The exchange’s new derivatives track Apple, Nvidia and Tesla from $1 a position. The disclosure attached to them says holders get no ownership of the shares.
- Crypto.com began offering derivatives that track 1,500 U.S. stocks and ETFs, with positions starting at $1.
- Buyers get price exposure only. They own no shares, hold no votes, and have no legal claim on the stock itself.
- The company’s own beginner guide describes a sturdier setup, where a separate legal vehicle holds real shares and protects holders if the platform runs into trouble.
Crypto.com started selling derivatives that track 1,500 U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds on Wednesday, and the disclosure attached to the launch tells buyers they get no legal or beneficial ownership of any of them.
Foris Capital CY Limited issues the products, which reference the price of the underlying share or fund. Eligible users in the European Economic Area and other approved markets can take positions from $1 and trade around the clock. The roster includes Apple (AAPL), Nvidia (NVDA) and Tesla (TSLA), plus funds such as SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) and iShares Silver Trust (SLV).
Holders may receive dividend-equivalent adjustments, Crypto.com said. They do not receive voting or other shareholder rights. The underlying assets supporting the products are held with Alpaca, a U.S. broker-dealer.
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The company’s own guide points at a different structure
Crypto.com’s beginner guide to tokenized stocks splits this market in two. Custodial-backed tokens carry direct 1:1 backing, each one matched to a real share kept by a licensed custodian. Synthetic tokens mirror the price and involve no share at all.
The guide makes a specific promise for the custodial route. A special purpose vehicle holding the shares keeps them off the issuer’s balance sheet, and the guide says they stay legally protected for the investor if the platform faces financial trouble. The new products are the synthetic kind.
The launch materials establish what buyers give up. They stop short of what backstops the position. Crypto.com has not said whether the assets held with Alpaca sit inside a ring-fenced vehicle, how the dividend-equivalent adjustment is calculated, or what happens to open positions if the issuing entity fails. Anyone already holding one can look for the named counterparty, the discretion attached to that dividend adjustment, and where a holder sits in an insolvency waterfall.
Tokenized equities are still the small end of a much bigger trade
Tokenized stocks are worth about $2.49 billion, up roughly 600% over the past year, RWA.xyz data shows. That sits inside a wider $29 billion pool of tokenized real world assets on public blockchains, led by government treasuries and money market funds. Citi has estimated the tokenized securities market could reach $5.5 trillion by 2030, including $2.6 trillion in equities.
The field around Crypto.com, the world’s 11th largest exchange by CoinGecko’s count, is crowded. Kraken, Bybit, Bitget and Robinhood have each rolled out tokenized equity products outside the U.S., and Kraken went further by letting traders post tokenized stocks as collateral. Ondo Finance built on the custodial side, issuing tokens against a BlackRock ETF and Micron shares inside U.S. custody rules. The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation is testing tokenized securities infrastructure, and Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange have each unveiled tokenization initiatives.
Crypto.com sells the products under a Markets in Financial Instruments Directive license it gained with its May 2025 acquisition of Foris Capital. The EU’s DLT Pilot Regime caps equities at companies under €200 million in market value, and the European Commission’s review of MiCA closes to public comment on August 31.
