Nasdaq CEO gives strong forecast on Treasurys and stocks

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Trillions of dollars remain tied up in settlement infrastructure across the global financial system each day, limiting how quickly institutions can redeploy capital. Adena…

Trillions of dollars remain tied up in settlement infrastructure across the global financial system each day, limiting how quickly institutions can redeploy capital.

Adena Friedman, CEO of Nasdaq, believes a major shift could change that.

Speaking to CNBC at the TOKEN2049 conference in Singapore in October 2026, she argued that blockchain could unlock that capital by allowing institutions to move tokenized Treasurys, stocks, money market funds, and cash in real time.

The idea is already moving beyond discussion. Nasdaq has secured SEC approval for a tokenized securities pilot and a nearly 23-hour trading day scheduled to begin Dec. 6, 2026.

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Friedman's argument targets the collateral that banks must park while trades clear through a settlement system that can take a full business day to process, CNBC reported.

Blockchain-based tokenization would compress that timeline by allowing securities and cash to move on digital rails, releasing capital that institutions could redeploy almost immediately.

She described the shift as "the next leg of innovation for securities markets" at the Futures Industry Association (FIA) Global Cleared Markets Conference in March 2026, Nasdaq's newsroom confirmed.

Her remarks at TOKEN2049 built on that vision by tying tokenized collateral directly to the push for round-the-clock market access, CNBC confirmed.

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