Distributed-ledger technology
Is this tokenization’s golden opportunity?
The Waters Wrap: More initiatives around tokenizing assets are coming to fruition. Nyela asks: Is the market ready?
Taking tokenization from pilot to playbook
IMD Wrap: Firms eager to use tokens should find specific use cases that bring immediate value, rather than try everything at once, Wei-Shen writes.
Florida and folly: Boca attendees forecast the future of market structure
Prediction markets, 24-hour trading, and tokenization were the topics du jour at FIA Boca this year, indicating that markets are getting more comfortable with the unconventional.
Sprecher says ICE will expand positioning in crypto, prediction markets
Jeff Sprecher, CEO of ICE: “We have two new [chairmen at] the SEC and CFTC that are working to try to pull the entrepreneurship in the wild west into the financial system.”
JP Morgan gives corporates an FX blockchain boost
Kinexys digital platform speeds cross-currency, cross-entity client payments.
Despite regulatory thaw in US, major questions remain globally for 2026
From crypto and tokenization to the CAT to consolidated tapes to T+1’s advancement, the regulatory space will be front and center in the New Year.
Market data costs defy cyclicality
Trading firms continue to grapple with escalating market data costs. Can innovative solutions and strategic approaches bring relief?
Everyone wants to tokenize the assets. What about the data?
The IMD Wrap: With exchanges moving market data on-chain, Wei-Shen believes there’s a need to standardize licensing agreements.
Citadel Securities, BlackRock, Nasdaq mull tokenized equities’ impact on regulations
An SEC panel of broker-dealers, market-makers and crypto specialists debated the ramifications of a future with tokenized equities.
TCB Data-Broadhead pairing highlights challenges of market data management
Waters Wrap: The vendors are hoping that blending TCB’s reporting infrastructure with Broadhead’s DLT-backed digital contract and auditing engine will be the cure for data rights management.
Tokenized assets draw interest, but regulation lags behind
Regulators around the globe are showing increased interest in tokenization, but concretely identifying and implementing guardrails and ground rules for tokenized products has remained slow.
Chicago datacenter outage forced clearers to turn away clients
Friday’s cooling system failure highlights cracks in tech and concentration risk of big CCPs.
Nasdaq’s blockchain proposal to SEC gets mixed reviews from peers
Public comment letters and interviews reveal that despite fervor for tokenization, industry stakeholders disagree on its value proposition.
Tokenization & Private Markets: Where mixed data finds a needed partner?
Waters Wrap: Reading the tea leaves, Anthony predicts BlackRock’s Preqin deal, Securitize’s IPO, and numerous public comments from industry leaders are just the tip of the iceberg.
TMX’s CEO wonders if tokenization is a ‘solution looking for a problem’
While acknowledging the potential of tokenizing securities, John McKenzie said regulators shouldn’t move too fast, and let customer demand drive adoption.
BlackRock and DRW execs bullish on tokenization potential
DRW’s Don Wilson expects every instrument to be traded on-chain in five years’ time.
Nasdaq looks to ramp up tokenized securities efforts
Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman wants to see tokenized securities come to the US markets “in a staged process.”
Franklin Templeton’s great DeFi migration
TradFi’s money and DeFi’s tech will inevitably combine, says the asset manager’s futurist-in-residence.
Larry Fink: ‘We need to be tokenizing all assets’
The asset manager is currently exploring tokenizing long-term investment products like iShares, with an eye on non-financial assets down the road.
Paxos files to become SEC-registered clearing agency
The application comes after the blockchain infrastructure company completed a pilot in 2021 to test its settlement service.
Asic probe piles pressure on ASX to deliver Chess replacement
But market insiders think late intervention by regulators could even slow down implementation.