BlackRock and DRW execs bullish on tokenization potential
DRW’s Don Wilson expects every instrument to be traded on-chain in five years’ time.
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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