Tokenization

Tokenization

Finance

Monument Bank to tokenize 250 million pounds of retail deposits in UK first

The deposits will remain interest-bearing, fully backed, and protected by the country's Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

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Finance

Crypto broker Bitpanda launches blockchain to connect EU banks with tokenized assets

The Vienna-based firm is joining the growing race joins race to build compliant blockchain rails for traditional securities like equities and funds.

Bitpanda CEO, Eric Demuth, at Consensus Hong Kong (CoinDesk)

Finance

New York Stock Exchange taps Securitize to build its tokenized stock platform

The move comes as the race to bring equities to always-on blockchain markets is heating up after Nasdaq obtained regulatory approval for its tokenization plan.

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Finance

Invesco joins tokenization race as it takes over Superstate’s $900 million onchain fund

The $2.2 trillion asset manager is stepping into the rapidly-growing tokenized Treasury market, joining global financial behemoths like BlackRock and Franklin Templeton.

Entrance to the Invesco QQQ lounge

Finance

Fund services giant Apex to tokenize Bitcoin mining note on Coinbase’s Base platform

Apex will tokenize the Omnes Mining Note “OMN,” an institutional-grade structured note backed by Bitcoin hashrate.

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Finance

BlackRock is betting billions that tokenized funds will do for Wall Street what the internet did to mail

In his annual letter, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink argues that digital wallets and tokenized assets could modernize markets and expand investor access.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink

Finance

Nasdaq winning SEC approval to move stocks onchain shows how Wall Street is taking charge of crypto tech

Nasdaq's structure the SEC approved opens door to bring blockchain benefits to equities, while preserving the same-old intermediaries and market structure, industry insiders say.

The Nasdaq Marketsite in New York City (Getty Images)

Finance

Coinbase's bitcoin yield fund goes onchain with Apex's tokenization push

The Coinbase Bitcoin Yield Fund's tokenized share class runs on Base as the $3.5 trillion fund services giant Apex applies tokenization across its business.

Coinbase app on a mobile phone screen (appshunter.io/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Forget market hours: Leading ETP firm just opened 24/7 liquidity for tokenized stocks, gold and money market funds

ETP market giant Flow Traders just launched 24/7 over-the-counter (OTC) liquidity service for tokenized assets.

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Policy

SEC approves Nasdaq's move to support tokenized securities trading

The SEC’s approval lets Nasdaq test blockchain-based versions of stocks that trade and settle like traditional shares.

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