Tokenized Assets


Finance

El Salvador Is Getting Its First Tokenized U.S. Treasuries Offering

The new product aims to give access to T-Bill investments for individuals and organizations who were previously unable to invest in these products, the press release said.

El Salvador flag (Unsplash)

Finance

Tether Unveils New Platform to Simplify Asset Tokenization for Businesses, Nation-States

The tokenization platform is part of Tether's ambition to diversify its business from its $126 billion USDT stablecoin.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Tether)

Finance

Franklin Templeton Expands $410M Money Market Fund to Ethereum Blockchain

Ethereum is by far the most popular blockchain for issuers of tokenized traditional assets with a current market cap of $1.6 billion.

Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton president and CEO, speaks at Consensus 2024. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

BlackRock Expands Tokenized Fund BUIDL Beyond Ethereum to 5 New Blockchains

The investment giant is bringing its real-world asset fund to Aptos, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Optimism's OP Mainnet and Polygon.

BlackRock headquarters (Shutterstock)

Finance

Wall Street Financial Services Firm Lazard Plans to Create Tokenized Funds with Bitfinex Securities

Tokenization of conventional financial products is a booming sector within the digital asset industry, with BlackRock, HSBC and now Lazard among the global firms entering the space.

Lazard (Alpha Photo/Flickr)

Finance

Aurum Launches $1B Tokenized Fund for Data Center Investments on XRP Ledger With Zoniqx

The vehicle will focus on data center investments across the U.S, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, India, and Europe, claiming to be the "world’s first combined equity and debt tokenized fund."

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Finance

Ethena Picks BlackRock's BUIDL, Mountain, Superstate and Sky's USDS for $46M Tokenized RWA Investment

The allocation fits into the growing trend of DeFi platforms and protocol foundations investing in real-world asset-backed products to earn a yield without leaving blockchain rails.

Digitally altered photo of a dollar bill (Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

State Street Works on Tokenized Bond and Money Market Fund; No 'Current Plans' for Stablecoin Project

Tokenized collateral could have helped avoid the 2022 "liability-driven" crisis, said Donna Milrod, chief product officer, in an interview with Financial News.

State Street building in London (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

RWA Issuer Midas Expands Tokenized Products to Retail Users with Regulatory Nod in Europe

Midas acquired regulatory approval to issue its basis trade and U.S. Treasuries tokens in Liechtenstein, allowing passporting across Germany and Europe.

Digitally altered photo of a dollar bill (Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

CFTC Subcommittee Sends Up Recommendations for Letting Firms Use Tokenized Shares as Collateral: Bloomberg

BlackRock and Franklin Templeton could see tokenized shares of their money-market funds traded as collateral by the end of the year.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission would be granted far-reaching authority over crypto trading and regulation in a new Senate bill. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)