The Financial Stability Implications of Tokenized Investment Funds

Pablo Azar, Francesca Carapella, Jp Perez-Sangimino, Nathan Swem and Alexandros Vardoulakis
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Nathan Swem: https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/nathan-swem.htm
Alexandros Vardoulakis: https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/alexandros-vardoulakis.htm

No 20250924b, Liberty Street Economics from Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Abstract: In a previous post, we provided background information about the emergence of tokenized investment funds and their use cases. These use cases are currently limited to the digital asset ecosystem. However, the recent approval of cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and the passage of the GENIUS Act raise concerns about the impact of these tokenized investment fund to the broader financial system. In this post, we assess this impact by considering three economic mechanisms based in part on market participants’ investment strategies and liquidity needs. They include: liquidity transformation, interconnections between the digital asset and the traditional financial system, and transaction settlement. Through these mechanisms, tokenization of investment funds can bring about financial stability benefits in the form of reduced redemption pressures and additional sources of liquidity for fund issuances, but may also increase interconnectedness between the traditional financial system and digital asset ecosystem, thereby amplifying existing financial stability risks.

Keywords: cryptocurrency; blockchain; money markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E0 G0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-09-24
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DOI: 10.59576/lse.20250924b

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