Tokenization


Markets

Tokenized Fund Adoption Grows but Brings Technology Risks: Moody's

Entities providing tokenization tech have a limited track record and may contribute to increased risk, a new report by analysts at the credit-rating agency says.

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Policy

Bitcoin ETFs Too Small to Affect Broader Investment Landscape, Moody’s Analysts Say

The exchange-traded funds will allow better access to bitcoin through regulated entities and draw institutional investors, but the crypto is still a very small asset class, CoinDesk was told.

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Finance

Tokenized Treasuries’ Surging Demand Prompts Yield-Bearing Offering by Enigma Securities

U.S. Treasuries are a gateway for tokenization efforts, and has grown to a $850 million market from $100 million over the past year, rwa.xyz data shows.

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Finance

Brevan Howard, Hamilton Lane Back New Tokenization Platform Libre

Freshly out of stealth, Libre is also working with Nomura’s Laser Digital unit and has been built using Polygon’s chain development kit by tokenization pioneer Avtar Sehra.

Avtar Sehra sits on a chair in front of a microphone (Libre)

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Markets

Solana, Avax, Helium Led Digital Assets Gains This Year. What's Next?

What to watch for in 2024, according to market analysts.

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Policy

UK to Cooperate With Crypto Industry on Legislation for Digital Securities

The government said its plans for a digital securities sandbox (DSS) were largely welcomed by respondents.

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Finance

Real-World Assets Build on Solana as Ondo Finance Expands Tokenized Treasury Offering

The combined market cap of tokenized Treasuries mushroomed to over $760 million from $110 million earlier this year, according to RWA.xyz data.

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Opinion

The Year of Institutional Investment in Real World Assets

The rise of secure, regulated tech will bring a wealth of financial institutions into blockchain in the coming years, BitGo Director Sanchit Pande writes for Crypto 2024.

Central banks from Mexico and Colombia studied crypto's role in the developing world (Flickr)

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Finance

Coinbase to Bring TradFi Assets On-Chain With New Platform Built on Base Under Abu Dhabi Regulator's Oversight

"Project Diamond" lets institutions create and trade digital native versions of financial instruments such as debt using Base in a regulated manner.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Coinbase)

Policy

Singapore's DigiFT Wins Regulatory Approvals From MAS After Graduating From Sandbox

"DigiFT is the first exchange with an automatic market making mechanism to have been admitted into the MAS FinTech Regulatory Sandbox," said founder Henry Zhang.

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