Tokenization Used to Feel Far Off but Now Stocks, Gold, and Treasuries Are Moving Into Practice

Tokenized assets used to sit in the same bucket as a lot of crypto ideas: interesting, promising, but always a bit “down the road.” People talked about putting stocks or gold on-chain the way they talked about mass adoption – something that would happen eventually.

Now that it’s 2026, it’s starting to feel less theoretical. Tokenization hasn’t taken over finance, but it’s also not just a concept anymore. It’s showing up in real products, and it’s becoming part of how the market is…