The "Web5 Eco" Summit was held in Hong Kong. At the meeting, Hong Kong Deputy Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Chen Hao Lian, said that government departments are studying the legal and regulatory system for the issuance and trading of tokenized bonds, and exploring optimization measures to promote the adoption of tokenization technology in the Hong Kong bond market and enrich the product range in the field of tokenization and digital assets in Hong Kong. In addition, HKMA is i...
According to the TON Foundation, xStocks has been launched on TON, allowing users to trade tokenized U.S. stocks directly in wallets such as TON Wallet, Tonkeeper, and MyTONWallet. The feature enables on-chain trading of hundreds of major company stocks such as Apple, Tesla, Microsoft, and more, without the need for a separate trading app, brokerage account, or geographic restrictions. The tokenization framework is powered by Backed Finance, meets full regulatory compliance requirements, and is ...
Ondo Finance announced on the X platform that its tokenized shares and ETF platform will be launched on the Solana chain in early 2026. Ondo said it is currently the largest tokenized shares and ETF platform, aiming to bring Wall Street liquidity to the internet capital markets.
The Hong Kong Financial Services Development Council released a concept report entitled "Hong Kong capital markets leading the way: super contacts - global capital hub in the digital age", which proposes a set of strategic framework, various measures follow a clear timeline planning, provide a pragmatic and executable implementation path, and expand tokenized assets in an orderly manner, including: the medium-term direction in 2-5 years will develop tokenized physical assets and other tools, 5-1...
According to CriptoNoticias, members of the Bolivian Blockchain Association plan to submit proposals to the president aimed at tokenizing gold and other precious metals on the Ethereum network. The proposed tokenisation of gold and other precious metals on Ethereum would enable traceability from mining to state reserves in an effort to curb corruption. The proposed model follows the example of the Kingdom of Bhutan, which issued a gold token backed by its sovereign reserves on the Solana network...
Several DeFi and crypto groups - including DeFi Education Fund, a16z, The Digital Chamber, Uniswap Foundation and others - have written to the SEC criticizing Citadel Securities' position last week of requiring the SEC to strictly define "all intermediaries in tokenized U.S. stock transactions", calling its analysis "flawed" and misrepresenting the facts. The crypto industry has pointed out that Citadel is trying to move the SEC...
On December 12, Katie He, head of product and strategy at China Asset Management Hong Kong (ChinaAMC HK), said at the Solana Breakpoint conference that Asia's first and largest tokenized money market fund will be launched, covering Hong Kong dollar (HKD), US dollar (USD) and RMB (RMB) denominated, tokenizing traditional money market instruments, providing investors with secure, on-chain access to stable income opportunities, with full transparency and real-time settlement. After months of collab...
India's financial regulator is actively pursuing the integration of distributed ledger technology (DLT), or blockchain technology, with a focus on asset tokenization, digital programmability, and market efficiency. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) are leading this incremental approach, emphasizing the use of permissioned blockchain systems in regulated environments.
This week, a16z released its annual "Big Ideas" from partners in the Apps, American Dynamism, Bio, Crypto, Growth, Infra and Speedrun teams. The 17-point offering is a look at future trends from multiple a16z crypto team partners (and several guest contributors), ranging from agents and AI; stablecoins, tokenization and finance; privacy and security; to prediction markets, SNARKs and other applications... to the evolution of how we build.
ONDO has submitted its tokenized securities roadmap to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), advocating support for multiple asset ownership models and promoting broader on-chain integration to help the United States stay ahead of the transition to asset tokenization.