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Coinbase's Tokenized Stocks With 'True Equity Ownership'
Coinbase will launch tokenized US equities for non-US customers in July, backed 1:1, with full shareholder rights, dividend payouts, and DeFi utility as collateral or lendable for yield. The exchange claims these tokens represent "true equity ownership" but has not disclosed the legal structure underpinning that assertion. Whether holders receive direct equity or a wrapped derivative claim determines regulatory treatment, user protections, and competitive positioning relative to prior tokenized-stock products that offered only synthetic exposure. Coinbase's silence on the legal mechanism leaves the market without the information needed to evaluate whether this offering is structurally distinct from its predecessors.
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