Tokenization

Exchanges for security tokens such as tZero, OpenFinance or the Malta Security Token Exchange will drive the adoption of (security) tokens in 2020.
With a single global token, Facebook could have leapfrogged China by pushing out its currency to almost 2.5 times the user base of WeChat or Alipay overnight.
In 2019, Blockpass is launching a series of leading security token events to help educate and inform business, investors and policymakers wishing to explore this trend and to help build the community that will drive the security token ecosystem of the future.
The world will see its first securities token exchanges go live in 2019.
LINE is hoping that its LINK token will serve as the fuel for a wide range of consumer-facing applications, from payments for restaurants and other services to the serving of online content.
U.S. regulators will view every token as a security.
Some crypto prognosticators have boldly predicted 2018 to be the death of the ICO token.
Event organizers around the world will need to come up with new swag to reward attendees at their conferences as USBs will be a token of the analog past.
Security tokens have huge potential to decrease liquidity issues but will require additional infrastructure to take hold, such as their own exchanges, Security Token Offerings, and wallets.
Security tokens, which are regulated asset-backed tokens, or simply stocks on the block chain, are set to be another main trend in terms of coins and tokens in 2019, whereas with utility tokens, there will be a selection.
2018 has been the inaugural year of Security Token Offerings and many think that by 2030 tokenized securities will be the primary method of issuance.
Studies have suggested that security token offerings are better fundraising models than the outdated ICO, and once uncertainties are settled, it might trigger a rise in security tokens in 2019.
A global healthcare platform could utilize a token to handle all medical fees in the future.
Twitter's policy will prohibit advertising of ICOs and token sales.
Authority of the United Kingdom issued a similar "consumer warning" about the risks of Token Sales.
The Bank of England's multi-year research program into the implications of a central bank backed digital currency could add another layer of respectability to the cryptocurrency space but may have other implications for market heavyweight Bitcoin.
2018 will see the first wave of everyday applications of blockchain for every use starting from obvious case studies like Uber for blockchain or Airbnb for blockchain.
In 2018 ICOs will stay a very attractive option for raising money, so the number of token sales will continue to grow.
Neobanks will start to go global, and global technology experiences surfacing bank and credit utility will start to emerge that undermine traditional charters.

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Last updated: 24 May 2020