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Morpho Launches ‘Midnight’ Protocol to Introduce Fixed-Term On-chain Credit for Institutional Finance
Digital asset credit network Morpho has launched Morpho Midnight, a new protocol designed to bring fixed-rate, fixed-term credit markets to DLT infrastructure. The protocol is deployed initially on Base, an Ethereum Layer 2 network incubated by Coinbase. Morpho Midnight introduces predictable underwriting terms to the decentralised finance (DeFi) space that historically has been defined by…
Broadridge Pulse Survey Says Tokenisation is a Strategic Priority
Broadridge Financial Solutions’ inaugural Tokenization Pulse survey reflects the opinions of 200 senior decision-makers across wealth management, asset management, capital markets and digital asset firms in the US and Canada. The BLUF is that tokenisation is no longer a future-state concept, as financial institutions increasingly view it as a strategic priority and are preparing for…
OKX Launches Tokenised Trading in 40+ Securities; Eyes Institutional Initiatives with ICE and NYSE
OKX has launched trading in more than 40 tokenised stocks and ETFs, including the so-called Magnificent Seven securities comprising NVIDIA, Tesla, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Meta, as well as the S&P 500 and Invesco QQQ indices. Observers suggest the move is an early step to establishing itself as leading hybrid trading platform for traditional…
We’ve Been Asking the Wrong Question About Tokenisation
By Julie Ros, SVP, Head of Marketing, Communications & Institutional Growth, tZERO For the past several years, the tokenisation industry has been asking the same question: What assets can we tokenise next? Treasuries. Money market funds. Private credit. Real estate. Equities. Commodities. Intellectual property. Nearly every week brings another announcement celebrating another asset moving on…
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…
Broadridge Broadens DLR Collateral Mobility Processing Beyond Repos
Building on the continued success of its tokenisation initiatives in the repo space, Broadridge Financial Solutions is beginning to leverage its Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) platform to support other liquid assets and to meet general marketplace demand for collateral mobility. This past June, DLR processed an average of $357 billion in daily repo transactions, with…
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…
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…