DigiFT, a digital asset exchange for institutional-grade real-world assets (RWAs), and SBI Holdings (Nasdaq : SBHGF), one of Japan’s financial groups, announced the establishment of a joint venture company, SBI Onchain, in order to enable the ongoing adoption of onchain finance across Japanese and international markets.
SBI Onchain will now aim to focus on building the tech, legal, and regulatory foundations that are required to effectively bring institutional-grade RWAs onchain, and to connect Japan’s capital markets with globally-acccesible digital asset ecosystems.
Key Pillars of SBI Onchain are:
- RWA Tokenization & Regulatory Infrastructure: Develop RWA tokenization technology, a robust risk-management framework, and a regulatory-compliant legal structure to make Japanese real-world assets (RWAs) available onchain and connect them with global onchain capital markets.
- Product Innovation & Global Collaboration: Collaborate with leading global asset managers and hedge funds to create RWA-based yield opportunities that meet institutional requirements.
- Regulatory Engagement & Public Blockchain Standards: Promote the adoption of onchain financial services by actively engaging with regulators and developing compliant, institutional-grade smart-contract infrastructure on public blockchains.
As the onchain exchange licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), DigiFT now reportedly holds a Recognized Market Operator (RMO) and Capital Markets Services (CMS) license.
The firm reportedly brings regulatory expertise as well as experience in tokenizing regulated funds and securities.
Its infrastructure supports issuance, secondary trading, and redemption of tokenized financial instruments within “a licensed environment—bridging the gap between traditional finance and onchain markets.”
DigiFT’s Hong Kong entity is also licensed by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) for Type 1 and Type 4 regulated activities.
The SBI Group has established a financial ecosystem integrating securities, banking, and insurance.
Meanwhile, in the Web3 domain, the SBI Group is building a digital space ecosystem equipped with functions such as crypto-assets, security tokens, stablecoins etc.
By conversing these ecosystems, the SBI Group stands as one of the world’s organizations, positioned to advance the transition to onchain finance.
Via SBI Onchain, DigiFT will extend its tokenization framework and smart-contract infrastructure to Japan, supporting SBI’s efforts to enable digital asset distribution and cross-border RWA connectivity.
The initiative now reportedly marks DigiFT’s expansion of regulated onchain finance across Asian markets, following collabs with various FIs and tech partners.
