{"id":104578,"date":"2020-11-04T10:30:40","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T07:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/security-token-volumes-crash-by-half-for-two-consecutive-months\/"},"modified":"2020-11-04T10:30:40","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T07:30:40","slug":"security-token-volumes-crash-by-half-for-two-consecutive-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/security-token-volumes-crash-by-half-for-two-consecutive-months\/","title":{"rendered":"# Security token volumes crash by half for two consecutive months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong># Security token volumes crash by half for two consecutive months <\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-v-5a136f3a=\"\">The bullish momentum enjoyed by the security token sector in the first three quarters of 2020 has well and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/security-token-group\/security-token-market-report-october-2020-eef66e14eacc\">truly subsided<\/a>, with monthly volume crashing by more than 40% for the second time in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Since it tagged almost $22 million in August, monthly security token trade slumped to $9.15 million in September, before sliding down to $5.27 million for October.<\/p>\n<p>With 98% of the sector\u2019s trade taking place on the Overstock-owned alternative trading system tZERO, it <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears Overstock\u2019s plan to bolster volumes through issuing a \u201cdigital dividend\u201d in the form of security airdropped to OSTK shareholders has lost its steam.<\/p>\n<p>Overstock\u2019s OSTKO security token \u2014 which represents 50% of the combined security token market cap \u2014 shed 18% of its value during October, while monthly volume fell 20% to roughly $3 million. OSTKO\u2019s market cap of $252 million would rank it as the 53rd-largest crypto asset overall according to CoinMarketCap.<\/p>\n<p>Curiously, the token began October trading for $70, nearly 20% lower than OSTK shares. However, OSTKO closed the month at $57 \u2014 one-dollar higher than Overstock\u2019s share price.<\/p>\n<p>The bulk of October\u2019s decline in security token volume took place in the markets for tZERO\u2019s TZROP token, which generated just $2.15 million in trade this past month \u2014 down 60% from September\u2019s $5.29 million. The token also shed 8% of its value last month.<\/p>\n<p>TZROP is the second-largest security token with a capitalization of $180.7 million, ranking it as the 65th-largest crypto asset overall.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2020-11\/cd7941ba-df6c-47d3-a488-0cbeb1ac3317.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption style=\"text-align: center;\">Top 5 security tokens by market cap: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stomarket.com\/\">STOMarket<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While tZERO has maintained dominance over the secondary security token markets to-date, an increasing number of firms are building platforms to facilitate the creation and issuance of security tokens.<\/p>\n<p>One week ago, Ignuim teamed up with equity crowdfunding platform Fundwise to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdfundinsider.com\/2020\/10\/168596-estonia-investment-crowdfunding-platform-fundwise-partners-with-ignium-on-blockchain-based-secondary-market\/\">launch<\/a> a tokenized crowdfunding service targeting small and medium-sized enterprises.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Japanese financial services giant SBI Holdings announced it would conduct a security token offering to issue shares in its e-sports subsidiary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/security-token-volumes-crash-by-half-for-two-consecutive-months\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;# Security token volumes crash by half for two consecutive months &#8221; The bullish momentum enjoyed by the security token sector in the first three quarters of 2020 has well and truly subsided, with monthly volume crashing by more than 40% for the second time in a row. 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