Citi to offer tokenized private shares to wealthy clients: WSJ

Citi has opened a regulated blockchain route into private-company shares, giving Wall Street another live test of tokenization beyond crypto-native trading. The Wall Street Journal reported June 11 that Citigroup is rolling out tokenized shares of private companies for wealthy and institutional clients, initially limited to foreign investors, with the bank hoping other financial institutions […]

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