Tokenization

Tokenization

Finance

Singapore bank DBS to offer tokenized gold to retail customers

Each token is backed by one gram of physical gold held by DBS in a dedicated vault in Singapore.

Close-up of stacked gold bars. (Jingming Pan/Unsplash)

Finance

Securitize CEO says tokenized stocks could unlock a $5 trillion crypto market

At a panel at ETHConf, Carlos Domingo argued that bringing stocks and exchange-traded funds onchain could unlock a market far larger than today's roughly $30 billion tokenized asset sector.

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo at ETHConf 2026 (Margaux Nijkerk/ CoinDesk)

Finance

Wall Street will run entirely on the blockchain by 2030, says Brickken CEO

Edwin Mata argues that EU regulations are choking local startups, leaving the U.S. and automated AI tools to run the future of tokenized finance.

Edwin Mata. Brickken. (Olivier Acuna/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bybit challenges Wall Street with a massive push into tokenized U.S. stock IPOs

Retail investors can now buy shares at official underwritten prices through the crypto exchange, bypassing Wall Street’s exclusive pre-IPO clubs.

Starlink Mission. (Official SpaceX Photos/flickr)

Finance

Abra’s Bill Barhydt says Wall Street’s next crypto bet is tokenization

As Abra prepares for a Nasdaq debut, CEO Bill Barhydt is betting tokenized yield products and onchain lending will drive the next phase of crypto wealth management.

Abra's Bill Barhydt

Finance

America’s largest banks are building a new digital currency network to stop a massive deposit drain

America’s biggest banks are launching tokenized deposits to compete with stablecoins, opening a new front in the race to become the dominant form of cash on blockchain networks.

Wall Street. (Chenyu Guan/Unsplash)

Finance

BlackRock-backed tokenization firm Securitize clears key hurdle to go public on NYSE

The tokenization specialist behind BlackRock's BUIDL fund could begin trading on the NYSE as SEC approves merger registration.

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo (Securitize)

Opinion

Why tokenization is an ETF-style market structure revolution

The current tokenization dialogue and pattern resemble ETFs’ early days, which ultimately transformed into a $10+ trillion market, Lie argues.

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Finance

Goldman Sachs teams with Apex, Archax for tokenized real estate fund

The fund combines blockchain native issuance with established fund structures.

Goldman Sachs logo (Shutterstock)

Finance

Kraken parent Payward plans to offer tokenized IPO access as investors await blockbuster debuts

Payward aims to give retail investors access to IPO shares at the offering price through tokenized equities.

Payward and Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi. (CoinDesk)