Bitfinex Securities, an El Salvador-based tokenized securities platform, claims that real world asset (RWA) tokenization and decentralized finance offer an unprecedented opportunity to rebuild Venezuela’s market infrastructure.
According to Jesse Knutson, Head of Operations at Bitfinex Securities, the opportunities for this technology are: It is particularly attractive in markets with Venezuelan characteristics.
In a statement to CriptoNoticias, Knutson said RWAs are most attractive in environments where “trust in financial institutions is low, market infrastructure needs to be restructured, and global investors are carefully evaluating re-entry and accessibility.”
For Bitfinex Securities executives, the technology isn’t just a trend, it’s an efficiency tool For economies that lack strong financial systems.
Unlike developed markets where tokenization competes with established systems, in Venezuela May act as a direct growth catalystaccording to the manager.
“Without an established and developed financial services industry, tokenization could play an important role in opening up the Venezuelan economy to global markets in an efficient, rapid and democratized manner,” the administrator explains.
This also enables local businesses Access international capital in a transparent and low-cost mannerovercoming the traditional barriers of the traditional banking system.
Venezuela is a virtual currency “laboratory”
This interest from international actors is in line with the vision of local analysts such as trader Alberto Cardenas, who define Venezuela as a “laboratory” for crypto assets.
After years of experimentation with mining, regulation, and large-scale use of stablecoins such as USDT, Cárdenas said: The next natural step is RWA.
In fact, the Caracas Stock Exchange has already started working in this direction through education and exploring how the digitalization of real estate, agro-industrial products and commodities can transform the ecosystem.
Cárdenas agreed that traditional financial models based on transaction fees are disappearing, Making way for a more efficient business focused on storage and advice.