Block Street Launches $10M Liquidity Layer for Tokenized Stocks on BNB Chain

Block Street has launched a $10 million liquidity layer for tokenized stocks on BNB Chain, following a testnet that attracted over 200,000 users in one week. The platform enables borrowing, shorting, and hedging of equities like AAPL and NVDA on-chain. The deployment on BNB Chain aims to capture a massive retail user base eager for on-chain stock exposure.

Block Street has launched a $10 million liquidity layer for tokenized stocks on BNB Chain, following a successful testnet that attracted over 200,000 users in just one week. The platform enables users to engage in borrowing, shorting, and hedging major equities like Apple (AAPL) and NVIDIA (NVDA) directly on-chain. The deployment on BNB Chain aims to capture a massive retail user base eager for on-chain stock exposure.

The mainnet launch follows a testnet period that demonstrated significant early traction for Block Street's model of tokenized stock lending. According to a press release shared with Crypto.News on August 21, Block Street has officially launched its unified liquidity layer on BNB Chain, initiating its mainnet phase with a $10 million liquidity pool [1].

Block Street's strategic alignment with BNB Chain's architecture, which offers low gas fees and fast block times, provides the necessary infrastructure for its hybrid liquidation engine. This helps mitigate the risk of cascading liquidations during periods of high volatility. Additionally, BNB Chain's EVM compatibility allows for seamless integration of tokenized equities into existing DeFi vaults, money markets, and asset management protocols, treating them like any other yield-bearing primitive [1].

"Launching on BNB Chain is about more than scale—it’s about unlocking true DeFi utility for tokenized equities," said Hedy Wang, Co-Founder of Block Street. "BNB Chain’s performance and ecosystem make it the ideal home for our capital-efficient primitives" [1].

This launch accelerates a broader trend within crypto: the relentless march of real-world assets on-chain. Tokenized stocks have ballooned, though recent analysis from CertiK's 2025 Skynet RWA Security Report highlights a dual narrative of a 220% growth in July and concentrated risk [2].

While the total value locked in RWAs has surged, the market's health is increasingly tied to the security and operational integrity of a few key protocols and the chains they inhabit. Block Street’s entry on a massive chain like BNB is a direct play to diversify this landscape, moving tokenized equities from a niche, institutional product into the hands of a global retail base [2].

However, as the CertiK report notes, the attack surface for RWAs expands beyond smart contracts to include oracle risks, custodial failures, and the enforceability of legal claims, challenges Block Street must now navigate in a very public arena [2].

References:
[1] https://crypto.news/block-street-brings-10m-liquidity-push-for-tokenized-stocks-on-bnb-chain/
[2] https://en.coinotag.com/breakingnews/lista-dao-surpasses-3b-tvl-and-1m-bnb-staked-cementing-role-as-bnb-chains-usd1-liquidity-hub/