State Street expands crypto services in new partnership

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State Street is partnering with Swiss crypto company Taurus to offer new digital asset services, including turning real-world assets into tradeable tokens, to tap growing institutional demand for such investments, the US financial services provider told Reuters. As cryptocurrencies have spread in the financial system through regulated products including futures and exchange-traded funds, they are […]

Nigerian state plans to tokenize real estate, boost revenue

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Nigeria’s Lagos state government has announced an ambitious plan to tokenize real estate, leveraging blockchain technology to enhance transparency, efficiency, and ease of transfer in property transactions, reports Cointelegraph. According to local media, this initiative, outlined in the Eko Revenue Plus Summit documents, aims to significantly boost the state’s internally generated revenue. Real estate tokenization […]

BlackRock aware of RWAs as ‘multitrillion-dollar opportunity’

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The crypto markets’ focus on real-world asset (RWA) tokenisation has gained momentum throughout 2024, and multiple entities within the traditional finance (TradFi) industry are also integrating blockchain and asset tokenisation into their portfolios, reports Cointelegraph. Cointelegraph Markets spoke with Victor Sanchez and Alan Keegan, the co-founders of the RWA-focused blockchain project Kinto, to explore the […]

Singapore introduces new pilots to test asset tokenisation

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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has introduced five additional industry pilots to Project Guardian to test various use cases around asset tokenisation, reports Cointelegraph. Project Guardian is a collaborative initiative led by Singapore’s central bank that seeks to develop new financial infrastructure using decentralised finance (DeFi) elements. The latest initiatives are aimed at developing […]

Standard Chartered investment arm launches tokenisation platform

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SC Ventures, the fintech investment and venture arm of banking group Standard Chartered, has announced a new tokenisation platform, Libeara, reports Coindesk. The platform will enable the creation of a tokenised Singapore dollar government bond fund for accredited investors, according to the announcement. Libeara has also partnered with FundBridge Capital, an organisation for fund managers […]

Real-world assets: Shaping the future of digital asset management with tokenisation

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Entering the “token era” remains a significant leap into uncharted territory for companies, but this doesn’t have to be the case. Brickken, an up-and-coming tokenising solution, now helps companies to create digital tokens backed by real-world assets –– with zero downtime and instant execution, reports Cointelegraph. Cryptocurrencies dominated the 2010s — and so far, artificial […]

Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail pilots Jameson Travel Wallet in Dublin

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Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail (PRGTR) has completed a three-month initial pilot period for the Jameson Travel Wallet in Dublin Airport, writes the Moodie Davitt Report. The wallet, launched in collaboration with Jameson Irish Whiskey, falls under the company’s ‘Arrive Like a Local’ global travel retail campaign. The Jameson Travel Wallet leveraged Web3 digital blockchain […]