The Tokenized Asset Coalition (TAC), a membership organization that promotes the institutional adoption of tokenization practices to bring real-world assets to the blockchain, has published its State of Tokenization report. The document explains that 2023 saw the birth of a tokenized risk curve, with tokenization being applied to different asset classes, and predicts that its…
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Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle, the stablecoin company, stated that tokenization adoption will keep growing after the spot Bitcoin ETF approval and the endorsement of Blackrock. He believes that financial companies might be issuing tokenized versions of their assets this year and criticized the “same activity, same rules” regulatory principle. Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire States…
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The growing trend of tokenizing traditional assets has caught the attention of legacy financial institutions. According to a recent report by Moody’s, a leading investment risk assessment firm, the value of tokenized funds has surged from $100 million at the beginning of 2023 to approximately $800 million today, driven by the rising tokenization of U.S.…
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A report issued in December by Bain and Company and JPMorgan executives recognized the impact that tokenization can have in bringing alternative investments (such as private equity, private credit, real estate, and hedge funds) to individual investors. The document states that this can be a $400 billion opportunity for players in the ecosystem implementing these…
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The Klaytn Foundation, an organization devoted to expanding the Klaytn ecosystem, announced that Creder, one of its governance council members, will launch a tokenized gold offering called Gold Pegged Coin (GPC) in January. Creder will also launch Goldstation, a decentralized finance platform to convert physical gold into GPC tokens. Creder Launches 1:1 Backed Gold Pegged…
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Source: iStock/Onfokus Value Partners, a Hong Kong-based company says it has plans to tokenize gold assets and also make an entry to the much anticipated Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) market. According to a report from local media sources, Zhao Shande, a senior strategist of the firm’s ETF business spoke on the United States inflation policies…
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Source: trac.network Bitcoin Ordinals-based development platform Tap Protocol has raised over $4 million in an oversubscribed round, promising more “big” news to come. “We are happy to announce our successful fund raise of $4.2m which was oversubscribed by $13m+,” Tap Protocol said on Twitter. The round was led by Sora Ventures, with participation from Rw3,…
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Coinbase, the largest U.S.-based crypto exchange, has revealed Project Diamond, an initiative that seeks to provide the tools for institutions to issue native digital assets. The project, which integrates several technologies, including Coinbase’s layer 2 product Base, the USDC stablecoin, Coinbase Prime custody services, and its Web3 wallet, has received approval from the Financial Services…
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Source: iStock/Onfokus The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is gearing up to introduce its second tokenized green bond, expected to be unveiled within the next few months. The government authority aims to leverage blockchain technology for increased efficiency and transparency in the redemption process, according to a report from Chinese newspaper Ming Pao. Per the report,…
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Source: AdobeStock / gguy Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB) Access now supports the Polygon proof-of-stake (PoS) mainnet and the Mumbai testnet in public preview. AMB is a fully managed service that provides access to public and private blockchains. Polygon is a scaling solution leveraging the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), known for higher transaction throughput and lower…
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