Tokenized stocks rose 86% in Q3 while Treasuries stayed flat, ARK says

Research from ARK Invest reported that tokenized stocks rose 86% in the third quarter while tokenized Treasury products were essentially unchanged, a divergence the firm attributes to growing on-chain demand for equity exposure. The transmission channel appears to run through risk appetite and capital allocation rather than interest rates: with Treasury yields offering no price appreciation to offset their carry, the gap points to investors shifting onchain capital toward equity-linked risk assets. Tokenized equity platforms and the underlying listed stocks they track are the most directly exposed, since their pricing depends on both the underlying share prices and the liquidity and fee structures of the crypto-native venues where these tokens trade. Traders should watch whether the outperformance persists alongside broader equity market performance, as a sharp reversal in U.S. equities would expose how much of the gain reflects token-specific demand versus beta to the underlying shares. Upcoming U.S. CPI and Federal Reserve rate-path signals will be key, since any shift in yield expectations would test whether capital keeps rotating from fixed income into equity-linked exposure.

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