Tokenization

U.S. Treasury Department seal (Bill Perry/Shutterstock, modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)

Ondo’s OUSG token, one of the largest on-chain tokenized Treasury products, has accrued $134 million of assets under management on Ethereum.

By Krisztian Sandor

Jul 13, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 13, 2023

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Podcasts

Money reimagined

Democratizing Finance: BlackRock's Role in the Institutionalization of Bitcoin

Larry Fink suggests ‘tokenization’ and ‘democratizing costs’ but what is BlackRock's Bitcoin agenda? In addition, a look at Crypto Regulation in Europe.

By Michael J. Casey Sheila Warren

Jul 12, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 12, 2023

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Markets

Tokenization

Tokenized U.S. Treasurys Surpass $600M as Crypto Investors Capture TradFi Yield

Crypto investors now effectively lend $614 million to the U.S. government via different tokenized Treasury products, according to real-world asset data firm RWA.xyz.

By Krisztian Sandor

Jul 11, 2023 at 11:06 p.m. UTC

Jul 11, 2023

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Technology

Tokenization

Tokenization Is Likely to Transform Infrastructure and Financial Markets: Bank of America

Implementation of blockchain technology will accelerate as the opportunity cost of uncaptured efficiencies increases, the report said.

By Will Canny

Jun 29, 2023 at 11:36 a.m. UTC

Jun 29, 2023

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Compound founder Robert Leshner speaks at Token Summit 2019. (CoinDesk)

Technology

Tokenization

Compound Founder Forms 'Superstate' to Create Bond Fund With Ethereum for Record-Keeping

The new fund will invest in short-term U.S. government bonds, relying on a traditional Wall Street transfer agent for keeping track of holders but using Ethereum as a secondar...

By Bradley Keoun

Jun 28, 2023 at 8:35 p.m. UTC

Jun 28, 2023

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Opinion

Step Aside ‘Blockchain Technology’, IMF and BIS Have a New Crypto Buzzword

Financial stewards including the International Monetary Fund and Bank for International Settlements say tokenization is the future. They’re wrong.

By George Kaloudis

Jun 26, 2023 at 5:19 p.m. UTC

Jun 26, 2023

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Podcasts

Money reimagined

The Impact of Tokenization on the Monetary System and the Need for Tokenized Central Banks

A comparison of central bank money and the public blockchain, as well as the hurdles associated with the use of public blockchain in real-world applications from a recent BIS...

By Michael J. Casey Sheila Warren

Jun 21, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. UTC

Jun 21, 2023

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Policy

Regulations

Unified Ledger for CBDCs, Tokenized Assets Could Enhance Global Financial System: BIS

“This would be a game-changer in how we think about money and how transactions take place,” said the central bank group’s Head of Research Hyun Song Shin.

By Camomile Shumba

Jun 20, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. UTC

Jun 20, 2023

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Finance

Cbdc

Tokenization Could Be a $5T Opportunity Led by Stablecoins and CBDCs: Bernstein

About 2% of global money supply, via stablecoins and CBDCs, could be tokenized over the next five years, which is about $3 trillion, the report said.

By Will Canny

Jun 20, 2023 at 6:46 a.m. UTC

Jun 20, 2023

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Finance

Regulations

Crypto Market Regulatory Uncertainty Overshadows Blockchain Development: Bank of America

The bank said it expects blockchain infrastructure and tokenization to transform financial and non-financing infrastructure and markets over the next five to 10 years.

By Will Canny

Jun 19, 2023 at 8:27 a.m. UTC

Jun 19, 2023

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