Transformation of financial markets and financial systems in the digital economy
On October 20, 2022, the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation hosted the International Scientific and Practical Conference with the participation of the Bank of Russia.
Tokenized Real-World Assets: An Appealing Portfolio Diversification Strategy for Modern Investors
Despite gaining global attention recently, traditional exchange-traded funds (ETFs), including spot bitcoin ETFs, are deemed less advantageous compared to tokenized real-world assets (RWA), as expressed by Zaid Ismail, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at the forward-looking blockchain company, Mintlayer.
January 17
DeFi could enhance U.S. leadership in technology and financial services

In accordance with a study conducted by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, decentralized finance (DeFi) presents both promising opportunities and risks to the U.S. financial system, consumers, and national security.
January 10
The government of the United Kingdom has approved an initiative for tokenization


The UK government has embraced a proposal to implement tokenization technology, expressing its intention to actively utilize digital assets, supported by a modern regulatory framework and policies aimed at facilitating their integration within the country.
January 4
Prospects of Startup. Digitization and the Role of Tokenization in Increasing Venture Investors' Profits




In the proposed approach, the idea is presented to give liquidity to assets totaling $1 trillion that are in a "frozen" state in venture funds.
Addcapital, a venture fund, and the VNX Exchange, a stock platform from Luxembourg, have announced an agreement to tokenize $20 million for the purpose of financing and increasing liquidity in venture projects
December 21
IMF, World Bank and BIS partner to tokenize financial instruments





Reuters reports that these institutions are joining forces for the first time to delve into tokenization, a process that transforms traditional assets into uniquely coded 'tokens' usable in more efficient systems.
December 4
Coinbase: Asset Tokenization to Become More Popular in Coming Years






According to a report from the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, the tokenization of financial assets is increasingly becoming a popular trend. Experts have highlighted the benefits of this process while also identifying hurdles in its implementation.
December 2
Singapore, UK, Swiss, and Japan Regulators Collaborate on Asset Tokenization Pilots






To enhance experimentation with asset tokenization and address legal and compliance challenges, a consortium of nations has established a policymaking consortium.
November 27
Expobank Issues First Tokenized Diamond Offering in Russia






Expobank, a prominent financial entity in Russia, has purportedly introduced the inaugural tokenized diamond offer in the nation. Reports indicate that Expobank utilized the Multichain blockchain platform to create these tokens, each representing a fraction of a diamond's value, specifically 1/5,000.
November 20
BlackRock CEO Touts Tokenization, Warns US ‘Lagging’ in Innovation







The CEO of BlackRock, Larry Fink, praised the concept of tokenization while expressing concerns that the United States is falling behind in terms of innovation compared to other countries. In his annual investor letter, Fink highlighted the growing interest in digital assets, with a particular mention of the recent attention on the bankrupt crypto exchange FTX.
November 13
Sygnum, Float & Fasanara join forces to tokenise private debt markets








Sygnum, the world's pioneering digital asset bank, has announced a groundbreaking private debt asset token in collaboration with Float, a Stockholm-based Capital-as-a-Service company. Fasanara Capital, one of Europe's largest fintech credit funds, serves as the primary lender in this venture.
November 3
Most Russian banks aim to tokenize
non-cash rubles








This technology involves assigning a unique code to each ruble, enabling the automation of various financial operations and ensuring greater transparency in monetary transactions
November 1
Australia’s Central Bank’s Verdict on Tokenization and CBDCs









While numerous countries worldwide are grappling with the role of digital currencies and other financial assets, including the decision to embrace or reject Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has expressed its willingness to explore asset tokenization.
October 27
Major US banking regulator OCC warms to tokenization










In his announcement of a symposium scheduled for 2024, Michael Hsu, the current Acting Comptroller of the Currency, expressed favorable views on tokenization. Hsu, who has been skeptical about cryptocurrencies and had previously slowed down certain relaxations of stablecoin regulations for banks, noted a growing distinction between crypto and the tokenization of real-world assets and liabilities.
October 24
THE CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA TALKED ABOUT THE TOKENIZATION OF NON-CASH MONEY











