Visa said it will join the Canton Network as a Super Validator, the first major global payments company in that role. The move shifts Visa from its 2024 pilot participation into infrastructure and governance on a blockchain network used for tokenized financial assets.
NYSE and Securitize signed an MOU under which Securitize will be the first digital transfer agent eligible to mint blockchain native securities on NYSE's planned Digital Trading Platform. Securitize Markets is also expected to join as a broker-dealer participant.
Bank of Montreal plans to launch a tokenized cash platform with CME Group on Google Cloud Universal Ledger. Clients will convert U.S. dollars into tokenized cash for margin and settlement at CME Clearing. Launch is set for H2 2026, pending regulatory approval
Nasdaq and Talos announced a partnership to integrate Talos' digital-asset execution stack with Nasdaq Calypso and Trade Surveillance — building a unified workflow for managing tokenized collateral across on- and off-chain markets. No production launch date was disclosed.
Custodia Bank and Vantage Bank have agreed to use tokenized deposits for settling loan participations on Participate's network of 600+ banks. Live testing was scheduled for late March, moving payment and asset legs together instead of relying on conventional wire settlement.
Amundi and Spiko launched the SAFO tokenized sub-fund under a French UCITS wrapper, with the shareholder register on Ethereum and Stellar, CACEIS as depositary, and Chainlink for on-chain NAV. The fund uses fully collateralized total return swaps with bank counterparties.
The SEC and CFTC issued a joint interpretive release establishing a five-part taxonomy for crypto assets — covering digital commodities, collectibles, tools, payment stablecoins, and digital securities. The release supersedes the SEC staff's 2019 investment-contract framework.
K-Prop's Korean and Hong Kong entities signed a memorandum of agreement to divide responsibilities: local asset sourcing and compliance in Seoul, smart-contract development on Polygon and international distribution from Hong Kong. No regulatory authorization has been disclosed.
VersaBank has begun adding foreign-exchange functionality to its Real Bank Tokenized Deposits infrastructure across integrated U.S. and Canadian pilots. The bank positions RBTDs as a regulated alternative to non-bank stablecoins — but commercialization has not yet begun.
Pakistan’s virtual asset regulator has opened first-phase applications for asset-referenced token issuance. The move creates a supervised path for tokens linked to real estate and other real-world assets.
An Australian Senate committee has recommended passage of the Digital Assets Framework Bill 2025. The proposal would place digital asset platforms and tokenised custody platforms inside Australia’s financial services regime, but the bill is still before the Senate and is not yet law.
Shamla Tech said it is preparing a tokenization platform for TORCH RWA and Forge Atlanta. The update adds a named technology provider to a structure that Webstar and Torch had already outlined in earlier public disclosures.
MAIV and Brickken said they have partnered to combine tokenization infrastructure, capital formation and payments into a single operating stack for real-world assets. The companies named Amihan, a land-backed island resort project, as the first planned implementation.
New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority said it is seeking to expand its fintech sandbox into an on-ramp or restricted-licence model, while publishing tokenisation consultation responses and confirming a designation for ECDD’s NZDD stablecoin under the FMC Act
TYTL closed seed financing led by Strobe Ventures and partnered with Beeline Holdings and Anchorage Digital Bank to tokenize fractional home equity on Solana. The platform acquires deed-recorded interests in residential properties — with 11 transactions completed so far.
BitGo Ecosystem Holdings has made a strategic investment in Ubyx and BitGo Bank & Trust, N.A. has been appointed as a settlement agent on the network — adding an OCC-regulated banking entity to Ubyx's clearing infrastructure for tokenized deposits and regulated stablecoins.
