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Are Tokens the Future of All Finance?

Allen Brown by Allen Brown
November 26, 2020
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Even though there are many new technologies, they are not always successful. The success of technologies is measured by their ability to make processes more efficient. The same applies to the finance world. As investors struggle with the cryptocurrency market, many of them have shifted their focus to security tokens as they seem to be more promising. Security tokens are the future of digital assets. In the recent past, security tokens and security token offerings have become buzzwords in finance and the crypto community. Everyone is trying to understand this digital asset. Keep reading to learn more about it.

Blockchain

Blockchain is a chain of blocks. Essentially, it is a digital ledge that affects financial transactions and can be used for record keeping. It is secure, immutable, and transparent. Once a transaction has been made on blockchain, it cannot be erased or changes. It is, therefore, great for healthcare, finance, and other sensitive sectors.

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Blockchain has been widely used in crowdfunding. It simplifies Crypto projects and reduces the cost of intermediaries. According to the team at Routefusion.com, poor frameworks to govern the process have resulted in many scams. They have marred the image of crypto and blockchain.

Security Token Offerings (STOS)

STOs are great because they bridge the gap. They are well regulated, versatile, and available. They have come a long way from being a mere concept to a success especially in the real estate field. Owning an asset in security tokens gives investors more structure. They can expect to have their ownership stake preserved on the blockchain ledger.

Security tokens have become popular because they act as a bridge between blockchain and the traditional finance sector. Both sectors benefit equally because the assets shared up through tokens already exist in traditional finance markets.

The Benefits of Security Tokens

  1. Fractional Ownership

Security tokens give investors a path to fractionalize high-value assets. Fractionalizing more assets helps markets achieve their best asset allocation in retail investment. They are great for fine art, real estate, and other asset classes. With fractional ownership, it is easy to implement eventual sophisticated investment strategies. It improves price discovery and makes assets with high-unit costs more efficient.

  1. Automated Compliance

Security tokens can reduce frictions of trade by adhering to the regulations in specific countries. When they are tokenized, the compliance of securities is automated. Regulated trading is no longer restricted to a specific country. Since they are programmable, the rules are hard-coded into the structure of the token. They can be traded anywhere as long as they are compliant.

  1. 24/7 Markets

Tokens offer the potential for 24/7 markets. Since the cryptocurrency market is borderless, it does not have time restrictions. Because of the 24/7 access, investors can act on new information as soon as they get it. There is potential to expand the investor pool.In conclusion, tokens are the future of finance. Tokenized security tokens give you the perfect balance between traditional finance and blockchain. When you tokenize an asset, nothing about it changes. However, you change the way it is recorded and managed.

Allen Brown

Allen Brown

The information contained in this article is for informational purposes only and is not in any way intended to substitute professional advice, medical care or advice from your doctor.

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