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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.

Tokenisation
ANNA Issues First Set of ISINs for Crypto Assets
By Manesh Samtani | 31/10/2023
Crypto assets with a registered DTI can now also be issued an ISIN. Currently, there are already 108 ISIN–DTI pairs.

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BondbloX Opens Fractional Bond Trading Platform to Individual Investors
By Editors | 31/10/2023
Until now, only accredited and institutional investors have been allowed to access the BondbloX Bond Exchange platform.

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MAS Establishes Project Guardian Policymaker Group
By Editors | 30/10/2023
MAS will work with Japan’s FSA, the UK’s FCA and Switzerland’s FINMA to advance the development of tokenised digital assets.

CBDCs
CBDCs Gain Clout as Medium of Exchange as More Banks Give Buy-in
By Georgina Lee | 27/10/2023
Ripple’s Ross Edwards and Fubon’s Rockson Hsu talk about the benefits of CBDCs as they explore use cases for HKMA’s e-HKD.

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Euroclear Launches DLT-based Digital Securities Issuance Service
By Editors | 25/10/2023
The inaugural Digitally Native Notes were issued by the World Bank on LuxSE, raising €100mn to finance sustainable development activities.

Cryptocurrency
SFC, HKMA Issue New Joint Circular on Virtual Assets
By Manesh Samtani | 22/10/2023
The circular supersedes a similar circular from January 2022, setting out additional requirements for intermediaries providing virtual asset services to retail investors.

Tokenisation
Tokenisation Is Revolutionising Markets, But One Element Is Still Missing
By Ralf Kubli | 13/10/2023
Ralf Kubli says standardised algorithmic definitions must be used to ensure the entirety of a tokenised asset’s collateral, liabilities, and cash flows are represented.

Tokenisation
JPMorgan Chase Launches ‘Tokenized Collateral Network’
By Editors | 12/10/2023
The first live transaction involved the use of tokenised shares in a BlackRock MMF as collateral in a bilateral OTC derivatives trade with Barclays.

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Singapore Law Well-Placed to Support Digital Bonds Growth
By Jill Wong | 09/10/2023
Singapore law has what it takes to support the growth of the digital bonds market, say two Linklaters lawyers.

Tokenisation
UPDATE – UBS, SBI Launch Tokenised VCC Fund Pilot in Singapore
By Editors | 04/10/2023
The live pilot of a tokenised money market fund was launched under a wider VCC umbrella as part of Project Guardian.
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