Yury K is a reporter at Real Estate Tokenization News by Tokenizer.Estate. He has 8 years covering blockchain and RWAs. He writes clear, source-based news on real estate tokenization, market infrastructure, and regulation.
BVNK said it secured a Crypto-Asset Service Provider licence from Malta’s MFSA under MiCA. The firm said the authorisation supports MiCA-regulated crypto-asset services and passporting across the EEA, alongside euro payments and SEPA access via CENTROlink.
Morpho Association said it signed a cooperation agreement with certain Apollo affiliates to support onchain lending markets, alongside a framework for Apollo or its affiliates to acquire up to 90 million MORPHO tokens over 48 months, subject to restrictions.
RWA Weekly (Feb 16, 2026): on-chain real-world assets rebounded to $24.83B (+3.89% WoW) as wallet count rose to 849K and platforms expanded to 158. Solana led value growth, BNB drove wallet onboarding, and stablecoins widened again to $296.5B — keeping settlement rails dominant.
Saudi Arabia’s Real Estate General Authority (REGA) has launched the second edition of its Regulatory Sandbox under the Saudi PropTech Hub, including a fractional ownership pathway under a real estate tokenization framework and a 6–24 month testing phase.
Bank Negara Malaysia has onboarded Standard Chartered, Capital A, Maybank and CIMB into its Digital Asset Innovation Hub to test ringgit stablecoin and tokenised deposit use cases in a controlled wholesale payments environment, including settlement of tokenised assets.
ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said the Eurosystem is preparing tokenised central bank money to settle DLT-based transactions, citing the near-term Pontes initiative and the longer-term Appia workstream aimed at a pan-European DLT ecosystem.
Kazakhstan’s National Bank has launched a regulatory-sandbox pilot to tokenize commercial real estate, issuing blockchain-based tokens where one token corresponds to one square meter. The pilot runs on the Apartchain platform with named partners.
Franklin Templeton and Binance launched an institutional off-exchange collateral program letting eligible clients use Benji-issued tokenized money market fund shares as collateral while assets remain held in third-party custody.
Chainlink and Hedera led a 24-hour ranking of RWA projects by social activity, according to BlockchainReporter citing Phoenix data. The list, also posted on Binance Square, reflects engagement metrics and does not announce any new tokenization issuance, pilot, or regulatory action.
PRYPCO Mint said it will launch an in-app marketplace on Feb 20 to enable regulated buying, selling and transfer of tokenised property interests. Dubai Land Department said Phase II of its real estate tokenisation project will allow secondary-market resale from the same date.
The Bank of England has selected 18 organisations for its Synchronisation Lab, a six-month simulation to test how external DLT ledgers could coordinate with the UK’s renewed RTGS service (RT2), including house-purchase and tokenised-securities use cases.
SEC Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda said the SEC is focused on implementing expanded central clearing for U.S. Treasuries—now due Dec. 31, 2026 for cash and June 30, 2027 for repo—while also addressing tokenization of securities markets.
IOSCO’s board published its 2026 Work Program, planning a formal methodology for crypto and digital-asset assessments, regular thematic reviews, and continued monitoring of tokenization developments.
China published a joint notice banning onshore RWA tokenisation and a CSRC guideline requiring filings for offshore tokenised ABS backed by domestic assets. Reuters reported related China and Hong Kong-listed shares rose on the news.
Dubai Land Department announced Phase 2 of its property tokenisation project. From 20 Feb 2026, token holders can resell property tokens on the secondary market under a regulated model involving VARA.
RWA Weekly (Feb 9, 2026): on-chain RWAs slipped to $23.9B (−3.51% WoW) after last week’s spike, but wallets and issuers still grew. Ethereum and Liquid fell, Solana and commodities held up, and stablecoin rails expanded again.
