# Bitget Study Shows Tokenized Stocks Cut Simulated Capital Needs 48.5% By Enna Lee Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/28009 Published: 2026-10-08T11:48:44.000Z Updated: 2026-10-08T11:48:44.000Z Section: Investing > A modeled $1 million portfolio needed about $175,000 instead of $340,000, but tokenized-stock collateral reached liquidation after a smaller correlated decline. A study released Oct. 7 found that using tokenized U.S. stocks as collateral alongside crypto perpetual contracts could reduce simulated capital needs by 48.5%, while making the portfolio more sensitive to correlated losses. The modeled $1 million portfolio contained $175,000 in tokenized AI and semiconductor stocks, a $115,000 short Nasdaq-100 ETF perpetual position, $410,000 in Bitcoin (BTC) perpetual exposure and $300,000 in Ether (ETH) perpetual exposure. With separate accounts, the stock holdings required about $175,000, while the perpetual contracts required another $165,000 in USDT margin. The combined requirement was approximately $340,000. In Bitget’s Cross-Asset Unified Account, the stock holdings contributed about $166,000 of collateral at a 95% collateral rate. That amount covered the modeled $165,000 margin requirement without additional USDT, reducing committed capital by approximately $165,000, or 48.5% of the separate-account requirement. The stock basket consisted of Nvidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Broadcom Inc., Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. and Micron Technology Inc. The capital savings came with greater liquidation sensitivity. The tokenized-stock portfolio reached its estimated liquidation point after an approximately 21% correlated decline across the stock basket, BTC, ETH and the Nasdaq-100 position. A comparable portfolio backed by $166,000 in USDT survived an approximately 27% correlated decline. The study placed the modeled portfolio’s maintenance-margin threshold at about $8,150. It also found that BTC’s 60-day correlation with the Nasdaq-100 ETF averaged 0.41 since January 2022, with readings ranging from negative 0.13 to positive 0.75. Bitget’s Cross-Asset Unified Account supports more than 370 eligible collateral assets, including 125 tokenized U.S. stocks. Eligible tokenized stocks and crypto assets can contribute to a shared collateral pool for margin requirements. “Tokenization has moved beyond the question of access,” Bitget CEO Gracy Chen said. “Moving assets onchain is only the first step. The bigger question is how efficiently that capital can work once it is there.” The analysis used a hypothetical portfolio rather than observed trading results. The findings describe the modeled trade-off between lower capital requirements and increased liquidation sensitivity when collateral and trading positions decline together. Read [TokenPost’s earlier coverage of the capital reduction](). ## Links in this article - [TokenPost’s earlier coverage of the capital reduction](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/27349)