TradFi is finally waking up. DTC is building infrastructure to tokenize securities already sitting in their custody system. This isn't some startup trying to rebuild rails from scratch. This is the central hub of U.S. stock settlement letting institutions tokenize their existing positions and move them onchain for collateral, lending, and settlement.

The unlock here is massive. Instead of waiting for new issuance, institutions can use what they already hold. That means real liquidity could hit onchain markets fast. Tokenized stocks stuck in walled gardens today could eventually plug into open DeFi protocols if public chain issuers use DTC inventory for create/redeem mechanics.

This is the bridge between legacy finance and crypto rails that actually makes sense. No need to convince boomers to custody on Metamask. Just let them tokenize what's already in the system they trust.

If this scales, onchain stock trading and lending suddenly has access to trillions in traditional equity. That's not hopium. That's infrastructure.