Real World Assets


Policy

HSBC’s Gold Token Goes Live for Retail Investors in Hong Kong

HSBC is claiming bragging rights for being the first bank to create a blockchain-based real world asset aimed at retail investors.

HSBC's building in Hong Kong. (Christian Mueller/Shutterstock)

Finance

TrueFi Unveils Lending Protocol for Tokenized Real-World Assets; TRU Jumps 14%

Investors will be able to take out crypto loans by pledging TrueFi's U.S. Treasury bill tokens, with plans to expand collateral to other types of tokenized RWAs, according to the proposal.

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Markets

BlackRock Enters Asset Tokenization Race With New Fund on the Ethereum Network

The asset management giant also made a strategic investment in asset tokenization company Securitize.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Finance

Lithuania-Licensed Crypto Bank Meld to Offer Tokenized RWAs to Retail Investors

Meld, which is in partnership with the layer-1 blockchain of the same name, has an agreement with DeFi platform Swarm Markets, which started a real-world asset platform in December

Vilnius, Lithuania (Shutterstock)

Policy

BlackRock Creates Fund With Securitize, a Big Player in Real-World Asset Tokenization

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said in an interview earlier that the company's filings for spot bitcoin and ether ETFs were "stepping stones towards tokenization."

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Finance

Sygnum Tokenizes $50M of Fidelity International Fund as Matter Labs Moves Reserves to Blockchain

The move was part of zkSync developer Matter Labs' long-term goal to move its treasury reserves to a blockchain.

Art installation reminiscent of digital ecosystems

Finance

MANTRA Chain Raises $11M for RWA Tokenization with Middle East Tint

The project seeks to be a hub for RWAs in the Cosmos ecosystem.

Dubai (Christoph Schulz/Unsplash)

Finance

USDR Issuer Tangible Plans to Redeem Itself as a Layer-2 for Real-World Assets

First came the literal redemption for failed stablecoin USDR. Now comes the metaphorical redemption as Tangible changes its name to re.al.

Fresh red paint on a white wall.

Finance

Crypto for Advisors: Private Credit Meets the Blockchain

In the world of digital assets, real world assets on-chain private credit brings the process of lending and borrowing against real-world assets onto a blockchain.

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Finance

Bitcoin ETFs and Crypto Separately Managed Accounts: What RIAs Need to Know

SMAs allow investors to get exposure to multiple digital assets within the same portfolio, including novel protocols or tokenized RWAs.

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