The International Monetary Fund has found that tokenized equity markets are less liquid and more volatile than traditional markets. Cointelegraph reported the finding on Oct 8, 2026. It comes as demand grows for trading that runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The IMF did not reject tokenization. It said the technology could change financial markets by making trading and settlement more efficient. It also named two problems that could block wider adoption: unclear legal rules and risks to financial stability.
The report, written by Nate Kostar and edited by Sam Bourgi, does not say which tokenized markets the IMF looked at. It also does not say how large the gaps in liquidity and volatility were, or whether the IMF proposed any specific measures. The article leaves those details out.
For someone already holding a perpetual futures position on Bitget, Bybit, MEXC or OKX, this changes nothing directly. The IMF finding is about tokenized equity markets, not crypto perpetuals. Nothing in the report touches funding rates, trading fees or the liquidity of existing perp contracts. The article describes a warning, not a new rule.
Source: cointelegraph — IMF warns tokenized markets could amplify financial risks