I have always been interested in both crypto and stocks but honestly the traditional stock route has always felt like a wall I could not climb. Brokerage accounts, endless KYC, regional restrictions, and the sense that unless you had big capital you were shut out. Watching companies like Tesla and Nvidia skyrocket only made that frustration sharper.

So it caught my eye when I came across the idea of trading tokenized versions of stocks directly with USDT similar to how we already approach crypto futures. Suddenly exposure to Web2 giants like AAPL or TSLA does not require jumping through brokerage hoops or starting with huge sums.

I have not jumped in yet since I do not trade stocks heavily but it does feel like an interesting shift. It blends two worlds that used to be totally separate and lowers the entry point for people who were never going to open a traditional brokerage account in the first place.

I am curious how others here see this. Is tokenized access to equities something that could actually reshape retail investing or just another experiment that fades out once the hype dies?