Tokenization


Markets

Wave Financial Wins First Round of Investment for Whiskey Fund Ahead of Tokenization

Investment management firm Wave Financial has purchased 1,000 barrels of Kentucky whiskey it plans to tokenize for prospective investors.

Whisky barrels

Markets

Government of Bermuda Pilots Stimulus Token in Response to COVID-19 Crisis

Bermuda is looking to speed up the distribution of financial aid to its citizens and has begun trialing a digital stimulus token.

Flag of Bermuda (Creative Photo Corner/Shutterstock)

Markets

A New Attempt to Tokenize Real Estate Projects in Mexico and Canada

Digital transfer agent Vertalo has partnered with real estate platform MountX to tokenize more than 15 digital real estate projects in Mexico and Canada.

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Technology

Lending Protocol Aave Eyes Tokenized Mortgages With Launch of V2

Tokenized mortgages may be coming to decentralized finance (DeFi) following Aave v2’s specification announcement Friday.

Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of Aave, speaks at Consensus 2019.

Finance

Firm Uses Ethereum to Tokenize Sustainable Infrastructure in Fight Against Climate Change

U.K.-based fintech company Fasset aims to bridge the $15 trillion gap in sustainable infrastructure development with blockchain-backed investments.

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Markets

NBA Player Spencer Dinwiddie's Token Sale Hits 10% of $13.5M Goal

Spencer Dinwiddie has sold just nine of 90 shares of his contract, raising $1.4 million instead of the $13.5 million he'd intended.

Brooklyn Nets player Spencer Dinwiddie (Tdorante10/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

Amazon Prime Membership Should Have Been a Tokenized Asset

Tokenization can distribute investment gains more fairly, says our columnist. Just think if Amazon had been a tokenized by its users rather than run for shareholders.

An Amazon Prime delivery truck, downtown New Orleans, Louisiana. (Tony Webster/Flickr)

Technology

Swiss Crypto Bank SEBA to Offer Token Securitization on Corda Network

The bank has partnered with Corda-based DASL to build the new service available on Corda’s public network

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Markets

Crypto Native SEBA Bank Offers Asset Tokenization Service With TokenSoft Tie-Up

SEBA Bank is tapping TokenSoft's new European distributor to create a bespoke asset tokenization service.

Swiss bridge (Shutterstock)

Finance

Vertalo, tZERO Are Bringing $300M in Real Estate to the Tezos Blockchain

Digital transfer agent Vertalo is teaming up with tZERO and a Pennsylvania investment firm to tokenize $300 million in real estate on the Tezos blockchain.

STOTEL: Hotels in Pennsylvania and Costa Rica will be the first to be tokenized in the deal. (Credit: Shutterstock)