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Real-world asset news, tokenization trends, blockchain finance, and the latest developments in RWA markets.
Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the Claude family of AI models, could become one of the most closely watched companies to enter blockchain-based financial markets on the day of its initial public offering. Ondo Finance announced on November 7 that it plans to bring Anthropic onchain through its Ondo Stocks platform on IPO day. […]
Stock tokenization brings traditional equity ownership and blockchain infrastructure together. Instead of changing what a company share represents, tokenization can change how ownership or an interest in that share is recorded, transferred and potentially traded. But not every token that tracks Apple, Nvidia or another publicly traded company is equivalent to owning the underlying stock. […]
Ripple and BNY are expanding their digital asset partnership across institutional custody and tokenized trade finance, bringing XRP and RLUSD deeper into the infrastructure of one of the world’s largest financial services companies. Announced on October 27, the expanded collaboration adds XRP and Ripple’s dollar-backed stablecoin RLUSD to BNY’s Digital Asset Custody platform for eligible […]
Ripple has received final approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish a federally supervised national trust bank, marking a major expansion of the crypto company’s regulated financial infrastructure in the United States. The October 26 approval completes a process that began when the OCC granted preliminary conditional approval in […]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has identified tokenization, advanced technology, cybersecurity and changes to financial-market infrastructure among the areas that will receive heightened attention from examiners in fiscal 2027. The SEC‘s Division of Examinations published its Fiscal Year 2027 examination priorities on October 23, outlining the risks and market developments that will guide its […]
Tokenized U.S. Treasuries bring one of the world’s largest traditional financial markets onto blockchain infrastructure. Instead of changing the economics of government debt, tokenization changes how exposure to Treasury securities can be issued, recorded, transferred and potentially used across digital financial markets. But a “tokenized Treasury” does not always mean that an investor directly owns […]
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has expanded its blockchain strategy by bringing two tokenized money market funds to Solana, giving qualified U.S. investors access to institutional cash-management products represented on a public blockchain. The asset manager announced on October 22 that its My OnChain Net Yield Fund (MONY) and JPMorgan OnChain Liquidity–Token Money Market Fund (JLTXX) […]
Asset tokenization is the process of representing ownership rights, claims or interests in an asset as digital tokens on a blockchain or other distributed ledger. Stocks, bonds, investment funds, real estate and other assets can potentially be represented in tokenized form. The concept is an important part of the growing real-world asset (RWA) market because […]
VersaBank has moved its blockchain-based deposit strategy into the commercial phase in the United States, preparing to issue VUSD through its U.S. banking subsidiary as a digital representation of a conventional bank deposit. The October 15 announcement marks an important transition from pilot testing to commercialization for the Canada-based digital bank. VersaBank describes VUSD as […]
Ripple has partnered with South Korea’s Meritz Securities to explore institutional digital-asset custody and tokenization, extending Ripple’s infrastructure deeper into one of Asia’s most active financial markets. Announced on October 14, the strategic partnership will examine how Ripple Custody and Ripple’s tokenization infrastructure could be integrated into Korea’s capital markets. The companies plan to begin […]