Tokenized Stocks Can Trade at Prices Different From Underlying Shares
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An analysis explains why tokenized versions of traditional stocks sometimes trade at prices that diverge from the actual share price on regulated exchanges. The discrepancies arise from differences in liquidity, trading hours, redemption mechanisms, and market structure between on-chain and off-chain markets.
WHY IT MATTERS
Think of a tokenized stock like a gift card for a specific store. The gift card is supposed to be worth exactly what it says, but if you try to sell it to someone else, they might offer you a little more or less depending on how easy it is to use and how much they trust it. Tokenized stocks work similarly: they represent real shares of a company, but because they trade on different platforms with different rules and different numbers of buyers and sellers, their price can drift from the actual stock price. For anyone new to crypto exploring tokenized assets, this is an important reminder that a digital version of an asset does not always trade at the same price as the original.
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