IMF dropped data showing 50%+ of tokenized stock trades happen outside normal market hours. Most of it? Fractional shares.
Regulators are freaking out about 24/7 markets. Fair. But the other side is way more interesting — people in different time zones who couldn't touch U.S. markets before are now in. People who couldn't afford full shares are now in.
This isn't some idealistic pitch. It's just what happens when you remove the gatekeeping. Real access looks messy to legacy systems. That's the point.
Regulators are freaking out about 24/7 markets. Fair. But the other side is way more interesting — people in different time zones who couldn't touch U.S. markets before are now in. People who couldn't afford full shares are now in.
This isn't some idealistic pitch. It's just what happens when you remove the gatekeeping. Real access looks messy to legacy systems. That's the point.