IMF: Tokenization Market Development Faces Four Major Constraints Including Legal, Regulatory, and Interoperability Issues

According to the analytical section of the latest Global Financial Stability Report published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), while the tokenized asset market is growing rapidly, its current scale remains small and highly fragmented. The full realization of its potential is primarily constrained by four factors: legal certainty, regulatory clarity, cross-platform interoperability, and the availability of safe settlement assets. Data shows that tokenization activities are currently concentrated in the repurchase agreement market, with an average daily trading volume of approximately $300 billion to $350 billion, which remains in its early stages compared to the scale of traditional finance.