Block Street, a unified liquidity layer for tokenized equities, has announced a strategic product integration with ST0x, a tokenized stock issuance and trading protocol, aimed at deepening on-chain equity liquidity within the Base ecosystem. Under the integration, ST0x-issued tokenized equities will be supported within Block Street’s dual-market liquidity engine, enabling margin trading, borrowing, shorting, and structured strategies against tokenized stocks natively on Base. Block Street said the design brings capital-efficiency mechanics typically associated with institutional markets to on-chain equities, with a hybrid risk engine that supports borrowing against tokenized stocks, hedged and delta-neutral positioning, unified liquidity access without fragmented order books, and compliance via regulated off-chain custody rails.
The companies are leaning into Base, Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer-2, as on-chain trading activity consolidates on low-fee networks with deep stablecoin liquidity. On DefiLlama metrics, Base currently shows roughly $4.67 billion in stablecoins (with ~89.9% USDC dominance), around 392,480 active addresses and 7.76 million transactions in a 24-hour window, and roughly $5.13 billion in DEX volume over the past week, underscoring the network’s growing role as a high-throughput settlement layer for consumer and trading use cases.
Market observers also point to Base’s rising concentration of high-value stablecoin flows: a Talos analysis found that daily USDC transfers above $100,000 on Base jumped from under 50,000 to over 450,000 in January 2026, with a significant share tied to DeFi infrastructure activity rather than simple payments.
Jesse Pollak, who leads Base’s ecosystem development, has repeatedly argued that the next phase of crypto adoption will be driven by real market activity moving on-chain; in recent public commentary, he framed the trajectory as “real financial markets moving on-chain,” a thesis the Block Street–ST0x stack aims to operationalize by pairing compliant issuance with a liquidity and risk layer on the same network.
ST0x said it provides regulated tokenized equity issuance designed for cross-border accessibility, while the Block Street integration routes these assets directly into DeFi-native liquidity and lending architecture on Base.
The integration lands as forecasts for asset tokenization broaden. BCG/ADDX have estimated tokenization could scale to around $16 trillion by 2030, while other projections cited in market research place the figure closer to $2 trillion, reflecting a wide range of adoption scenarios. Networks with deep stablecoin liquidity, high throughput, and composable DeFi rails could become the primary venues for the next wave of on-chain market structure, and the Block Street–ST0x integration is positioning Base as a key battleground for tokenized equities liquidity.
BlockStreet is a financial technology company dedicated to building the infrastructure that bridges the gap between traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi). Founded by fintech veteran Hedy Wang, BlockStreet’s mission is to democratize access to wealth-generating opportunities by creating a more unified and efficient market for digital assets. The company’s flagship product, the Aqua liquidity aggregator, is designed to seamlessly connect on-chain liquidity pools for tokenized assets, starting with U.S. stocks. By focusing on building a unified liquidity layer, BlockStreet aims to drive greater adoption and utility for digital assets, ultimately creating a more stable and accessible financial ecosystem for all investors.
