Bitwise and Coinbase Enable Non-Custodial Tokenized Stock Investment for International Investors
Bitwise Asset Management has launched automated investment portfolios allowing non-US investors to hold tokenized American equities in their own wallets while benefiting from institutional portfolio management.
How Self-Custodied Tokenized Portfolios Function
The portfolios operate through a tripartite structure: Bitwise designs investment strategies, Coinbase provides the underlying tokenized stock tokens, and Glider—a platform specializing in automated blockchain rebalancing—executes ongoing portfolio adjustments. Rather than deposits flowing to a centralized fund manager, investors receive tokenized stock tokens directly into their own digital wallets, maintaining direct ownership and control while Glider automatically rebalances their holdings to match Bitwise’s model portfolios.
Three initial strategy options launched with the product. One tracks the Magnificent Seven technology companies, another focuses on robotics and artificial intelligence sector leaders, and additional diversified strategies round out the initial offering. The portfolios provide tokenized exposure to major corporations including Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft, Tesla, and SpaceX. Compensation flows to Bitwise through a 0.15% annual methodology access fee, with additional trading and platform fees retained by Glider for handling technical operations.
Perhaps most significantly, the self-custody model enables participation in decentralized finance protocols. Because investors own the actual tokenized stock tokens rather than fund shares, their holdings can theoretically be deployed within DeFi applications for lending, borrowing, or yield generation strategies—creating hybrid financial structures blending traditional equity exposure with blockchain protocol participation. Investors engaging in such strategies assume the specific risks associated with individual DeFi protocols.
Tokenized Securities Accelerating Adoption
This launch arrives amid dramatic expansion of the tokenized securities sector. Data compiled by rwa.xyz demonstrates tokenized listed stocks have reached $2.49 billion in combined value, reflecting a 5.18% increase during the preceding month. The asset class has attracted 2.25 million individual token holders and facilitates $27.28 billion in monthly transfer volume—metrics suggesting robust participation from both institutional and retail investor categories.
Bitwise’s announcement follows Coinbase’s deployment of tokenized US stocks on Base, its Layer 2 blockchain system. This infrastructure deployment eliminates conventional market hour limitations, enabling eligible non-US investors to trade continuously and integrate positions seamlessly with decentralized finance applications.
Blockchain Reconstructing Traditional Finance
This product illustrates how blockchain infrastructure enables new models of asset management. The combination of professional portfolio oversight with self-custody and transparent programmability creates advantages over traditional fund structures. The ability to compose tokenized equities with DeFi protocols opens possibilities for hybrid financial products spanning traditional and decentralized systems.
Tokenized asset infrastructure represents growing integration between traditional finance and blockchain, creating on-chain activity that drives utility token adoption and network growth.
Source: Bitwise, via Cointelegraph. Not financial advice.