Digital Securities

Bonds December 15, 2019
By Daniel Martin

Santander’s Tokenized Bond: A Blockchain Milestone

Summary:Santander completed one of the most important early institutional experiments in digital securities by issuing, managing, and redeeming a tokenized bond entirely on a public blockchain....

Digital Securities December 12, 2019
By Daniel Martin

Vertalo’s SEC Transfer Agent Approval Explained

Summary:Vertalo’s receipt of an SEC letter of effectiveness as a registered transfer agent marked an important infrastructure milestone for digital securities. The approval demonstrated how tokenization...

Digital Securities December 9, 2019
By David Hamilton

Managed Stablecoins as Securities: What Went Wrong

Summary:Early U.S. legislative efforts to classify stablecoins as securities revealed deep misunderstandings about how different stablecoin models operate. The proposed “Managed Stablecoins Are Securities Act” offers...

Digital Securities November 27, 2019
By Joshua Stoner

Securitize to Expand within Japan after Recent Investment

Seven FiguresIssuance platform, Securitize, has continued their impressive run of announcements, with the company recently receiving an influx of capital.While the exact figure was not released,...

Digital Securities November 21, 2019
By Daniel Martin

Why Polymesh Left Ethereum for Regulated Assets

Summary:Polymath’s decision to migrate Polymesh away from Ethereum represents a broader architectural shift in digital securities: regulated assets increasingly require purpose-built blockchains optimized for compliance, governance,...

Digital Securities November 20, 2019
By Daniel Martin

Hong Kong’s Opt-In Virtual Asset Trading Framework Explained

Summary:Hong Kong’s opt-in virtual asset trading framework represents an early regulatory model for integrating digital asset exchanges into traditional securities law. While voluntary by design, the...

Bonds August 21, 2019
By Daniel Martin

World Bank Bond-i: First Blockchain Bond Case Study

Summary:Bond-i represents a landmark moment in financial infrastructure: the first bond issued, allocated, managed, and transferred entirely on distributed ledger technology by a major multilateral institution....

Digital Securities August 18, 2019
By Daniel Martin

Tokenisation in Europe: Early STO Adoption Lessons

Summary:Early data from Europe’s first wave of security token offerings revealed uneven adoption, high failure rates, and strong geographic clustering. While Switzerland emerged as a clear...

Digital Securities July 30, 2019
By Joshua Stoner

ERC-1400 and the Evolution of Security Token Standards

Summary:Security token standards evolved rapidly as early ERC-20–based models proved insufficient for regulated assets. Polymath’s “Poho” upgrade marked a transition toward ERC-1400 compliance, reflecting a broader...

Digital Securities July 27, 2019
By Joshua Stoner

Stablecoins Explained: The Backbone of Digital Securities

Summary:Stablecoins are a critical bridge between traditional finance and blockchain-based markets. By anchoring digital tokens to external reference assets, stablecoins reduce volatility, enable efficient settlement, and...

Digital Securities July 13, 2019
By Joshua Stoner

Custodianship – A Look at Various Industry Solutions

Summary:Digital asset custody has evolved from improvised cold wallets into regulated, institutional-grade infrastructure. As crypto assets and digital securities mature, custody has become a core requirement...

Digital Securities July 10, 2019
By Joshua Stoner

TokenSoft Brings Security Tokens to Tezos

Official Tezos SupportToday, TokenSoft has announced the immediate support for the Tezos blockchain. This means that clients utilizing the digital security issuance services offered by TokenSoft,...

Digital Securities July 6, 2019

Polymath and the Rise of Purpose-Built Blockchains

Summary:Polymath’s evolution illustrates a broader shift within digital securities toward purpose-built infrastructure. By narrowing its focus to a compliance-first blockchain and a modular service marketplace, the...

Digital Securities June 29, 2019
By David Hamilton

Tokenized Commodities: Infrastructure, Regulation, and Reality

What Are Tokenized Commodities?Tokenized commodities are real-world commodities—such as metals, energy products, or agricultural goods—represented digitally on a blockchain or other distributed ledger. Depending on structure,...

Digital Securities June 28, 2019
By Joshua Stoner

FCA Sandbox and Digital Securities in the UK

What “Exiting the FCA Sandbox” Really Means for Digital SecuritiesThe UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Regulatory Sandbox has become one of the most referenced pathways for...

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