Four announcements on 8 October 2026 show how “real-world assets” (RWAs), meaning traditional assets recorded as tokens on a blockchain, are moving into mainstream finance. A tokenisation firm launched tokenised US shares, a global bank set out a custody plan, an offshore product opened up US home-equity loans, and a French insurer made its first tokenised investment. None of this is investment advice.
Securitize Stocks: tokenised US shares on Solana
Confirmed (company release). NYSE and OKXICE trading is planned, not live. Securitize launched “Securitize Stocks”, offering “security entitlements to shares of AAPL, MSFT, NVDA, GOOG, TSLA, META, AMZN, NFLX, CRCL, SPCX, MSTR and PLTR”. They “initially launch on Solana and trade on Securitize’s registered broker-dealer platform” [1].
The key design choice is backing. “Each token is backed one for one by an underlying share and represents a security entitlement under UCC Article 8”, the US legal framework for holding securities through an intermediary. Dividends are included, and voting rights apply “where the underlying class carries them”. Securitize also says: “Shares backing Securitize Stocks will not be lent out.” If a listed company later adopts what Securitize calls issuer-sponsored tokenisation, holders can convert into shares recorded on the company’s own register [1].
Trading runs through Securitize’s Solana market-making system, with Jump Trading as market maker. It starts “during extended hours, with plans to move toward 24/7 availability”, settling in the USDC stablecoin. The tokens are also “expected” to trade on the NYSE’s planned 24/7 venue, “subject to the venue’s launch and applicable regulatory and operational requirements” [1]. Access is for “eligible investors in the United States, European Union (EU) and other permitted jurisdictions worldwide”, after identity checks. Securitize claims “approximately $5B in AUM as of September 2026” (company claim) [1]. TSN covered the OKXICE side earlier [5].
Standard Chartered: a custody plan for Singapore
Confirmed that it is a plan. Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore) “announced its plans to provide custody services for selected cryptoassets, stablecoins and tokenised real-world assets to institutional clients and accredited investor corporate clients, subject to applicable regulatory requirements” [2]. It builds on the bank’s “presence in markets including the UAE, Luxembourg and Hong Kong”. The release gives no launch date and no list of assets. Custody means safekeeping, so this is about who holds the keys for institutions, not a retail trading service [2].
NUVA’s HOME: exposure to US home-equity loans, but not for UK buyers
Reported (CoinDesk interview). All product terms are company claims. NUVA, backed by Animoca Brands, launched HOME, a token giving eligible non-US investors exposure to a vault of home-equity lines of credit (HELOCs) originated through Figure, for “as little as 1 USDC” [3]. NUVA is “targeting a 7% annual return from the loans, with the target resetting monthly”. That is a target, not a promise. CEO Anthony Moro said: “HOME holders do not directly own the underlying loans” [3].
Withdrawals have no lock-up but are “expected to take about two U.S. business days”, backed by a “5% liquidity sleeve”. A first-loss buffer is “estimated to be roughly 5% of the vault’s value”. Moro added that it “does not eliminate the credit and liquidity risks” [3]. UK readers cannot buy it: besides US users, “The U.K., Hong Kong, China, British Virgin Islands and sanctioned jurisdictions are also excluded” [3]. This is credit, not a cash-like token; TSN’s explainer covers the difference [6].
Crédit Agricole Assurances: a first tokenised investment
Confirmed (company release). The insurer “is making its first investment in a tokenised financial asset by subscribing to a tokenised unit of the Amundi Funds Cash EUR money market fund”, with “the €100 million investment” [4]. Amundi said in December 2025 that the tokenised share class uses “the public Ethereum blockchain” [7]. Insurer, fund manager (Amundi) and custodian (CACEIS) all belong to the Crédit Agricole group, so this is an in-house deal rather than outside demand.
What this does not prove
- That Securitize Stocks trade on the NYSE or 24/7. Both are plans, subject to launches and approvals [1].
- That Standard Chartered’s Singapore service is live. It is a plan with no date [2].
- That HOME will return 7% or is safe. The figure is a monthly-reset target, and the buffer does not remove credit or liquidity risk [3].
- That big investors outside the group are buying tokenised funds. Crédit Agricole’s purchase is intra-group [4].
The Bottom Line
Tokenised shares with 1:1 backing, a bank’s custody plan, a credit token with stated risks and an insurer’s first tokenised fund unit all point the same way: institutions are building the plumbing. Much of it is still planned, restricted by jurisdiction, or kept within one group.
Sources
- Securitize, “Securitize Launches Global Onchain Trading of U.S. Stocks with Security Entitlements”, PR Newswire, 8 October 2026 (company release; AUM is a company claim). https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/securitize-launches-global-onchain-trading-of-us-stocks-with-security-entitlements-302902107.html
- Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore), press release, 8 October 2026, as distributed by Public Technologies (company release). https://pubt.io/view/1D17906D42140BE1DF58BE39677EDF63AF9FD3C3
- Olivier Acuna, “NUVA brings U.S. residential mortgage credit to offshore investors”, CoinDesk, 8 October 2026, 12:36 BST (interview with Nuva Labs CEO Anthony Moro; product terms are company claims). https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/10/08/nuva-brings-u-s-residential-mortgage-credit-to-offshore-investors
- Crédit Agricole Assurances, “Crédit Agricole Assurances makes an initial investment of €100 million in a tokenised Amundi fund in collaboration with CACEIS”, press release, Paris, 8 October 2026. https://www.ca-assurances.com/wp-content/uploads/Credit-Agricole-Assurances-makes-an-initial-investment-of-E100-million-in-a-tokenised-Amundi-fund-in-collaboration-with-CACEIS.pdf
- TSN, “Tokenised Stocks Grow Up: Notices, Redemptions, Plumbing and Collateral”. https://tsnmedia.org/tokenised-stocks-okxice-notice-robinhood-redemption-ondo-aave-equities-hub/
- TSN, “RWA cash-like vs credit: what backs the token, and how to tell”. https://tsnmedia.org/rwa-cash-like-vs-credit/
- Amundi, “Amundi launches first tokenised share of AMUNDI FUNDS CASH EUR with CACEIS”, 5 December 2025. https://www.amundi.com/institutional/article/amundi-launches-first-tokenised-share-amundi-funds-cash-eur-caceis
