Bitfinex Securities says tokenized assets could bypass Venezuela's thin stock market. Only 40 companies trade on the Caracas exchange. Oil sector is the first target.
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Bitfinex Securities sees tokenization as a way to restart capital markets in Venezuela after the arrest of President Nicolas Maduro in January.
In a report on Latin American market inclusion, the exchange's securities arm argued that tokenized assets could bypass the Caracas Stock Exchange's low volumes and narrow participation. Only 40 companies trade on the index. A company raising $30 million to $50 million would be "aiming for an amount that represents a significant fraction of what the local market moves in several months," said Jose Miguel Farias, a fundraising consultant.
Economist Aaron Olmos said tokenization could fast-track capital raises and open the door to international money as sanctions are gradually lifted. He called it "pivotal to the future of the country's financial ecosystem."
Bitfinex pointed to the oil sector as a natural fit. Tokenized oil assets would let family offices, specialized funds, commodity traders, and Venezuelans abroad participate in the industry's recovery – investments that have historically required large capital commitments.
Jose Grasso Vecchio, president of the Caracas Stock Exchange, pushed back on the technology-first framing. Any tokenized instrument built on Venezuelan assets "must follow the inverse logic: verifiable asset, first; robust compliance structure, second; and technology as an efficiency tool, third," he said.
Venezuelans may have a head start. Years of hyperinflation and capital controls have driven widespread use of cryptocurrency for savings, payments, and international settlements. Farias described that as necessity-based adoption that could help normalize tokenization in financial markets.
"Tokenization can do a great deal to accelerate progress, it cannot do so in isolation," he said. "It requires the country to advance in its understanding, regulation, and adoption of these technologies."
Alejandro Grisanti, head of the Caracas-based consultancy Ecoanalitica, proposed issuing a national USD stablecoin as part of a broader economic stabilization package.
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