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Real-world assets (RWAs) explained: tokenised treasuries, private credit, stocks and funds on-chain, and what tokenisation really gives holders.
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Regulators and Tokenisation: What Changed Between 8 September and 8 October
In one month UK authorities named collateral mobility as tokenisation's near-term prize and asked about tokenised gold, CFTC staff updated their FAQs on tokenised customer-fund investments, ESMA proposed an optional EU "28th regime" for tokenised securities, and an ICE–OKX venture published a notice under the SEC's Innovation Exemption. What is rule, what is guidance and what is only a proposal.
Central Banks Go Onchain: Pontes, Hong Kong’s Digital Green Bond and India’s Demat 2.0
In one month the Eurosystem launched Pontes to settle tokenised assets in central bank money, Hong Kong priced about HK$20 billion of digital green bonds with tokenised-deposit settlement, and India issued ₹1,025 crore of tokenised corporate bonds settled in wholesale e₹. What each step is, and what is still only planned.
Tokenisation’s Risk Check: The IMF’s Warning, Korea’s Bond Pilot and Three Products Testing the Idea
The IMF says tokenised assets are about $65bn and pose limited systemic risk today, but 24/7 trading and automatic liquidations could spread stress faster. Korea plans a tokenised government bond pilot. Spiko raises $90m for tokenised cash funds, OSL tokenises a professional-only stablecoin strategy fund, and Stove's share tokens reach UniswapX.
RWA week: a central-bank MoU, stocks as collateral, vault credit and a Solana merger
Kazakhstan’s central bank signs an exploratory MoU with Tether; Binance accepts four tokenised securities as margin collateral at a 50% ratio; GSR commits $100m to Hare’s onchain vaults; Orca and Loopscale merge as Formation. What is confirmed, what is only planned, and what each step does not prove.
Securitize–LG CNS: a Korea tokenisation MoU ahead of 2027 rules
On 6 October 2026 Securitize and LG CNS signed an MoU to explore tokenised funds, stocks and stablecoin infrastructure for Korean financial institutions, as Korea’s FSC advances tokenised-securities rules aimed at February 2027.
Ondo Private Markets: tokenised notes, not private-company shares
On 6 October 2026 Ondo Finance announced Ondo Private Markets—tokenised notes linked to a private company’s per-share value at a liquidity event, starting with an unnamed pre-IPO AI firm. Notes are issuer obligations for non-U.S. persons only.
OCBC–Ant: tokenised deposits for 24/7 SGD and USD treasury
On 6 October 2026 OCBC said it is the first bank to work with Ant International on tokenised deposits, enabling 24/7 SGD and USD treasury moves between Singapore and Malaysia via WhaleRTP—company-reported.
DigiFT’s Fidelity Treasury listing: tokenised MMF access, fund unnamed
On 6 October 2026 Singapore-licensed DigiFT said it listed tokenised interests in a Fidelity-managed U.S. Treasury money market fund for institutional and accredited investors. The release does not name the fund or chain.
Cardano CIP-0113: ledger-enforced compliance for tokenised assets
On 7 October 2026 the Cardano Foundation said CIP-0113 is live on Cardano mainnet after independent security audits, enabling ledger-enforced KYC, sanctions, freeze-and-seize and transfer rules on native tokens—no hard fork.
ADI–Tokinvest: a $100m tokenised sukuk MoU, not a closed deal
On 6 October 2026 ADI Foundation and Dubai VARA-regulated Tokinvest signed an MoU aiming at a US$100 million tokenised sukuk from existing UAE issuer sukuk—an agreement to explore, not a closed issuance.
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