How Crypto Wallets Are Pushing Wall Street Into a 24/7 On-chain Economy

Investors around the world can now access U.S. stocks outside regular market hours, thanks to tokenized shares and self-custody wallets.

Platforms like Bitget Wallet allow users to buy fractions of companies such as Apple, Tesla, and Nvidia, trading them 24/7 without needing a broker or converting currencies.

According to Bitget Wallet’sCMO, Jamie Elkaleh, wallets are no longer just storage tools. They are turning into gateways to global markets, giving people in regions with little brokerage access a chance to invest in U.S. equities for the first time.

From Risky Experiments to Fully-Backed Tokenized Shares

The idea of bringing real-world assets onchain is not new. Projects like MakerDAO and synthetic equity platforms such as Mirror and Synthetix showed early potential. But they struggled with liquidity, unclear regulations, and trust issues.

The collapse of exchanges like FTX also exposed the weakness of those first stock token models.

Now, a new wave of platforms is trying to fix those problems. Unlike synthetic assets, today’s tokenized shares are backed directly by real securities, audited regularly, and structured to protect investors even in c…

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