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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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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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