Tokenization


Markets

Tokenized U.S. Treasurys Surpass $600M as Crypto Investors Capture TradFi Yield

Crypto investors now effectively lend $614 million to the U.S. government via different tokenized Treasury products, according to real-world asset data firm RWA.xyz.

Market for tokenized Treasuries (RWA.xyz)

Tech

Tokenization Is Likely to Transform Infrastructure and Financial Markets: Bank of America

Implementation of blockchain technology will accelerate as the opportunity cost of uncaptured efficiencies increases, the report said.

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Tech

Compound Founder Forms 'Superstate' to Create Bond Fund With Ethereum for Record-Keeping

The new fund will invest in short-term U.S. government bonds, relying on a traditional Wall Street transfer agent for keeping track of holders but using Ethereum as a secondary record-keeping source.

Compound founder Robert Leshner speaks at Token Summit 2019. (CoinDesk)

Opinion

Step Aside ‘Blockchain Technology’, IMF and BIS Have a New Crypto Buzzword

Financial stewards including the International Monetary Fund and Bank for International Settlements say tokenization is the future. They’re wrong.

(Bruno Sanchez-Andrade Nuño/Flickr)

Policy

Unified Ledger for CBDCs, Tokenized Assets Could Enhance Global Financial System: BIS

“This would be a game-changer in how we think about money and how transactions take place,” said the central bank group’s Head of Research Hyun Song Shin.

BIS Head of Research Hyun Song Shin (BIS)

Finance

Tokenization Could Be a $5T Opportunity Led by Stablecoins and CBDCs: Bernstein

About 2% of global money supply, via stablecoins and CBDCs, could be tokenized over the next five years, which is about $3 trillion, the report said.

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Finance

Crypto Market Regulatory Uncertainty Overshadows Blockchain Development: Bank of America

The bank said it expects blockchain infrastructure and tokenization to transform financial and non-financing infrastructure and markets over the next five to 10 years.

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Policy

U.S. Banking Watchdog Makes Case for Tokenization, Just Not on Public Blockchains

OCC chief Michael Hsu – a crypto critic – argued asset tokenization is the future, but he said centralized efforts are the way ahead.

Acting OCC Chief Michael Hsu (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Investing Platform Finblox Starts Offering Tokenized Treasury Yield With OpenEden

Demand for tokenized versions of short-term U.S. government bonds has been increasing as crypto investors turn to real-world assets to earn returns on their investments.

Yield sign (Shutterstock)