Tokenized Assets


Finance

BlackRock Expands Tokenized Fund BUIDL Beyond Ethereum to 5 New Blockchains

The investment giant is bringing its real-world asset fund to Aptos, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Optimism's OP Mainnet and Polygon.

BlackRock headquarters (Shutterstock)

Finance

Wall Street Financial Services Firm Lazard Plans to Create Tokenized Funds with Bitfinex Securities

Tokenization of conventional financial products is a booming sector within the digital asset industry, with BlackRock, HSBC and now Lazard among the global firms entering the space.

Lazard (Alpha Photo/Flickr)

Finance

Aurum Launches $1B Tokenized Fund for Data Center Investments on XRP Ledger With Zoniqx

The vehicle will focus on data center investments across the U.S, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, India, and Europe, claiming to be the "world’s first combined equity and debt tokenized fund."

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Finance

Ethena Picks BlackRock's BUIDL, Mountain, Superstate and Sky's USDS for $46M Tokenized RWA Investment

The allocation fits into the growing trend of DeFi platforms and protocol foundations investing in real-world asset-backed products to earn a yield without leaving blockchain rails.

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Finance

State Street Works on Tokenized Bond and Money Market Fund; No 'Current Plans' for Stablecoin Project

Tokenized collateral could have helped avoid the 2022 "liability-driven" crisis, said Donna Milrod, chief product officer, in an interview with Financial News.

State Street building in London (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

RWA Issuer Midas Expands Tokenized Products to Retail Users with Regulatory Nod in Europe

Midas acquired regulatory approval to issue its basis trade and U.S. Treasuries tokens in Liechtenstein, allowing passporting across Germany and Europe.

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Policy

CFTC Subcommittee Sends Up Recommendations for Letting Firms Use Tokenized Shares as Collateral: Bloomberg

BlackRock and Franklin Templeton could see tokenized shares of their money-market funds traded as collateral by the end of the year.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission would be granted far-reaching authority over crypto trading and regulation in a new Senate bill. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Tokenization Allows More Efficient Collateral Transfers, Digital Asset, Euroclear and World Gold Council Found in Pilot Project

The initiative created digital versions of gilts, eurobonds and gold on the Canton Network to test complex financial transactions on blockchain rails.

All but one of the recently launched spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) charge a lower fee than the largest gold ETF, making them a cheaper investment into a gold-like asset. (Unsplash)

Finance

Digital-Asset Manager Kin Launches $100M Tokenized Real Estate Fund on Chintai Network

Fund tokenization is one of the frontiers of bringing real-world assets (RWAs) to blockchain rails in pursuit of greater efficiency, lower costs and faster settlements.

Kin Capital principal Adam Menconi (Kin Capital)

Finance

JP Morgan's Onyx Blockchain Used for Siemens' Digital Commercial Paper Settlement

The transaction was a milestone for Onyx and SWIAT, which are collaborating to develop digital asset issuance products on blockchain rails for commercial banks.

CEO Jamie Dimon's JPMorgan Chase & Co. has aided in the tokenization of commercial paper through its Onyx unit. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)