A filtered briefing of serviceable events carrying the tokenisation topic across the current editions.
Hong Kong plans 24/7 CBDC settlement for tokenized deposits by year end. Reported by crypto.news.
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Alchemy’s integration of AgentCard with Mastercard Agent Pay establishes a dedicated identity layer for autonomous software. By provisioning each agent with a unique email address, phone number, stablecoin wallet, and tokenized payment credentials, Alchemy is attempting to treat AI agents as distinct, verifiable entities rather than mere extensions of a user’s existing account. This is […]
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Hong Kong Plans Tokenized Gold, Stablecoin Trading, CBDC Settlement. Reported by Analytics Insight.
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Circle’s newly launched Arc blockchain, built to handle payments, tokenized assets, and institutional financial activity with backing from some of the world’s largest financial institutions, was quickly dominated by speculative memecoin trading on its first day. Arc went live on September 16 2026 with a founding validator group that includes BlackRock, VISA, MasterCard, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, ICE, MoneyGram, Standard Chartered and other major financial firms. Circle Raises Over $200 Million for the Arc Blockchain Token Presale […]
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Bitcoin Magazine Government Defeated as Lords Back UK Digital Assets Strategy The act would force the UK Treasury to consult a strategy for the regulation of cryptoassets, stablecoins, tokenized securities and digital financial infrastructure. This post Government Defeated as Lords Back UK Digital Assets Strategy first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo .
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DBS, OCBC and UOB have conducted live SGD interbank transactions together using tokenised deposits for the first time. The domestic Singapore dollar transactions were completed through Swift’s blockchain-based ledger, which coordinated payment messages across the banks’ separate tokenised deposit systems. The resulting obligations were recorded on each bank’s tokenised deposit infrastructure before being matched and [...] The post Singapore’s Three Local Banks Make First Live Tokenised Deposit Payments Together appeared first on Fintech Singapore .
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Citi is bringing its tokenized deposit remittance services to Japan According to Nikkei Asia, Citigroup will offer blockchain-based tokenized deposit remittance services for Japanese corporate clients as early as the end of 2026. The service would be the first such offering in Japan by a foreign financial institution. Shahmir Khaliq, Citi’s global head of services, […]
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The GENIUS Act is usually framed as consumer protection for the stablecoin era. That framing is not wrong, exactly, but it misses the mechanism that actually matters. Section 4(a)(11) of the law, signed in July 2025, prohibits any permitted payment stablecoin issuer from paying holders any form of interest or yield — whether in cash, […]
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DBS and Citi used tokenised deposits to complete a cross-border US dollar payment between Singapore and the United States on 5 September 2026. The weekend transaction was processed through Citi’s New York office using the Swift Digital Ledger. It took minutes to complete. DBS described it as the first successful weekend US dollar payment between [...] The post DBS and Citi Complete Weekend USD Payment With Tokenised Deposits appeared first on Fintech Singapore .
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First live UK purchase of tokenised US Treasury bill settled with sterling stablecoin tGBP. Reported by Pluang.
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Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) and Securitize Corp. (NYSE: SECZ) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) establishing a framework for collaboration to support tokenisation and digital asset infrastructure across the Emirate of Dubai. The MoU is a broad cooperation framework rather than the announcement of a specific tokenised product or technology stack, a [...] The post VARA, Securitize Agree Framework for Dubai Tokenised Markets appeared first on Fintech News UAE .
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Capital markets are undergoing a structural realignment, moving from isolated experiments to a cohesive, investable thesis. This shift is defined by the convergence of three infrastructure layers: issuer, settlement, and liquidity. While issuance has become increasingly commoditized, the real work is happening in the plumbing—the rails that allow assets to move and settle with institutional […]
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First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has completed a live USD transaction with Citi using tokenised deposits on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger. The bilateral transaction tested how existing Swift payment messaging can work with tokenised deposits to support 24/7 cross-border payments. According to FAB, it is the first bank in the Middle East and Africa to reach [...] The post FAB And Citi Complete Live Tokenised Deposit Transaction On Swift’s Ledger appeared first on Fintech News UAE .
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Payward, the parent of crypto exchange Kraken, is partnering with the London Stock Exchange to bring UK equities onchain. In the coming weeks Payward will issue the 100 largest London listed companies as xStocks, its tokenized equity framework. Subject to regulatory approval, the LSE then plans to list xStocks for trading on LSE 24, the […] The post London Stock Exchange to support xStocks tokenized stock trading in Payward deal appeared first on Ledger Insights - blockchain for enterprise .
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Tokenization has successfully migrated traditional assets onto distributed ledgers, yet the operational settlement infrastructure of the legacy financial system remains stubbornly attached. New York Life Investment Management (NYLIM), an asset manager with $838 billion in AUM, is attempting to bridge this divide. At the RWA Summit Brooklyn 2026, the firm announced the integration of RedStone […]
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The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has backed tokenised deposits as a stronger foundation for future payments than stablecoins. BIS General Manager Pablo Hernández de Cos outlined the position at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium on 28 August. Tokenised deposits could enable programmable payments while remaining connected to central bank money. This would help ensure [...] The post BIS Sees Tokenised Deposits Playing Bigger Role Than Stablecoins in Future Payments appeared first on Fintech Singapore .
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CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad has executed the first tokenized deposit settlement of tokenized sukuk in Malaysia, marking a significant operational shift for the world’s largest domestic sukuk primary market. The transaction involved RM1.38 billion, approximately $342 million, of a total RM1.68 billion issuance under the bank’s RM10 billion Senior Sukuk Wakalah Program. Twelve institutional investors […]
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The Project Agorá prototype demonstrates how tokenisation and programmable technologies can address long-standing inefficiencies in wholesale cross-border payments at scale, while preserving the safety and integrity of settlement in central bank reserves.
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UOB and HSBC have completed live cross-border Hong Kong dollar transactions using tokenised deposits on Swift’s ledger. The transactions make UOB the first Singapore-headquartered bank to conduct live transactions on the blockchain-based ledger. Swift announced in July 2026 that the ledger was ready for initial use, with 17 banks across six continents preparing to pilot [...] The post UOB Is First Singapore Bank to Complete Live Tokenised Deposits With HSBC on Swift appeared first on Fintech Singapore .
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Thirty-nine U.S. state banking associations have decided that if they cannot beat the crypto-native stablecoin market, they will simply build a parallel, permissioned version of it. On August 25, 2026, the group announced the BankChain Alliance, a network designed to bring tokenized deposits and smart payments into the regulated fold by 2027. This is not […]
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