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BlackRock and DRW execs bullish on tokenization potential

DRW’s Don Wilson expects every instrument to be traded on-chain in five years’ time.

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Widespread trading of tokenized assets could happen much faster than many in the market expect, according to DRW’s Don Wilson.

The founder and chief executive of the Chicago-based proprietary trading firm said: “My expectation is that in five years from now, every instrument that is traded frequently will be traded on-chain.” Wilson was speaking at the Federal Reserve’s Payments Innovation Conference on October 21.

DRW has been active in the development of tokenized assets, and in August was part

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