14/03/2025
The financial world is increasingly embracing blockchain-powered trading, with both emerging companies and major institutions exploring tokenization and digital securities. For real-world examples of tokenization in action, check out our last three blogs covering current use cases for real-world assets, securities trading, and stablecoins.
When it comes to stock trading, many traditional stock markets operate on legacy infrastructure with longer settlement times, limited trading hours, and limited access to global investors.
Nasdaq President, Tal Cohen, wrote in a LinkedIn post that the operator has started discussions with regulators and expects to launch 24-hour, five-days-a-week trading in the second half of 2026. Other exchanges are also in discussions as demand for globally interconnected markets continues to grow.
While these discussions and system upgrades are still in progress for traditional markets, the future of trading isn’t just on the horizon — it’s already here.
Upstream, part of MERJ Exchange, is already delivering the next evolution of stock trading with real-time ex*****on, instant settlement, and global access.
Learn more in this week’s blog: https://medium.com//the-stock-market-of-the-future-is-already-here-4151526bd3bd
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