A new survey-based report finds that buy-side firms are embracing tokenization strategies because they will broaden the investor community by “democratizing access to tokenized assets,” and more than half of survey respondents have a team focused on tokenization-related or digital assets initiatives. The new report, “Tokenization gaining altitude: From pilot projects to industry standard,” is… Read More >>
State Street & Galaxy Digital Unveil a Tokenized Fund
State Street Investment Management and Galaxy Asset Management have launched the State Street Galaxy Onchain Liquidity Sweep Fund (SWEEP). This tokenized private liquidity fund enables 24/7 on-chain cash management via stablecoin, subject to the availability of stablecoin in the fund’s portfolio, officials say. The launch is “a milestone in State Street’s digital strategy to offer… Read More >>
Full Tokenization Support Coming in October: DTCC
Officials at the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC) say the post-trade market infrastructure provider in July of this year will facilitate initial, limited production trades of real-world assets tokenized via the Depository Trust Company (DTC). In addition, later this year, in October, the DTC will fully launch its tokenization service. “In December 2025, DTC… Read More >>
Partnership Brings Proxy Voting to Tokenized Securities
Post-trade systems and services provider Broadridge Financial Solutions is partnering with Ondo Finance, a blockchain-native company that can tokenize real-world assets, to unlock proxy voting capabilities for “holders of third-party tokenized stocks and ETFs,” officials say. “Through this integration with a new Web3-enabled solution developed by Broadridge, holders of more than 250 Ondo tokenized stocks… Read More >>
Firms Need to Build Bridges to Tokenization: Q&A
(Alan Konevsky, CEO of tZERO, recently took questions from FTF News about the rise of tokenization and its impacts upon conventional securities operations. tZERO is a technology provider offering a regulated, end-to-end platform for tokenizing and trading digital securities, real-world assets (RWAs), and cryptocurrencies. The company provides institutional-grade technology, including an SEC-registered alternative trading system,… Read More >>
Digital Money Needs More Governance, Infrastructure & Regulatory Clarity
Emerging forms of digital money — tokenized commercial bank money, stablecoins, and wholesale central bank digital currencies — are bringing with them IT efficiencies promising to enhance capital markets transactions. However, policymakers, regulators, and industry participants must provide greater legal and regulatory clarity, a more efficient infrastructure, and tighter governance. This is according to a… Read More >>
Broadridge Builds Bridges to Digital Asset Operations
Broadridge Financial Solutions reports that it is responding in multiple ways to clients who say that digital assets and tokenization are becoming central to their investors’ portfolios. As a provider of multiple services, systems, and applications for securities operations, Broadridge reports that it has extended its governance platform, reached out to Canadian wealth managers, and… Read More >>
NYSE & Securitize to Focus on Tokenized Securities Markets
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and a firm that specializes in tokenization, Securitize, have begun a collaboration to develop tokenized securities markets, an effort that was formalized via a memorandum of understanding (MOU), officials say. The agreement will facilitate Securitize being named as “the first digital transfer agent eligible to mint blockchain-native securities for… Read More >>
Securities Tokenization Hits Its Stride
The tokenization of securities is taking off, and securities firms are moving fast to take advantage of what could be a long-promised leap forward via distributed ledger technology (DLT), otherwise known as blockchains. For securities, tokenization is the ownership of a traditional financial asset but expressed as digital tokens tied to a distributed ledger that… Read More >>
The Fed Clarifies How to Handle Tokenized Securities
The tokenization of securities must be taking off as Federal Reserve officials have recently compiled a useful set of frequently asked questions (FAQs), entitled “Capital Treatment of Tokenized Securities Frequently Asked Questions,” that is providing much-needed clarity. Among other helpful aspects, the FAQ sheet offers a definition of tokenized securities via distributed ledger technology (DLT),… Read More >>
