InfrastructureOct 28, 2026
The firm that settles most U.S. stock trades switched on tokenization for 34 securities across Russell 1000 stocks, ETFs and Treasuries. Tokens are backed 1:1 by DTC-held securities and move between registered wallets around the clock.
BanksOct 19, 2026
JPMorgan's USD deposit token is now on Ethereum mainnet for approved institutional clients, alongside its tokenized money market funds. Days later, MONY and JLTXX became available on Solana to qualified U.S. investors.
Asset managersOct 19, 2026
BlackRock says its tokenized funds are already pledged as collateral in digital-asset markets and sees traditional margin and financing as the next step. BUIDL has grown to about $2.3B since 2024.
BanksNov 3, 2026
Cross River and Offchain are building tokenization into the bank's lending platform so assets are tokenized at origination on Arbitrum One. A proof of concept is complete, and production is targeted for early 2027.
BanksNov 2, 2026
Standard Chartered has launched tokenised deposits for corporate clients in Hong Kong, the first market in the group to offer the solution. The service uses the HKMA's EnsembleTX infrastructure.
InfrastructureNov 2, 2026
Broadridge, Computershare, Equiniti and Superstate have joined NYSE's tokenized securities initiative as transfer-agent partners, alongside Securitize and tZERO. The planned NYSE platform has not launched.
Asia & KoreaOct 30, 2026
Anchorpoint, a Hong Kong-licensed stablecoin issuer, announced a partnership with the Solana Foundation to enable native minting and redemption of its Hong Kong dollar stablecoin HKDAP on Solana. The collaboration plans to support retail payments and tokenized asset trading.
DeFi x TradFiOct 29, 2026
Chainlink named Aave the launch partner for its 24/7 data service. Aave plans to use the feeds on its institutional platform Horizon to value tokenized real-world asset collateral continuously, beginning with high-volume US equities.
Asset managersOct 27, 2026
Janus Henderson and Centrifuge launched JQQQ, a fund that seeks to track the Nasdaq-100 under license from Nasdaq, exclusively on Stellar. Reporting says it is closed to U.S. persons, and Janus Henderson says its onchain platform now includes more than $1 billion in institutional strategies.
StablecoinsOct 26, 2026
Ripple announced that its national trust bank has secured final approval from the OCC. Ripple National Trust Bank can manage the segregated reserves supporting RLUSD, act as collateral trustee for RLUSD holders, and provide fiduciary digital asset custody.
Asia & KoreaOct 26, 2026
Hong Kong's SFC approved the first secondary trading of tokenised public funds on an SFC-licensed virtual asset trading platform. Round-the-clock trading began for the ChinaAMC HKD and USD Digital Money Market Funds.
RegulationOct 23, 2026
The SEC's five-year Innovation Exemption lets tokenized securities venues trade tokenized U.S. stocks on public chains, with a 30-day window for issuers to object. At least 22 companies, including Wells Fargo and Intuit, have objected on the OKX–ICE venue.
Asia & KoreaOct 23, 2026
HSBC's HKMA-licensed RedCoin went live on PayMe, payable at 100,000+ merchants. The bank plans to let customers subscribe to a tokenized share class of its HKD money market fund with it.
Tokenized stocksOct 22, 2026
Dune counted more than $37B in on-chain trading of tokenized stocks and ETFs in Q3 across 200+ venues and 12 chains, with monthly volume up almost 18x since January. Binance's bStocks passed $1B in assets in about four months.
StablecoinsOct 21, 2026
The first federal banking agency rule under the GENIUS Act requires full reserves at all times, a two-business-day redemption ceiling and new stress testing. It takes effect January 18, 2027.
DataOct 18, 2026
Deutsche Bank Research projects tokenized assets excluding stablecoins could reach $4T by 2035. Morgan Stanley's head of digital asset strategy expects $3–10T by 2030. The IMF counted about $65B in July using a broader method.
Asset managersNov 3, 2026
Victory Park Capital has launched a tokenized feeder fund that gives access to its private asset-backed credit strategy, adding blockchain-based distribution and payment capabilities. This is a single-source item from a trade outlet, and I did not find the manager's own release.
InfrastructureOct 30, 2026
The London Metal Exchange said it is exploring tokenizing metal inventory held under unregistered warrants to support business financing. The report is relayed from Bitcoin.com News, and I did not find an LME primary notice.
InfrastructureOct 29, 2026
Securitize announced it will integrate Stellar, expanding the networks available to institutional asset managers on its platform. Coverage describes the integration as allowing institutional asset managers to issue and manage tokenized financial assets.
DataOct 29, 2026
Data shared through Solana's X account put the network's real-world asset value at $5.19 billion on Oct. 29, according to press coverage. The total was above $4 billion at the start of the month.
DeFi x TradFiOct 28, 2026
Robinhood's stock tokens were connected to the Morpho lending market, expanding how tokenized equities can be used as collateral on-chain.
DeFi x TradFiOct 28, 2026
A post from Morpho's Paul Frambot says Morpho's RWA markets have crossed $2B in deposits. The figure is self-reported by the protocol side and has not been independently verified.
Asset managersOct 27, 2026
BitGo will let eligible institutional clients subscribe to, redeem and transfer interests in WisdomTree's tokenized money market fund WTGXX inside its custody and settlement platform. The companies said collateral use and direct client-to-client transfers may not be available at launch, and no launch date has been given.
StablecoinsOct 27, 2026
Visa's earnings update confirmed that stablecoin prefunding through Visa Direct is now in commercial production. The source is a single secondary report of the company's earnings update; confirm against Visa's materials before relying on it.
Asia & KoreaOct 20, 2026
Injective and Korean custodian BDACS signed an MOU to make the won-backed KRW1 the settlement asset for real-world assets on Injective, starting with approved institutions, as South Korea drafts its Digital Asset Basic Act.
BanksOct 17, 2026
Tokenization came up on Q3 earnings calls as an opportunity rather than a threat. Morgan Stanley now expects to support tokenized equities on its trading system in Q1 2027.