Near co-founder says liquidity remains the biggest challenge for tokenized stocks

$NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin said the network wants to connect tokenized equities directly with liquidity from traditional markets, positioning $NEAR Intents as an aggregation layer between crypto and venues such as Nasdaq.

Speaking with Ashton Addison on the Crypto Coin Show, Polosukhin said liquidity remains one of the biggest limitations facing tokenized equities as more stocks and funds move onchain.

“There’s a little bit on Solana, there’s a little bit on Ethereum, there’s a little bit on Base,” Polosukhin said, arguing that liquidity has become increasingly fragmented across networks and platforms.