Tokenization

• [New] Through the fractionalization and tokenization of assets, blockchain technology reduces the minimum investment size, which opens new opportunities previously inaccessible to most Americans.
• [New] SIA and Hex Trust will allow banks and financial institutions to manage and safe keep any kind of digital assets such as security and utility tokens, central bank digital currencies and stable coins created on a number of different blockchain protocols.
• [New] Where there used to be only bitcoin, there are now countless tokens ranging from governance to utility to security tokens and more - what Rust calls a latter-day Cambrian Explosion that will result in the tokenization of the world.
• Tilia Pay will permit Upland gamers to commerce digital properties, primarily based on real-world areas and factored by non-fungible tokens, for U.S. {dollars}.
• We expect ETH to remain in the news through the year, serving as the foundation for DeFi projects, stablecoins and non-fungible tokens.
• At the very least, crypto collectibles and virtual reality projects will attract fresh investment, with non-fungible tokens tethering them to public blockchains to facilitate the trading of digital assets.
• Last December, Singapore's largest lender DBS launched its own digital currency platform, and the recent regulatory actions by the city state's financial regulator could bolster the validity of what it calls digital payment tokens.
• US regulators have been clamping down on crypto trading firms in recent months: U.S.-based Bittrex and Poloniex delisted tens of tokens earlier this year over concerns they could be deemed securities by the SEC.
• The joint venture - set to be Asia-Pacific's first exchange-led digital asset venture - will focus on capital markets workflows through smart contracts, ledger and tokenization technologies.
• 90% of blockchain solutions will require replacement within a year because of most of the ignoring vital features, including smart contracts, decentralized consensus, and tokenization.
• Exchange tokens will be caught (along with other crypto assets) by the EU's 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive, which will be transposed into UK law by the end of 2019.
• Defining a digital token as the representation of anything of value, the IWA vision is that token-based multi-party digital interchanges of value will disrupt global economics and radically improve how commerce will be transacted.
• Without a proper user base in India where tokens can be accessed and used without much hassle, blockchain developers and companies will not be interested in developing projects for India.
• Later this year, the Japanese Financial Instruments and Exchange Act will clarify the legal treatment of STOs and rights transferrable using distributed ledger technology.
• More than 41 percent of respondents expect their organizations to bring blockchain into production and 39 percent of respondents intend to invest $5 million or more in blockchain in 2019.
• Stablecoins are digital tokens that represent national currencies and are issued using a variety of bitcoin-based technologies, representing an $18 trillion market opportunity.
• 31 percent of respondents expect central banks to add cryptocurrencies to their balance sheets in the next five years.
• In 2018, bitcoin will serve as a gateway through which many people will begin to engage with the wider world of cryptocurrency and decentralized blockchain technologies.
• A vibrant connected marketplace of buying and investing direct - using crypto assets could fuel a massive increase in global GDP, commerce and wealth creation for independent innovators.
• Energo Labs, a Shanghai-based startup, will use blockchain technology to let consumers trade energy across remote micro-grids in the Philippines.
• The market for tokenization technology and services will only continue to grow in the coming years.

Last updated: 28 February 2021