western market cycles and broadening access to tokenized markets for institutional investors.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}