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Story: Peter Schiff Warns SEC’s Tokenized Stock Move Threatens Bitcoin Liquidity

By Bruce Buterin

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What the SEC Actually Did. The SEC's announcement laid out a path for tokenized securities to trade on public blockchains.

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The CLARITY Act's Collapse Looms Over All of This. The SEC's move didn't happen in a vacuum. It follows the failure of the Digital Asset Market…

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Peter Schiff has a new argument against Bitcoin. The Chief Economist and Global Strategist at Europac says the SEC's push toward tokenized securities could pull liquidity…

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Schiff came out swinging after the SEC announced measures to allow the issuance and trading of tokenized securities on public blockchains. The crypto crowd cheered. Schiff didn't.

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He's been a gold advocate for decades and has never warmed to Bitcoin. But the SEC's move gives him fresh ammunition, and he's using it.

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Michael Saylor weighed in too. He said the SEC's innovation exemption clears the way for tokenized trading of specific securities, including MSTR and STRC.

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Crypto supporters pushed back on Schiff's framing. Their position is that Bitcoin occupies a different lane entirely. It's not competing with stocks, tokenized or otherwise.

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Related: Bitcoin and U.S. Equities Whipsaw Amid CLARITY Act Setback and Market Turmoil

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The SEC's move didn't happen in a vacuum. It follows the failure of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act — the CLARITY Act — to get enough Senate support to move forward.

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The SEC's tokenization push is partly a product of that vacuum. With no comprehensive digital asset law on the books, the agency is shaping the space through its own rulemaking.

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That context matters for Schiff's argument too. If tokenized stocks gain regulatory legitimacy while Bitcoin's legal status stays murky — no clear commodity designation, no…

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Related: Bitcoin Surges Past $80K as CFTC and SEC Actions Revive Crypto Stocks

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The debate isn't going to settle quickly. Tokenized securities are still early. Infrastructure, custody, and liquidity for on-chain stocks remain works in progress.

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But Schiff's core question — whether tokenized stocks will eat into Bitcoin's investor base — is at least worth taking seriously, even if his "Ponzi scheme" framing makes it easy…

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