Fed Speech · Cook

What the statement says

Neutral: Governor Cook's speech focuses on financial-stability implications of tokenization, with no reference to monetary policy stance or interest rate path

• Explicitly supports financial innovation while stressing financial stability as a prerequisite: 'I support and encourage financial innovation. Second, I carefully monitor the financial-stability implications that accompany all innovation.'
• Notes U.S. tokenized assets' market capitalization more than doubled in the last year to around $25 billion, calculated by staff using data from Allium Labs.
• Distinguishes two forms of tokenization: (1) assets issued directly on DLT (currently rare), and (2) representations of conventionally issued assets — the latter being the focus of her remarks.
• Highlights liquidity risks: tokenization may alter investor redemption incentives — potentially alleviating runs (e.g., posting tokenized MMF shares for margin instead of redeeming) but also amplifying transmission of shocks from secondary markets unrelated to underlying reserves.
• States the Fed is researching, experimenting, and collaborating globally (e.g., with BIS and FSB) to monitor tokenization, but 'I do not see tokenization as replacing traditional market infrastructure.'

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