The Central Bank of Russia has discussed digitalization of non-cash money The regulator believes that despite streamlining transactions, the new technology possesses multiple vulnerabilities. The Central Bank has published a report on the pros, cons, and prospects of tokenizing non-cash money.
October 20
DENIS BO: "CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES AND ASSET TOKENIZATION WILL HELP FORGET ABOUT STABLECOINS







Deputy Head of the Bank of France, Denis Beau, expresses the opinion that the creation of central bank digital currencies should take into account the tokenization of assets. Otherwise, there is a risk that people will prefer to use stablecoins
October 16
CBDCs MUST SUPPORT TOKENIZED ASSETS, OR STABLECOINS WILL TAKE OVER: FRENCH CENTRAL BANK








According to the Bank of France, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) should be designed with asset tokenization in mind, as a failure to do so could lead users to turn to stablecoins
October 13
BRAZILIAN REGULATOR TO LAUNCH ASSET TOKENIZATION SANDBOX IN 2024









The Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) plans to implement a second regulatory sandbox program to foster asset tokenization in the country by 2024. Daniel Maeda, the superintendent of the institutional investment oversight department at CVM, announced this during the Rio Innovation Week event.
October 9
CIRCLE ROLLS OUT OPEN-SOURCE PROTOCOL TO HELP BUILD TOKENIZED CREDIT MARKETS










According to the company's blog post, the Perimeter Protocol is designed to support various use cases for credit, including invoice factoring, salary advances, instant settlements for traders, and credit transactions for institutional investors
October 6
OPENTRADE INTRODUCES TOKENIZED OFFERING FOR US TREASURY BONDS











The market for tokenized Treasury bonds has grown sixfold this year to $668 million, according to one data provider.
October 3
BUSAN DIGITAL ASSET EXCHANGE PLANS TO INCLUDE IP TOKENIZATION







The city of Busan, South Korea's second-largest city, is advancing its plans to become a hub for blockchain technologies by launching a digital asset exchange.
September 30
THE FED OUTLINED THE BENEFITS AND RISKS OF TOKENIZATION




The Federal Reserve System (FRS) has examined the pros and cons of the tokenization process. In its review published on the official website, the FRS notes that tokenization is an innovation in the financial sector, rapidly growing in the cryptocurrency market
September 26
INSURANCE, AGRICULTURE, REAL ESTATE: HOW ASSET TOKENIZATION IS CHANGING THE STATUS QUO






At the Swiss Web3 Fest, industry experts presented the idea that tokenization opens up new possibilities and ways of creating solutions that did not exist before.
September 22
ECONOMISTS HAVE NAMED THE AREAS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY TOKENIZATION.




The Central Bank of Russia has published a report describing the benefits of tokenizing electronic money in other words. They claim that this will reduce expenses for financial operations and provide new opportunities for international payments.
September 15
HONG KONG BENEFITS FROM TOKENIZATION AFTER ISSUING GREEN BONDS
Hong Kong is actively embracing blockchain technology to revolutionize its financial markets, with a particular emphasis on tokenization and its potential benefits.
September 7
SWIFT ANNOUNCES A SUCCESSFUL TOKENIZATION EXPERIMENT WITH CHAINLINK
Swift has announced the successful completion of an experiment involving tokenization using the Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) from Chainlink.
September 7
RIPPLE’S MASTER PLAN: TURNING THE XRP LEDGER INTO THE LEADING RWA TOKENIZATION NETWORK?


