Tokenisation

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

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    Cryptocurrency

    Major Japanese FIs Call on FSA to Allow Crypto ETFs

    By Thisanka Siripala | 07/11/2024

    MUFJ Trust Bank, Nomura, Daiwa Securities, and bitFlyer are among calling for the introduction of crypto ETFs in Japan to enhance its global competitiveness.

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    Tokenisation

    ADDX, ANZ to Pilot Tokenised Commercial Paper Using Chainlink CCIP

    By Nithya Subramanian | 07/11/2024

    Commercial paper was chosen due to its short-term nature, which makes it possible to showcase the entire asset lifecycle within the pilot.

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    Tokenisation

    FCA, MAS to Explore Regulatory Considerations for Tokenisation

    By Manesh Samtani | 07/11/2024

    The FCA and ICMA welcomed reports released by MAS this week offering tokenisation frameworks for funds and fixed income securities.

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    Tokenisation

    SBI Digital Markets to Push Adoption of Tokenised Securities

    By Nithya Subramanian | 05/11/2024

    SBI Digital Markets will focus its efforts on building regulated frameworks to facilitate the end-to-end flow of tokenised securities.

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    Tokenisation

    UBS Launches First Tokenised Money Market Fund

    By Nithya Subramanian | 05/11/2024

    The so-called uMINT fund UBS Asset Management’s first ever money market investment fund built on Ethereum distributed ledger technology.

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    Tokenisation

    Citi and Fidelity International Announce PoC of On-chain MMF

    By Editors | 04/11/2024

    The solution, a tokenised MMF with an embedded digital FX swap, can “enable faster, seamless management of treasury positions, eliminate delays and improve efficiency”.

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    Custody & Infrastructure

    ANNA Receives High Commendation for Industry Collaboration on Digital Assets

    By Editors | 04/11/2024

    ANNA was Highly Commended for its Industry Collaboration on Digital Assets at the 7th Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence 2024.

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    Tokenisation

    MAS Unveils New Initiatives to Promote Tokenisation in Financial Services

    By Nithya Subramanian | 04/11/2024

    The initiatives include establishing a multi-member network to help FIs commercialise their tokenisation trials and providing access to a SGD wCBDC for market testing purposes.

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    AI Risk & Governance

    MAS Establishes New Entity to Drive Next Phase of FinTech Growth

    By Editors | 30/10/2024

    MAS said the “Global Finance & Technology Network” will drive greater synergies within the global finance and technology communities for innovations in financial services.

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    Tokenisation

    SFC, Exchanges See Blockchain as New Capital Market Backbone

    By Georgina Lee | 30/10/2024

    Hong Kong now looking at commercialising tokenised instruments to help address the pain points of the traditional financial market, said the SFC’s Elizabeth Wong.

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