Binance’s Richard Teng says tokenized stock demand is strong, but information flow lags

Demand for tokenized stocks is not the problem. Information is. That was the message from Binance’s Richard Teng at TOKEN2049 in Singapore, held October 7-8, 2026. He said appetite for tokenized stocks and private market products is high, but poor information flow is limiting growth in some private markets. Demand meets a visibility gap Teng’s comments split the tokenization story into two lanes. Public equities, which come with regular disclosures and price discovery, have a relatively smooth path onto the blockchain. Private markets are a different animal. Wrapping a private company stake in a token does not magically produce a quarterly earnings report. The token can move around the clock, but the underlying information may still arrive at a much slower pace, or not at all. Investors can only price what they can evaluate, and Teng framed the information shortfall as the constraint on certain private market products, not a lack of buyers. Teng also positioned programmable, always-on assets as central to where finance is heading. His pitch: better access and tighter connections across the global marketplace. The numbers behind the pitch Binance has a direct stake in this argument....