The latest publication on the Ripple website highlights the growing trend of tokenizing real-world assets, such as stocks, bonds, and commodities, using blockchain technology.
September 4
TOKENIZATION: PROS AND CONS OF A NEW TOOL IN THE REAL ESTATE MARKET



As of today, the innovative method of tokenization is gaining popularity in the real estate sector. In this article, we will explore the features of this concept and its pros and cons.
August 25
US REGULATOR INTERESTED IN VISA BECAUSE OF TOKENIZATION TECHNOLOGY




The major payment giant Visa is undergoing a new review by the U.S. Department of Justice over the use of a technology known as "tokenization," as reported by the Bloomberg news agency.
August 18
HONG KONG IS ABOUT TO ISSUE
TOKINIZED BONDS
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has announced that using blockchain technology to issue bonds shows the potential to introduce "significant operational improvements" to the bond market, according to a report in the South China Morning Post.
August 11
TOKENIZATION IS TRANSFORMING
THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY
Joseph Chalom, Head of Strategic Ecosystem Partnerships at BlackRock, expressed that the adoption of tokenization by institutional investors has been slow, but it has huge implications for the financial industry.
August 4
TOKENIZATION OF REAL ESTATE
Real estate is one of the strongest investment objects and one of the most interesting objects for tokenization. Regardless of the situation on the stock market, there is always a need for housing and working space. Therefore, real estate is characterized by stability and continuity.
July 28
TOKENIZATION IN THE CRYPTO IMDUSTRY
More and more projects are adopting the concept of "tokenized rails." This trend is not coincidental, as many prominent figures in the crypto industry highly appreciate tokenization. Project XRP, which holds a top position on CoinMarketCap, is no exception.
July 21
TOKENIZATION WILL CHANGE THE CONCEPT OF TRADE RELATIONS
Christina Dorosh, Vice President of Visa for the Central Asia and Azerbaijan region, emphasizes that tokenization can alter the approach to trade and relationships between trading partners.
July 14
LARRY FINK ON HOW TOKENIZATION IS THE FUTURE OF THE NEXT GENERATION
Recently, an interview with Larry Fink, the CEO of American international investment company BlackRock, took place. Today, we have gathered the main points from the interview for you:
July 7
QUICKTOKEN PLATFORM AS
A DRIVER OF FINANCIAL SECTOR RESTRUCTURING
We live in a high-tech world of finance, the state of which, as the crises of recent years have shown, determines the state of the global economy.
June 25
Comparison of Banking and Peer-to-Peer Lending Risks
One of the most important conditions for the development of the economy is the presence of the credit market [1], which is the largest segment of the financial market.
Quicktoken platform versatility
We continue to acquaint you with our Quicktoken platform, its potential possibilities and directions of development.
Hi everyone who is interested in the Quicktoken platform! Today, as promised, we are going to talk about how the new financial instrument offered by the platform changes the established stereotypes in such a complex area for the ordinary investor as risk.
Impact of the Quicktoken platform on market risk
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Let’s start with ice cream! Let initial financial assets of different values be given — flavors of ice cream, each with its own mass.
A new kind of token for the Quicktoken platform
Today we are going to talk about why the new financial instrument being formed on the platform has reliability and how this reliability can be measured.
Reliability theory for the token package
HOW THE QUICKTOKEN PLATFORM WORKS — ISSUING TOKEN PACKAGES
Hi everyone who is interested in the new Quicktoken financial platform! Today, we will explain how the platform creates packages of tokens from a bank’s loan portfolio.
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How the Quicktoken platform works — redemption of token packages
Greetings to everyone who is interested in the Quicktoken platform! Today, as promised, we will cover the redemption procedure for token packages, the issue and the secondary market for which has been described in the previous two announcements.
How the Quicktoken platform works — exchange of token packages
Hi all, we are continuing to explore the functionality of the Quicktoken platform. So, we have generated token packages from the bank’s loan portfolio. What’s next? Should we wait for the packages to be redeemed? Of course not!
Good time of the day! The Quicktoken team is on, and today we’re going to talk about the task of generating packages. What does it consist of?
The optimal portfolio sale task
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MEET THE QUICKTOKEN TEAM
The QuickToken team follows the latest trends in the crypto industry and develops different kinds of services that improve the accessibility of new technologies for both regular and commercial customers.
Our portfolio includes numerous projects. Some of them are really complex solutions, including those in the B2G segment.
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