Tokenization

• The market for tokenization technology and services will only continue to grow in the coming years.
• In 2021, the European Union's market size for security tokens (~ $0.22 trillion) (~ €0.2trn) will be higher than the market size for cryptocurrencies (~ $0.13 trillion) (~ €0.12trn) for the first time.
• From tokenization to Internet of Things integrations, blockchain will see many new adoptions and use cases this year.
• Security Tokens are the next big phenomena in blockchain related crowdfunding with the industry expecting the market size to exceed $2 trillion dollars by the end of 2019.
• A true shift to the programmable economy will require today's data and financial assets to become digital tokens and smart money over the next decade.
• The Monetary Authority of Singapore has warned eight cryptocurrency exchanges in Singapore not to allow trading in digital tokens that are securities or futures contracts without the regulator's permission.
• Facebook might use blockchain tech to create a new platform for developers as a tool for building apps and integrating the services of smart contracts with digital tokens and currencies built into apps.
• Blockchain will offer unprecedented opportunities for French startups to raise funds by issuing tokens in Initial Coin Offerings.
• US regulators could come to consider all tokens as securities saying: "Most exchanges are listing coins that are securities, and our view is a large number of these exchanges are going to be closed."
• Internet 3.0 is all about digital assets - tokens and blockchain benefits that will accelerate innovation and solve real global problems.
• Users will be able to trade digital tokens or colored coins of a syndicate and invest in startups on the Bitcoin blockchain.
• Perhaps being a software provider that does not hold the tokens could be a safe middle ground or creating easier point-ofsale merchant accessibility with QR codes.
• 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.

Last updated: 04 October 2020