Tokenized Securities

Asset Ratings Giant Morningstar Takes First Plunge Into Blockchain Securities
As part of a $39.7 million investment in FAT Brands, DBRS Morningstar has for the first time rated securities issued on a blockchain.

NBA Player Spencer Dinwiddie Taps Broker-Dealer in Push to Tokenize Sports Contracts
The move follows a three-month tussle with the NBA, which initially claimed it represented a league violation.

BIS Paper Reckons With P2P Payments, Tokenized Securities, Central Bank Digital Currencies
Researchers at the Bank for International Settlements say the future of payments may be peer to peer, but a number of considerations must be satisfied before distributed ledger-based systems can go mainstream.

German Bank to Offer Tokenized Securities Based on Stellar
One of the oldest banks in Europe, von der Heydt, is developing a euro stablecoin to facilitate private placements in securities tokenized on the Stellar blockchain.

Singapore Clears Securities Token Platform iSTOX for Full Trading
Singapore’s central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has greenlit a blockchain-based platform iSTOX to trade tokenized capital market securities such as equity and bonds.

Chrysler Building Owner Sells Stake in Zurich Property for ERC-20 Tokens and Cash
Property firm RFR Holdings accepted a 20 percent stake of the purchasing price in digital securities based on ethereum tech.

HSBC, SGX to Investigate if DLT Offers Efficiency Boost for Bond Markets
A new trial will examine if digitalizing fixed income securities with DLT can bring new efficiencies to the Asian markets.

Singapore Exchange–Backed iSTOX Raises Series A for Tokenized Securities Trading
The Singapore Exchange-backed security token platform has raised an undisclosed investment from an investment bank based in Thailand.

Harbor Tokenizes Real Estate Funds Worth $100 Million on Ethereum
Harbor has created tokens on the ethereum blockchain representing the shares of four real estate funds worth $100 million.

tZERO Partners With Media Company to Tokenize Film Financing
Overstock’s security token subsidiary tZERO has announced a partnership with media startup BLOQ FLIX to tokenize film financing.

