Self custody was the original promise of DeFi. But for years, traditional assets like stocks and ETFs lived outside that promise. You could trade tokens permissionlessly, yet global benchmarks still required brokers, paperwork, and regional gatekeeping.

xStocks on STONfi change that structure.

These assets exist as native tokens on The Open Network. They behave like any other DeFi asset in your wallet. You can swap them. Hold them. Integrate them into strategies. All without traditional custody friction.

Here is the important distinction.

Issuers and custodians manage the off chain economic backing and compliance structure.

But they cannot access, freeze, or reshuffle tokens sitting in your wallet.

That separation matters.

It improves access symmetry for eligible users across different regions. From Nigeria’s growing crypto ecosystem, this feels practical. Global market exposure without relying on legacy custody systems.

Hybrid finance is forming in real time. Traditional finance anchors meeting decentralized rails.

So the real question is this.

If you can hold exposure to global benchmarks directly in your wallet, how does that change your strategy?

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