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Something for the weekend: Coming your way... the tokenization of quadrillions worth of financial transactions

Published 12 December 2025

CAPLAND highlights the SEC approval that allows the DTCC to tokenize highly liquid assets, framing tokenization as a structural change that can reach beyond listed securities into private-market infrastructure.

CAPLAND linked this note to the accelerating institutional acceptance of tokenized financial assets. The main argument is not that tokenization is a novelty, but that core market plumbing is beginning to validate it in a way that could materially change settlement, collateral mobility, and private-market operations.

The post ties that development to a broader long-term thesis: infrastructure tends to matter more than short-term market narratives. Once clearing, custody, and transfer rails adapt, tokenization becomes relevant not only for speculative digital assets but also for more conventional balance-sheet and capital-markets workflows.