Tokenized Treasuries Have a Liquidity Problem | Faster Settlement Makes It Worse

Tokenized U.S. Treasuries promise faster settlement, extended trading hours, and more efficient collateral movement. But moving the asset faster does not automatically create the cash, dealer financing, market depth, or redemption capacity required to support it.

This deep dive explains why near-instant settlement can increase prefunding requirements, reduce the benefits of netting, and divide liquidity across separate networks. It also examines tokenized repo activity, DTCC’s approach, the OUSG redemption involving Ripple, and where the XRP Ledger may fit without assuming blockchain technology creates liquidity by itself.

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Chapters:

0:00 Faster Settlement Means the Money Must Be Ready

0:44 A Treasury Token Is Not a Treasury Market

1:32 The Five Jobs Behind Liquidity

2:49 Redemption Is Not the Same as Trading

3:48 Faster Settlement Needs Cash Now

4:45 Why Netting and Repo Still Matter

6:11 Longer Trading Hours Do Not Create Buyers

7:05 The Fragmentation Trap

8:10 The Missing Market Layers Are Being Rebuilt

9:12 OUSG Shows How the Exit Actually Works

10:31 Where Ripple and XRP Could Fit

11:51 Speed Is Not Liquidity

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