Tagged: tokenization

April 16, 2025 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Securitize, the platform for real-world asset tokenization, has announced the acquisition of MG Stover’s Fund Administration business, the  fund administration firm for digital assets. With this acquisition, Securitize’s subsidiary, Securitize Fund Services (SFS), reportedly becomes the “world’s largest digital asset fund administrator.” This acquisition expands… Read More

April 13, 2025 @ 6:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CI recently received detailed commentary from blockchain and web3 industry professionals focused on emerging trends such as tokenization, stablecoins, and other forms of digital innovations. Over the past few years, the blockchain and crypto space has emerged from a niche market to an ecosystem ready… Read More

April 12, 2025 @ 10:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Raze, a tokenization engine for real-world assets (RWAs), announced a partnership with Redbelly Network, a blockchain designed specifically for real-world asset tokenization. This collaboration creates a solution for asset issuers looking “to tokenize and trade compliant on-chain structured products.” The partnership brings together Raze’s no-code… Read More

April 9, 2025 @ 10:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Tokenized funds have risen by almost 400% during the past year, according to Moody’s. Tokenization typically refers to digital securities. The tokenization of an asset brings improved efficiencies and characteristics to the asset. The report states that the market capitalization of tokenized funds stands at… Read More

April 8, 2025 @ 6:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tomorrow, April 8, 2025, the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Fintech and AI, part of the House Financial Services Committee, will hold a hearing to discuss digital assets and securities. While the hearing memo is rather brief, there is a dire need to update existing securities… Read More

April 8, 2025 @ 11:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Apollo Funds has committed money to back Plume, according to a note from the company. Deal terms were not revealed. Plume is a blockchain built specifically for Real World Assets or RWAs. Plume says it is building an EVM compatible environment to transform traditional financial… Read More

April 8, 2025 @ 11:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Euroclear is pleased to announce its participation in the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s (HKMA) Project Ensemble. Project Ensemble, launched in March 2024, is a HKMA initiative aimed at fostering and “shaping the tokenization ecosystem in Hong Kong.” This project brings together professionals and industry veterans… Read More

April 7, 2025 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset platform Fasset has partnered with Dinari to tokenize $1 billion of US equities, which are available to investors, according to a company statement. Fasset is a Dubai-based blockchain firm. Dinari, through its blockchain-based tokenization technology, aims to enable investing in anything from anywhere…. Read More

April 4, 2025 @ 4:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

The House Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Fintech and AI, has scheduled a hearing for April 9, 2025, to discuss tokenization or digital securities. The hearing is entitled: American Innovation and the Future of Digital Assets: Aligning the US Securities Laws for the… Read More

April 4, 2025 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ctrl Alt will explore tokenization in the Bank of England’s Digital Securities Sandbox, analyzing how digital ledger technology can improve efficiencies whilst working with the FCA to “integrate these innovative models into new frameworks.” As confirmed in the announcement, Ctrl Alt has been officially admitted… Read More

April 1, 2025 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Custodia Bank and Vantage Bank have revealed the “first ever” tokenization of dollar-based demand deposits. Custodia Bank is a digital asset bank based in Wyoming, taking advantage of the state’s special purpose depository institutions (SPDIs) law. Vantage Bank is a bank based in Texas that… Read More

March 31, 2025 @ 9:45 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, the Polymesh Association and Ocree Capital announced the launch of a Canadian-regulated real estate platform utilizing blockchain, featuring a $51.9 million commercial real estate property as its inaugural listing. This strategic partnership brings together Polymesh’s purpose-built blockchain for regulated assets with Ocree’s exempt… Read More

March 26, 2025 @ 3:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Further expanding their partnership, CME Group and Google Cloud announced that they are piloting solutions for wholesale payments and tokenization of assets. CME Group has reportedly completed the first phase of integration and testing of Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL), a distributed ledger from Google… Read More

March 26, 2025 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a recent statement, Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, envisioned a transformative future for investing, noting that if we can tokenize bonds and stocks tomorrow, it “would democratize investing in all ways we can’t imagine.” This assertion underscores a fast-evolving movement in the financial sector… Read More

March 25, 2025 @ 4:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has positioned tokenization—the process of converting real-world assets into digital tokens on a blockchain—as a transformative force in modern finance. As a nonprofit driving the Stellar network, SDF explains that tokenization can enhance liquidity, efficiency, and accessibility while fostering equitable… Read More

March 23, 2025 @ 3:32 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

A new whitepaper from payment processor Silverflow suggests network tokenization can improve authorization rates by up to 6% while decreasing unnecessary churn. Launched at MPE Berlin 2025, a European merchant payments conference, Exploring the power of network tokenization for the modern payments stack explores how… Read More

March 21, 2025 @ 8:45 am By JD Alois  |  

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has joined the ERC3643 Association – the advocate group for the ERC3643 token standard. ERC3643 was created by Tokeny, a leading digital security enabler based in Luxembourg. Luc Falempin, CEO of Tokeny, said that having “DTCC join the… Read More

March 19, 2025 @ 5:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic, the largest online capital formation platform in the world, has revealed a partnership with Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE), which will add exposure to Private Equity (PE) on its marketplace. The “first-ever” infrastructure evergreen fund will now be available to US investors for an initial… Read More

March 18, 2025 @ 12:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

tZERO Group Inc., a technology solutions provider for capital markets, announces that the full tokenization of its Series-A Preferred Equity Security (TZROP) is complete and, at the time TZROP was “fully tokenized, it became the first digital asset security to be custodied by tZERO’s Special… Read More

March 14, 2025 @ 6:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization represents a significant step forward in the evolution of financial markets, “bridging the gap between traditional finance and the world of digital assets.” This, according to an update from Coin Metrics. Coin Metrics notes in its report that “while blockchains and… Read More