I assumed bStocks bought on Binance would remain inside Binance. That turned out to be one of the details I misunderstood.

bStocks are issued as blockchain tokens on BNB Smart Chain, which means supported tokens can be withdrawn to a compatible self-custody wallet.

What interested me was what happens after the withdrawal. The bStock doesn’t become a different version of the asset. It remains a blockchain token, while its address, balance and transfers can be verified on-chain.

That helped me separate two things I had initially treated as one: the platform where I trade the asset and the blockchain infrastructure where the token exists.

There is also a trade-off. Moving a bStock to self-custody gives the wallet owner control of the private keys, but also transfers responsibility for securing them.

For me, this is where the word “tokenized” became much more concrete. bStocks aren’t simply stock exposure displayed inside an exchange account — they are transferable blockchain tokens with their own on-chain layer.

Would you prefer keeping a tokenized stock on an exchange or controlling it through your own wallet?

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