Tokenization Moves From Theory to Reality | DTCC Insights
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Tokenization is turning financial market infrastructure inside out — and this piece shows how the theory of disintermediation is finally colliding with Wall Street's real-world plumbing.
Disintermediation TheoryNetwork EffectsInstitutional TheoryFinancial Innovation Diffusion
Theory Briefing
- DTCC, the backbone of U.S. securities settlement, is now actively exploring tokenization — signaling institutional legitimacy for blockchain-based assets.
- Tokenization promises to eliminate layers of middlemen in capital markets, a textbook case of disintermediation theory playing out at scale.
- The shift from 'theory to reality' framing reveals how network effects and coordination problems have historically slowed adoption — until incumbents lead the charge.