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DTCC Declares That Tokenisation Has Become a Reality as it Conducts First Production Demos of its ComposerX Platform
The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) today – 15th July, 2026 – declared that tokenisation has “become a reality” as it joined with partners to conduct a set of production demonstrations of its DTC Tokenization Service, which it plans to officially launch this October. A number of production tokenisation events were showcased, including: Conversion…
BridgePort Pilots Digital Asset Master Agreement to Streamline Off-Exchange Settlement Onboarding
Institutional digital-asset firms may be able to trade without placing assets directly on an exchange, but establishing the legal relationships behind that model can remain a lengthy process. BridgePort is seeking to reduce that friction with a common contractual framework for off-exchange settlement arrangements involving trading firms, custodians and execution venues. The company is piloting…
In Strategically Important Collaboration, Swift and 17 Banks to Pilot Tokenised Deposit Transactions
Swift has announced that its blockchain-based ledger is ready for early adopter financial institutions to support 24/7 cross-border payments via interoperable tokenised deposits. The pilot represents the first step in what might unfold as the payment network’s response to the emerging threat posed by stablecoins. In all, 17 banks from six continents are preparing to…
Muriel Siebert Selects tZERO for Tokenised Securities
Muriel Siebert & Co. has selected tZERO to provide the digital securities infrastructure for its new asset tokenisation business. Siebert, which manages some $20 billion in assets, is deploying tZERO’s technology stack to support its expansion into DLT-based investments. The platform will handle the entire lifecycle of Siebert’s digital assets, covering investor onboarding, compliance, custody,…
Circle Set to Diversify Services via Trust Bank
Circle, the issuer of the world’s largest regulated stablecoin – USDC – has received approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish First National Digital Currency Bank, N.A., a national trust bank. The bank will operate under the name Circle National Trust. Via its trust bank, Circle will be…
Open Standard Group Set to Challenge Circle, Tether in $300 Billion Stablecoin Market
A consortium led by Visa, BlackRock, Google and Coinbase, and including more than 140 financial services, e-commerce, technology and DLT players, plans to launch a US Dollar-denominated stablecoin dubbed Open USD later this year. When it goes live, the Open Standard group will challenge existing leaders Circle and Tether, which between them dominate the $300+…
Token Tech: The Evolution and Architectures of Distributed Ledgers
Distributed ledger technology (DLT) is an essential ingredient for creating digital assets through tokenisation. Most commonly implemented as a blockchain (a cryptographically linked list of records that Is duplicated and synchronised across a number of network nodes), DLTs securely record and store digital tokens that represent specific assets. Most popularly implemented to support the bitcoin…
Citi’s Research Predicts Massive Digital Asset Market Growth; Provides DLT Implementation Advice
Citi’s June 2026 research report titled Tokenization 2030: Wall Street On-Chain makes key predictions on the expected institutional embrace of digital assets over the next five years and offers some best practice advice for those implementing DLT to support tokenisation initiatives. Overall, the report highlights the current initiatives by institutions to move from small pilot projects to…
State Street Launches GENIUS Act Stablecoin Fund
State Street Investment Management has launched the State Street Stablecoin Reserves Money Market Fund, a regulated money market fund designed to support stablecoin issuers. The fund, which complies with the recently introduced GENIUS Act, offers a regulated reserve option for stablecoin issuers. State Street Bank and Anchorage Digital are the first investors in the fund….
EIB Issues Commercial Paper on Clearstream’s D7 DLT; Looks to Hybrid Platform
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued the first DLT-native, Euro-denominated commercial paper on Clearstream’s D7 DLT platform. The EUR 77.5 million issuance was made in compliance with Europe’s Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) and involved Citi as sole dealer and issuing/paying agent, as well as BIL, DekaBank, DZ BANK, Eurex Clearing, Union Investment and…