Tag: Tokenized

ECB Launches Appia Project to Shape Tokenized Markets

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The European Central Bank (ECB) on Wednesday published its Appia roadmap, setting out a long-term plan for building tokenized wholesale financial markets in Europe anchored in central bank money. The roadmap is built around two linked initiatives. Pontes is the Eurosystem’s distributed ledger technology settlement solution, while Appia is the broader strategic framework for developing a future tokenized financial ecosystem. The ECB said Pontes is scheduled to launch in the third quarter of 2026. “With Appia, we are building a road from today’s financial system to tomorrow’s tokenized markets, firmly…

Nasdaq Partners with Boerse Stuttgart’s Seturion for tokenized Settlement

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Nasdaq said it is working with Boerse Stuttgart Group’s tokenized settlement platform Seturion to connect its European trading venues to infrastructure designed to settle tokenized securities using distributed ledger technology. According to Monday’s announcement, the collaboration will initially focus on structured products and aims to support faster settlement of tokenized assets across European capital markets. Seturion supports multiple asset classes across public and private distributed ledger networks and allows transactions to be settled using either central bank money or on-chain cash. Boerse Stuttgart said the platform is intended to be…

Nasdaq partners with Boerse Stuttgart Group’s Seturion to advance tokenized securities settlement in Europe

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Nasdaq will connect its European markets to Seturion, the pan-European blockchain-based settlement platform for tokenized assets operated by Boerse Stuttgart Group, in a move to enhance settlement efficiency and reduce fragmentation, the company said Monday. The initiative seeks to modernize post-trade infrastructure, improve efficiency, and accelerate the adoption of tokenized securities across Europe. With an initial focus on structured products, the partnership will facilitate faster, cheaper, and more seamless settlement while supporting compliance with European regulations such as MiFID II and the DLT Pilot Regime. According to Roland Chai of…

Kraken rolls out xChange engine to power tokenized stock markets

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Kraken’s tokenized equities platform xStocks has launched xChange, an onchain trading engine designed to facilitate trading of tokenized stocks across the Ethereum and Solana networks. According to the company, the system supports trading of more than 70 tokenized equities backed 1:1 by underlying shares held in custody, with prices intended to track the corresponding public market stocks. The launch adds new trading infrastructure for tokenized equities, part of the broader tokenized real-world asset market that aims to bring traditional financial instruments such as stocks onto blockchain-based trading systems. Kraken launched…

Crypto Exchanges Emerge as TradFi Venues amid Tokenized Commodities Boom

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Demand for tokenized commodities is increasing as investors look for safe-haven exposure through crypto-native markets that trade around the clock, rather than only during traditional market hours. The tokenized commodities sector grew 10% over the past month to $7.69 billion in cumulative market capitalization, while holders increased by 5.8% to 189,390, according to data aggregator RWA.xyz. Tether Gold (XAUT) makes up the lion’s share with $2.96 billion of onchain commodities, while Paxos Gold (PAXG) is second with $2.56 billion. The growth underscores how real-world assets are becoming a larger part…

Canada pilots tokenized bond settlement using central bank deposits

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Bank of Canada, together with RBC Capital Markets, TD Bank Group (TD) and Export Development Canada (EDC), has completed Project Samara, a trial of tokenized bond issuance on distributed ledger infrastructure, according to a recent press release. During the pilot, ECD issued a $100 million tokenized bond that was traded and settled on the Samara Platform using central bank money. The Samara Platform, built on Hyperledger Fabric, integrates separate bond and cash ledgers to support end-to-end transactions, including issuance, bidding, coupon payments, redemption, and secondary trading. The architecture enables instant…

Fed Says Tokenized Securities Under Same Capital Rules

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US regulators have clarified that tokenized securities will receive the same capital treatment as their traditional counterparts, saying the rules are “technology neutral.”  The Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said on Thursday that they would treat traditional and tokenized securities the same when it comes to bank capital requirements. “The technologies used to issue and transact in a security do not generally impact its capital treatment,” the agencies said. “An eligible tokenized security should be treated in the same…

NYSE Owner ICE Invests In OKX At $25B To Expand Tokenized Stock Trading

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Intercontinental Exchange will take a board seat at OKX and plans to bring NYSE-listed tokenized stocks and derivatives to the crypto exchange’s users in 2026. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the owner of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), has invested in crypto exchange OKX at a $25 billion valuation and will take a seat on the company’s board, according to a Thursday announcement. ICE has invested an undisclosed amount in OKX as part of its push into blockchain technology and tokenized stocks, the announcement states. OKX will provide ICE with a…

MEXC Expands Tokenized Stock Listings Through Ondo Finance Partnership

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Crypto exchange MEXC has expanded its tokenized equities offering through its partnership with Ondo Finance, listing new onchain representations of US stocks that trade against Tether on its platform. According to company announcements this week, the expansion includes 17 newly listed tokenized stock pairs and seven additional tokens tied to US defense and energy companies. The tokens are issued as ERC-20 assets on Ethereum and trade against Tether (USDT) pairs on the exchange. The underlying shares are held in regulated trust accounts and subject to quarterly third-party audits, with the…

NYSE Tokenized Stocks Draw Attention From TD Securities

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TD Securities, a major Canadian investment bank with operations across North America, says tokenization may be approaching an institutional turning point following the New York Stock Exchange’s push into tokenized equities. In recent commentary, TD Securities Reid Noch, vice president for electronic trading, said tokenization is beginning to carry real implications for market structure, pointing to the NYSE’s proposed tokenized equities alternative trading system (ATS) as a key development. The planned platform would enable 24-hour trading and near-instant settlement of tokenized stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), subject to regulatory approval.…