Tokenization: The Economic Path that Politics Fears

For decades, the global economy was structured around the concentration of value and the opacity of systems. However, Pablo Rutigliano argues that blockchain technology has arrived to break that logic

By: Pablo Rutigliano

Tokenization is much more than a technological advance: it is a turning point in contemporary economic history. It represents the concrete possibility of bringing embryonic, transparent, and traceable projects to life, capable of facing the challenges of a new era. In this paradigm shift, tokenization is not just a digital tool: it is the engine of the economy of the future. And, precisely for this reason, it has become what politics fears, because it redefines power, transparency, and governance.

For decades, the global economy was structured around the concentration of value and the opacity of systems. Traditional markets built their authority around intermediation: a few decided the fate of many. However, blockchain technology arrived to break that logic. Through tokenization, every asset, every process, and every decision can be recorded, verified, and made visible in real time. What was once hidden under layers of bureaucracy or corporate interests can now be made transparent with a simple block of immutable information.

At the heart of this change is traceability: knowing where value comes from, how it is built, and where it is going. Tokenization allows the economic life of an asset to be digitally recorded from its origin to its transformation. Thus, not only is access to investment democratized, but a new value chain based on trust, sustainability, and social verification is generated.

Traditional politics, accustomed to controlling capital flows through power structures, views this evolution with suspicion. This is because tokenization does not need intermediaries to generate trust: trust is built on the network, on consensus, on verified data, and on public traceability. That is the real revolution.

We are facing a comprehensive reconfiguration of economic, financial, and tax parameters, which until now responded to a closed and concentrated model. Tokenization proposes a feedback-driven, sustainable, and sociable economy, where each participant can validate the production process and be part of its growth. This model redefines the very idea of participation: it is no longer a matter of watching from the outside how markets move, but of being an active part of the process. Citizens become traceable, visible, and responsible economic agents.

Regulatory bodies, for their part, will have to redefine themselves. The challenge will be enormous, because it is not a matter of regulating from the past, but of understanding new business models based on smart contracts, digital assets, and the tokenization of real assets. We cannot continue to measure the future with the tools of the last century. The rules of the game must adapt to the dynamism of technology and the new reality of decentralized markets.

Those who continue to view tokenized projects as mere derivatives of the crypto ecosystem fail to understand their essence. Tokenization is not speculation: it is the digitization of real value. It is the natural evolution of the tangible economy toward a verifiable recording environment.

Understanding tokenization requires understanding that each token represents a verifiable unit of value, a meeting point between the physical and the digital. From mining and energy to food production and financial services, tokenization allows bridges to be built between previously disconnected sectors. Every production, transformation, and valuation can be integrated into a transparent economic chain.

This chain, supported by blockchain, not only distributes value: it redistributes power. And therein lies the political fear.

Because when value becomes visible, when data is public and processes are verifiable, old politics loses its monopoly on economic truth. Tokenization introduces a new form of governance based on open information, where every citizen can validate the destination of resources. That is the coming disruption.

This process not only redefines the economy: it revolutionizes the way society understands progress. It is no longer about accumulating capital without control, but about generating sustainable value with traceability and purpose. Tokenization paves the way for an economy of social participation, in which each individual can intervene, invest, decide, and observe in real time how the ecosystem moves. This ability to collectively see, analyze, and audit economic flows is what politicians fear losing: control over opacity.

But change will not be immediate. It requires education, information, and integrity. Society must understand that tokenization is not a threat, but an opportunity to build a fairer economy. Productive sectors must commit to making their processes transparent. And public bodies must evolve towards intelligent, digital, and traceable control models.

The current resistance is part of that transition process: every revolution generates fear, especially when it threatens structures that have benefited for years from institutional anonymity.

However, the future has already begun.

Tokenization is paving the way for a traceable global economy, in which every real-world asset can become a certified digital asset. From strategic minerals, such as lithium, to food or energy, everything can be recorded on the blockchain and traded on decentralized markets. This not only accelerates economic efficiency, but also guarantees a level of transparency that is impossible to achieve in the traditional system.

That is why politicians fear it. Because tokenization exposes what has always been hidden: real prices, hidden margins, final beneficiaries, and power asymmetries. Faced with this scenario, the only possible way out for institutions is to adapt, accompany, and regulate intelligently.

Refusing to understand tokenization is like having rejected electricity in the 19th century or the internet in the 20th century. History shows that technology always ends up prevailing. The important thing is how it is integrated into human, social, and economic development.

Pablo Rutigliano

CEO & Founder – Atómico 3 S.A.

President – Latin American Chamber of Lithium (Calbamérica)