Real World Assets


Finance

Mantra to Tokenize $500M Real Estate Assets for UAE Builder MAG Group

In March, the Middle-East-focused Mantra raised $11 million for its real-world tokenization efforts.

John Patrick Mullin, CEO of Mantra (Left) and Talal Moafaq Al Gaddah, CEO of MAG Lifestyle Development (Right) (Mantra)

Opinion

NFTs Are Dead (But They’re Changing Everything)

Forget million-dollar profile pictures, the real innovation of NFTs is ownership rights. This technology still has potential to transform industries, says Layne Nadeau, Founder and CEO of Nval, a pricing and analytics platform for NFTs and other assets.

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Markets

Investcorp and Securitize Launch Fund Tokenization Partnership

The partnership aims to create on-chain Real World Assets based on Investcorp's funds.

Computer, money. (TheDigitalWay/Pixabay)

Markets

McKinsey Sees Just $2T of Tokenized RWAs by 2030 in Base Case, With Broad Adoption 'Still Far Away'

Previous reports from Boston Consulting Group and 21Shares forecasted over $10 trillion of tokenized assets by the end of the decade in their optimistic scenarios.

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Finance

RWA Tokenization Expands to Life Insurance with Infineo Minting $9M of Policies on Provenance Blockchain

This was the first example of transferring tokenized versions of life insurance policies, the company said.

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Opinion

The Promises and Perils of Private Asset Tokenization

Moody's digital economy expert Cristiano Ventricelli argues alternative assets could benefit from going on-chain, but technical challenges persist.

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Finance

Franklin Templeton's Jenny Johnson on Bitcoin ETFs, RWA Tokenization and Blockchain's Potential for TradFi

The president and CEO of the asset management giant said blockchains are "transformational tech" that can help drive down operational costs during a panel discussion at Consensus 2024.

Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton President and CEO, speaks at Consensus 2024. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Tech

Plume, Layer-2 Blockchain for Real-World Assets, Pulls $10M in Seed Funding from Haun, Galaxy

Plume plans to make it possible for people to easily – and compliantly – bring real-world assets (RWAs) like real estate and collectibles onto blockchains.

Plume co-founders Eugene Shen, Chris Yin and Teddy Pornprinya (Plume)

Finance

DTCC, Chainlink Complete Pilot to Accelerate Fund Tokenization with JPMorgan, Templeton, BNY Mellon Participating; LINK Gains 7%

The aim of the Smart NAV pilot was to test a process to bring and disseminate fund data on multiple blockchains, a key step for tokenization.

Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov speaks at the project's SmartCon conference in Barcelona. (Chainlink)

Finance

RWA Platform Re Debuts Tokenized Reinsurance Fund on Avalanche with $15M Commitment from Nexus Mutual

The company aims to broaden access to the $1 trillion reinsurance industry, making it more efficient and transparent with blockchain technology.

Karn Saroya, CEO of Re (Re)