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News on regulatory considerations, market adoption, technical infrastructure and use cases for tokenising traditional assets like real estate, securities, and commodities on blockchain platforms.

Cloud & Infrastructure
HKMA Launches Supervisory Incubator to Promote Responsible DLT Adoption
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 09/01/2025
The incubator provides banks a one-stop platform for obtaining supervisory feedback on DLT-related proposals and the option to conduct live trials.

Tokenisation
OCBC Launches First Sale of ‘Bespoke’ Tokenised Bonds
By Editors | 07/01/2025
OCBC said the bonds are structured based on the investor’s desired tenor and yield before being minted

Anti-Money Laundering
Regulation Asia: Top 10 Contributed Articles for 2024
By Editors | 05/01/2025
This list presents the most-read contributed articles published by Regulation Asia in 2024, based on aggregated user traffic.

Tokenisation
ICMA Publishes Guidance on DLT Based Debt Securities
By Editors | 13/12/2024
The guide highlights considerations for the end-to-end lifecycle of DLT-based debt securities, intended to promote wider adoption of tokenised assets.

Payments & Settlements
Sifma Releases Findings from Regulated Settlement Network PoC
By Editors | 09/12/2024
The findings demonstrated the potential of shared ledger technology to settle tokenised money and securities and address current inefficiencies and operational risks.

Tokenisation
HKMA Announces Launch of Digital Bond Grant Scheme
By Editors | 30/11/2024
The scheme offers grants of up to HK$2.5mn for each eligible digital bond issuance to promote bond tokenisation in Hong Kong.

Cryptocurrency
UK FCA Unveils Plans for Crypto Regulation, Tokenisation
By Manesh Samtani | 28/11/2024
Several discussion papers and consultations will be issued between now and early 2026. The new crypto regime will go live within 2026.

Tokenisation
Goldman Sachs to Make GS DAP Platform “Industry-owned”
By Nithya Subramanian | 22/11/2024
Goldman will establish a new, standalone company to spin out GS DAP so that it can be used by more participants to interoperate seamlessly.

CBDCs
RBA Invites Industry to Participate in Digital Money Experiments
By Editors | 11/11/2024
The project will explore how different forms of digital money and associated infrastructure could support the development of wholesale tokenised asset markets in Australia.

Tokenisation
Swift Payment Network Piloted for Tokenised Fund Settlements
By Editors | 07/11/2024
The pilot used the payment orchestration capabilities of existing Swift infrastructure to settle fund subscriptions and redemptions.
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