Tagged: tokenization

August 26, 2025 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Republic Digital, part of Republic, has revealed an investment in Centrifuge, further committing itself to digital assets and tokenization. Republic is the largest online capital formation platform in the world. In recent years, digital assets have played an increasingly significant role as the company expands… Read More

August 25, 2025 @ 1:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The digital assets ecosystem is undergoing a transformation, with tokenization often considered to be a useful technological breakthrough for digital finance. A recent column argues that tokenization, rather than blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT), is the most transformative development in the financial sector today…. Read More

August 24, 2025 @ 5:37 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Web3 was closely watching this week’s action out of Jackson Hole. Industry figures share their thoughts below. “Powell’s Jackson Hole speech struck a positive tone for markets, with investors now largely pricing in a rate cut as soon as September. He signalled that the Fed’s… Read More

August 24, 2025 @ 1:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The tokenization of Real World Assets (RWAs) is reshaping the financial landscape, bridging the gap between traditional finance and decentralized finance. By bringing assets like real estate, commodities, and securities onto blockchain networks, tokenization unlocks unprecedented opportunities for efficiency, transparency, and accessibility. However, as outlined… Read More

August 23, 2025 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A coalition of prominent financial trade associations, collectively known as the Joint Trades, has called for significant revisions to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s (BCBS) forthcoming Cryptoasset Exposures Standard, set to take effect in January 2026. The group, which includes the Global Financial Markets… Read More

August 21, 2025 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Libeara, a tokenization platform incubated by SC Ventures by Standard Chartered is pleased to announced that it has received an in-principle approval (IPA) from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for its Capital Markets Services (CMS) license. This in-principle approval represents “a significant regulatory milestone… Read More

August 21, 2025 @ 1:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Valereum Plc (AQSE: VLRM), operator of a licensed and regulated Digital Asset Service Provider (DASP) in El Salvador, has selected ZIGChain as a lead blockchain and white label tokenization provider, DigiShares, to enable the regulated issuance of digital assets on its real-world assets (RWAs) marketplace…. Read More

August 21, 2025 @ 10:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Polymath, a Canadian blockchain firm, has announced partnerships with two entities as it pursues a strategy of global expansion. According to a company statement, Polymath is now collaborating with Black Manta Capital Partners, ClycleX, and Patina Capital. Polymath explains that by working with the two… Read More

August 20, 2025 @ 9:28 am By JD Alois  |  

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar visited with CNBC today to discuss AI in general, the incredible opportunity, and expectations for the industry. As part of the discussion, she was asked about platforms that are tokenizing their shares. OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, is a private firm with… Read More

August 20, 2025 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Skybridge Capital announced it will tokenize $300 million of its flagship hedge funds on the Avalanche blockchain network. This initiative represents a collaboration with “enterprise-grade” tokenization leader Tokeny and its parent company, Apex Group Ltd., a global financial services provider servicing over $3.5 trillion in assets…. Read More

August 18, 2025 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Scottish whisky company Bowmore intends to tokenize a limited edition of its product using the Avalanche blockchain. Avalanche is touted as a high-performance blockchain that can scale as demand rises. Tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs) is gaining popularity. By tokenizing, novel assets can be made… Read More

August 14, 2025 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

KAIO, a firm that aims to tokenize real-world assets, says it has enlisted Hedera to bring institutional funds on the blockchain. KAIO says that it has now incorporated several separate funds: Laser Digital Carry Fund (LCF) – a market-neutral, low-correlation digital asset fund BlackRock ICS… Read More

August 8, 2025 @ 9:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

This past year, the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) demonstrated its commitment to maintaining a transparent financial services sector through a significant increase in enforcement actions and the release of a position paper on the tokenisation of Collective Investment Schemes (CIS). These developments underscore Malta’s… Read More

August 6, 2025 @ 10:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Spiko, a Paris-based platform providing access to tokenized money market funds, is partnering with Concordium in a move to eliminate the need for escrow in trade finance. According to a release, the Concordium partnership will address the current analog and outdated process to help firms… Read More

August 3, 2025 @ 2:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Gemini, which provides a cryptocurrency exchange and serves as a custodian, has announced an expansion of its tokenized stock offerings for customers in the European Union. The latest batch of tokenized stocks, or dShares, includes names such as Advanced Micro Devices (AMD),… Read More

July 31, 2025 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Chase Ergen, an entrepreneur and strategic advisor claiming to be at the intersection of traditional and decentralized finance, with experience in the telecommunications and satellite industries as well. Ergen currently serves on the Board of Directors at DeFi Technologies Inc.,… Read More

July 31, 2025 @ 3:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FundBridge Capital and Libeara have announced the deployment of infrastructure support for ULTRA to operate on the Arbitrum network. ULTRA is described as a tokenized U.S. Treasury strategy managed by FundBridge Capital, a fund manager regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and sub-managed… Read More

July 30, 2025 @ 11:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Apex Group, the firm that acquired European tokenization enabler Tokeny, has announced the launch of a new bridge to facilitate the integration of traditional finance with blockchain-based services. In a public statement, Apex said that Apex Digital 3.0 is now available to power the next era of fund… Read More

July 24, 2025 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

VERT, one of Brazil’s securitization and fund management companies, has launched a blockchain-based platform for managing private credit operations, built on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), a public blockchain built for the tokenization of real-world assets. The platform was developed to digitally “mirror securitization and fund… Read More

July 24, 2025 @ 1:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gemini, the digital assets exchange and custodian founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has recently announced significant updates that aim to solidify its position as a bridge between traditional finance and the crypto ecosystem. Recently, Gemini expanded its tokenized stock offerings for European Union (EU)… Read More