Tokenized Equity Product bStocks Reaches $1B in Assets

bStocks, a tokenized equities product, crossed $1 billion in assets under management about four months after its June 11 launch. Its lineup expanded from five tickers to nearly 100, covering U.S.-listed stocks, ETFs, and sectors such as AI infrastructure and semiconductors. Cumulative trading volume exceeded $40 billion, and users converted more than $6 billion between tokens and underlying shares, with much activity occurring outside regular U.S. market hours.

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bStocks began June 11 with five tickers and by Oct 15, 2026 had almost 100, spanning U.S.-listed shares, ETFs, AI infrastructure and semiconductors. Each token is fully backed by the corresponding security and offers 1:1 exposure, settling on-chain and moving between exchange accounts and self-custody wallets. Since launch, cumulative trading volume passed $40B, averaging over $300M daily; conversions between tokens and underlying shares exceeded $6B. Binance said product represented about quarter of tokenized equity sector market cap in October; press release citing Dune called fastest to $1B AUM. That's maybe 90 words. Need two short paragraphs under 120 total. Good.

Second paragraph: Trading occurs 24/7. Binance Research found only 42% of August volume during regular U.S. sessions, vs 89.2% conventional U.S. equities; July regular share 38%. DeFi utilization 11.2% early Oct, 3.8 pp above comparable tokenized equities. Borrowing against deposited collateral rose from 5.5% end June to 46.2% by Sept 10; about $3.1M borrowed against $6.8M collateral. In Sept collateral support extended to all eligible users; supported tokens can be margin/futures collateral, including up to 5x leverage or same token as collateral and futures hedge. On-chain tokenized-stock transfers exceeded $100B in Q3 2026, over 16x Q1's $6B; bStocks drove much, reaching more than 90% of week... Wait source truncated "more than 90% of week" incomplete. Avoid incomplete. Need under 120 total. My fi