Tokenization


Markets

Aspiring CME Director Wants Exchange to Mine Bitcoin and Issue Tokens

A nominee for a CME director position argued for tokenizing certain shares and building renewable energy sources which could also mine crypto.

CME headquarters, Chicago

Finance

Securitize Launches Tokenized Platform to Revitalize Japan's Rural Property Market

The platform has been set up to help reinvigorate smaller towns and villages in rural Japan.

Credit: Shutterstock

Finance

The Tokenization Delusion

The idea of everyone issuing their own tokens, and transacting freely without government involvement, is nothing but a lovely dream.

Frances Coppola

Finance

Stellar-Based IoT App Nodle Joins Tokenized Connectivity Race

An app that allows users to earn a Stellar-based token by providing last-mile access for internet-of-things (IoT) devices is now live on Apple’s App Store.

Garret Kinsman, Eliott Teissonniere and Nodle CEO Micha Benoliel speak at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin 2019. (Photo courtesy of Nodle)

Finance

Startup Tokenizes $2.2B in Commercial Real Estate Through Polymath

Currently, the tokens are only available in pre-sale. Red Swan is holding investors’ funds in escrow and plans to distribute shares in April.

Red Swan CEO Ed Nwokedi. (Credit: Red Swan)

Finance

Russian Smelting Giant Nornickel Launches Metal Tokenization Platform for Testing

The Russian mining and smelting giant will issue metal-backed tokens on Atomyze, a Hyperledger-based blockchain platform.

Norilsk nickel melting shop

Policy

Liechtenstein Regulators Approve Ethereum-Based Real Estate Fund

The fund enables investors to gain exposure to a global real estate portfolio through a ERC-20 security token.

Liechtenstein castle image via shutterstock.

Markets

Narrative Watch: The Hunt for Crypto's Killer App

As a Brooklyn Nets player tokenizes his contract, are income share agreements poised to break out as one of crypto’s killer apps?

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Markets

NBA Player's Contract Tokenization Plan Can Move Forward: Reports

Spencer Dinwiddie intends to begin selling tokenized shares of his contract starting Monday, Jan. 13.

Brooklyn Nets player Spencer Dinwiddie (Tdorante10/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

State Street: 38% of Clients Will Put More Money into Digital Assets in 2020

The majority of asset managers that bank with State Street are interested in digital assets, but none have asked the global custodian to store them yet.

State Street bank