Tokenization

Tokenization

Analyses

Crypto Is Now a Non-negotiable for Traditional Banks

Simple “engagement” isn’t enough. Banks need to start experimenting with tokenization and blockchain-powered settlement, or risk getting left behind, says Sygnum Bank’s Lucas Schweiger.

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Juridique

Hong Kong Monetary Authority Opens Its Tokenization Sandbox and Major Institutions Dive In

HSBC bank completed three proof of concepts in Hong Kong's Project Ensemble sandbox.

Hong Kong city view. (Andrew Jephson / Unsplash)

Finance

Tokenization Pioneer Centrifuge Unveils Lending Market With Morpho, Coinbase

The institutional real-world asset lending market combines Coinbase’s layer-2 network, Base, and Morpho Vaults using three varieties of tokenized Treasury bills.

Lucas Vogelsang (left) and Base creator Jesse Pollak at the 2023 RWA Summit in New York City. (Centrifuge)

Finance

State Street Selects Taurus for Crypto Custody, Tokenization

The bank will start with tokenization and plans to offer digital asset custody once the U.S. regulatory environment improves.

State Street building in London (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Tokenized Asset Issuer Backed to Offer Crypto RWAs in LatAm With eNor Securities

ENor Securities, an exchange based in El Salvador, will offer Backed’s bTokens to retail investors in Latin America.

Latin America (Leon Overwheel/Unsplash)

Finance

German State-Owned Development Bank Prepares for Tokenized Bond Issuance with Boerse Stuttgart Digital in ECB Trial

Traditional finance institutions are increasingly exploring ways of putting assets like bonds, credit and funds on blockchain rails, known as RWA tokenization, to pursue operational benefits.

Frankfurt, Germany (Sinan Erg/Unsplash)

Analyses

The Mortgage Industry Meets Digital Asset Capital Markets

Tokenized private funds primed for adoption as the industry has seen with short-term liquidity products, says Peter Gaffney, vice president, business development & strategy at Blue Water Financial Technologies Services LLC.

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Finance

Ripple to Allocate $10M to Tokenized U.S. Treasury Bills on XRP Ledger

This is part of a larger fund that Ripple will allocate to tokenized T-bills provided by OpenEden and other issuers.

Ripple (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

California DMV Puts 42M Car Titles on the Avalanche Network in Digitization Push

Developed by Oxhead Alpha, the system will let users transfer vehicle titles in minutes and without going to an office versus the two week time frame in the traditional system.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Juridique

Bank of England to Carry Out CBDC, Digital Ledger Experiments

In a new discussion paper, the U.K. central bank also said it wants to ensure stablecoins are interchangeable with the pound.

Bank of England (Camomile Shumba)