Why Most Tokenization Deals Die Before They Ever Launch
By David Kermaani, Director of Sales Americas, ChainUp Key Takeaways Tokenization deals fail on legal and accounting groundwork, not technology. RealT’s $140M collapse proved that. On the accounting side: no reconciliation process between the asset and its on-chain twin is the most common gap. On the legal side: undefined token rights, missing KYC/AML at issuance, […]
5 Tokenized Securities Breakthroughs in September 2026
Key Takeaways The asset class expanded. Pro sports minority stakes—a $500B pool—became tokenizable under the EU DLT Pilot Regime, with Securitize and Socios first to move. Expect more previously-illiquid private equity to follow the same path. Traditional exchanges committed. NYSE parent ICE partnered with tZERO, and Kraken parent Payward is tokenizing 100 LSE-listed stocks with […]
Real-World Asset Tokenization Platform: Build In-House or Buy White Label?
Key Takeaways Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization platform build vs buy decisions should consider total cost, time to market, regulatory responsibilities, security, and long-term maintenance, not development cost alone. Building in-house provides maximum architectural control but requires specialized blockchain, smart contract, cybersecurity, compliance, and financial infrastructure expertise, with typical timelines of 12 to 24 months or […]
Why Gold Tokenization Is Building Real On-Chain Utility in 2026
Key Takeaways Tokenization is proving its value as infrastructure, not just as a wrapper on a commodity. Even as gold’s spot price corrected sharply in 2026, the total value locked and traded on-chain kept climbing, a sign that adoption is tied to how tokenized gold is used, not just what the metal is worth. Trading […]
The UK’s Tokenization Taskforce: An Opportunity Analysis of Britain’s Bid for Digital Market Leadership
Key Takeaway To capture a share of an estimated $88 trillion market and generate up to £33 billion in annual economic output by 2035, the UK has launched a unified 54-firm public-private coalition to establish global leadership in wholesale financial market tokenization. Traditional financial markets suffer from settlement delays and trapped liquidity, yet current tokenization […]
DTCC’s Tokenization Pilot: How Wall Street’s Post-Trade Giant Is Bringing Institutional Finance On-Chain
Key Takeaway The Problem: Legacy post-trade settlement processes rely on T+1 execution cycles that lock up billions of dollars in buffer capital and create operational friction across isolated financial databases. The Solution: DTCC is leveraging its $114+ trillion central securities depository engine to bring institutional-grade asset tokenization and 24/7 atomic settlement to mainstream capital markets. […]
How Institutions Are Tokenizing Money Market Funds in 2026
Key Takeaways The GENIUS Act is the primary driver behind tokenized money market fund (MMF) growth in 2026. It legally requires stablecoin issuers to back tokens with cash, short-dated Treasuries, or tokenized versions of approved reserve assets, creating direct institutional demand for tokenized money market funds. BlackRock, JPMorgan, Fidelity, and State Street have all expanded […]
TRC20 vs ERC20 for RWA Tokenization: Asset vs Settlement Layer
Key Takeaways Built on Ethereum, ERC20 holds ~61% of on-chain RWA value, providing the deepest liquidity and institutional-grade DeFi composability for issuing tokenized assets. Built on TRON, TRC20 moves nearly 40% of global USDT volume with sub-cent transaction fees and ~3-second settlement times. Leading institutional RWA deployments don’t choose between standards. They issue the security/fund […]
UK’s £33 Billion Tokenization Bet: Why Settlement Is the Real Bottleneck
Key Takeaways The United Kingdom (UK)’s £33B digital roadmap marks the shift from isolated tokenization pilots to unified, state-level market infrastructure. Institutional focus has matured beyond retail speculation toward scaling enterprise Real-World Asset (RWA) networks. The key blocker to RWA growth has moved from regulatory uncertainty to infrastructure—specifically legacy multi-day settlement cycles. Scaling the $88T […]
How Tokenized Collectibles Are Bringing Real-World Value On-Chain for Businesses
Key Takeaways Tokenized collectibles utilize blockchain tokens to represent ownership, immutable provenance, or redemption rights tied to tangible assets that already hold value in the physical world, such as graded trading cards, luxury watches, and fine art. This model inverts the earlier NFT playbook. Instead of manufacturing speculative value out of thin air, tokenization digitizes […]
