Why Singapore’s Sandbox Matters for Digital SecuritiesAs digital securities evolved beyond pilot projects, regulators faced a core challenge: enabling innovation without compromising market stability. Singapore addressed...
The Problem With Token TaxonomySince the emergence of ICOs and tokenized fundraising, regulators have attempted to categorize digital assets into discrete buckets such as utility tokens,...
Why Digital Identity Is a Core Bottleneck in Tokenized SecuritiesTokenization has proven effective at representing ownership on-chain, but ownership alone is insufficient for regulated markets. Digital...
What Is an Initial Exchange Offering (IEO)?Initial Exchange Offerings emerged as a response to the excesses of the ICO boom. In an IEO, a token sale...
The XRP Classification Debate ExplainedXRP has long occupied a unique position in the digital asset ecosystem. Unlike many cryptocurrencies launched through public mining or decentralized distribution,...
What Is the Provenance Blockchain?The Provenance blockchain was designed to address structural inefficiencies in traditional capital markets. Rather than layering tokenized “wrappers” on top of legacy...
The TON Blockchain AmbitionTelegram set out to build the TON blockchain as a high-performance, consumer-scale network tightly integrated with its global messaging platform. The project’s vision...
What Is Kadena?Kadena is a blockchain infrastructure platform originally developed by engineers with experience building distributed systems for large financial institutions. The project focuses on solving...
Santander’s Public Blockchain Bond ExperimentSantander conducted a landmark pilot demonstrating how traditional debt securities can be issued, managed, and settled using blockchain infrastructure. The bank issued...
Vertalo and SEC Transfer Agent EffectivenessVertalo reached a critical regulatory milestone when it received its letter of effectiveness from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to...
The Managed Stablecoins Are Securities Act ExplainedIn 2019, U.S. lawmakers introduced the “Managed Stablecoins Are Securities Act,” a proposal aimed at bringing certain stablecoins explicitly under...
Digital securities have transitioned from a niche concept into a foundational layer of modern financial infrastructure. Rather than attempting to replace traditional finance, digital securities enhance...
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,...
Editor’s Note: This article is an outside contribution and reflects the regulatory landscape in Malta at the time of writing. While the core legal principles discussed...
Why Transfer Agent Status Matters in Digital SecuritiesIn U.S. capital markets, a transfer agent functions as the official recordkeeper of securities ownership. This role includes maintaining...