Institutions Moving Toward Tokenized Onchain Future: No Going Back, Says Fidelity
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Published: Oct 8, 2026
Tokenization offers structural advantages to financial institutions and facilitates asset managers' access to new markets, according to Fidelity's head of digital asset strategists, Matthew Horne.
"In the last 18 months, if you look at the push by true institutions to move toward an onchain future, it’s really no going back," said Horne during a panel discussion at Longitude Singapore on Thursday.
US asset managers are particularly motivated to move assets onchain as tokenization provides better investor access and aids in reaching new markets, as Horne explained.
Market Trends
- Demand for tokenized assets increased by 41% in the past 30 days, with over 493,000 holders, according to RWA.xyz.
- In December 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a "no action" letter to a DTCC subsidiary, enabling it to offer a new securities market tokenization service.
- In September, the SEC approved temporary exemptions for limited trading of tokenized US stocks on onchain venues.
Expert Insights
- Ka Yan Chan, head of digital assets business development at UBS, believes that billions of dollars in treasuries and equities could move onchain with the right infrastructure, particularly when market leaders like the Fed or DTCC transform their custody layers.
- Standard Chartered's global head of digital asset research, Geoff Kendrick, predicted that tokenized real world assets (RWAs) could reach $4 trillion by the end of 2028.
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