Hotstuff Launches 24/7 Spot Trading for Tokenized U.S. Stocks and ETFs Powered by xStocks

Hotstuff Labs announced on May 13 that it launched 24/7 spot markets for tokenized U.S. stocks, ETFs, and crypto assets on its platform. The tokenized equity offering is powered by xStocks.

The launch means users can buy, sell, hold, and transfer tokenized versions of publicly traded equities around the clock, outside the constraints of traditional market hours.

Hotstuff says it built the new spot markets on a hybrid RFQ and order-book model, with Bebop as the first RFQ venue and additional venues planned over time.

Introducing Hotstuff Invest

24/7 spot markets for Tokenized Stocks, ETFs & Crypto, powered by @xstocksFi

Built on a Hybrid RFQ + order-book model with @bebop_dex as our 1st RFQ venue and more venues being integrated over time

The $147T equity market is coming on-chain. pic.twitter.com/p6eRCeysUJ

— Hotstuff (@tradehotstuff) May 13, 2026

The move comes after Hotstuff surpassed $1 billion in derivative trading volumes across crypto and real-world asset perpetuals. Spot tokenized equities represent a different product category, one that puts actual asset exposure, rather than synthetic leverage, into DeFi trading surfaces.

According to the company’s announcement, the tokenized stocks and ETFs are backed 1:1 by the underlying assets and redeemable for equivalent cash value.

Hotstuff via GlobeNewswire described the expansion:

According to Hotstuff via GlobeNewswire: Hotstuff Labs said it launched 24/7 spot markets for tokenized equities, ETFs, and crypto assets on Hotstuff. The release says the offering is powered by xStocks and enables users to buy, sell, hold, and transfer tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs around the clock.

Hotstuff framed the launch as an expansion beyond crypto and RWA perpetuals into spot real-world asset trading after surpassing $1 billion in derivative trading volumes. It also says tokenized equities are backed 1:1 by the underlying and redeemable for equivalent cash value, while including explicit risk and non-investment-advice caveats.

Hotstuff Labs announced the launch on May 13, 2026. Hotstuff launched 24/7 spot markets for tokenized equities, ETFs, and crypto assets.

The tokenized stocks and ETFs offering is powered by xStocks. Hotstuff says users can buy, sell, hold, and transfer tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs 24/7.

The announcement describes tokenized assets as backed 1:1 by the underlying and redeemable for equivalent cash value. Hotstuff says the expansion comes after surpassing $1 billion in derivative trading volumes.

The release includes risk and non-investment-advice caveats.

xStocks provides the tokenized equity layer underneath the new Hotstuff product. xStocks describes its tokens as backed 1-to-1 by the underlying asset and designed to plug into crypto trading and wallet ecosystems like any other onchain asset.

Hotstuff Invest is live, powered by xStocks. More assets, more platforms, more opportunities, one standard for tokenized equities.

Crypto is the infrastructure, Wall Street is the new frontier. https://t.co/9wtltOiy57

— xStocks (@xStocksFi) May 13, 2026

The distribution angle here is the real story for crypto markets. Tokenized equities have existed in various experimental forms for years, but they have mostly lived on isolated platforms with limited liquidity and reach.

Hotstuff bringing them into a DeFi-native exchange environment, complete with 24/7 availability and hybrid execution infrastructure, pushes tokenized stocks closer to the kind of composable, always-on trading experience crypto users already expect from digital assets.

The company included standard risk disclosures and non-investment-advice caveats in its announcement. Tokenized equities carry their own set of counterparty and redemption considerations that users should evaluate independently.

If more DeFi venues adopt similar integrations, the gap between traditional equity markets and onchain trading rails will keep shrinking. Hotstuff’s launch is one more data point suggesting that tokenized public-market exposure is moving from proof-of-concept to live production infrastructure.

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