Digital Securities

Digital Securities February 8, 2020
By David Hamilton

Token Safe Harbor Proposal Explained: SEC Rule 195

Understanding the Token Safe Harbor ProposalThe Token Safe Harbor Proposal—formally titled Proposed Securities Act Rule 195—was introduced by Hester Peirce, a commissioner at the SEC. The...

iSTOX Graduates from MAS Regulatory Sandbox

Digital Securities February 4, 2020
By David Hamilton

iSTOX and Singapore’s Sandbox: A Digital Securities Case Study

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...

Digital Securities February 3, 2020
By David Hamilton

Why Token Classification Fails: Oxford’s Case for Unified Crypto Regulation

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,...

Digital Securities January 22, 2020
By Joshua Stoner

ONCHAINID Explained: Digital Identity for Tokenized Securities

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...

Digital Securities January 10, 2020
By Daniel Martin

Provenance Blockchain Explained: Infrastructure for Digital Securities

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...

Glowing TON blockchain coin next to a judge’s gavel over a digital network background, symbolizing regulatory scrutiny of crypto projects.

Digital Securities January 10, 2020
By Daniel Martin

Telegram TON Case Explained: How the SEC Killed a $1.7B ICO

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...

Digital Securities January 8, 2020
By Daniel Martin

AlphaPoint Explained: Exchange and Tokenization Infrastructure

What Is AlphaPoint?AlphaPoint is a financial technology platform focused on digital asset market infrastructure. Rather than operating a consumer-facing exchange, the company provides enterprise-grade software that...

Abstract visualization of Kadena’s hybrid blockchain, showing interconnected parallel chains around a glowing central node.

Digital Assets January 2, 2020
By David Hamilton

Kadena Blockchain Explained: Hybrid Scaling with Chainweb

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...

Bonds December 15, 2019
By Daniel Martin

Santander’s Tokenized Bond: A Blockchain Milestone

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...

Digital Securities December 12, 2019
By Daniel Martin

Vertalo’s SEC Transfer Agent Approval Explained

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...

Digital Securities December 9, 2019
By David Hamilton

Managed Stablecoins as Securities: What Went Wrong

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 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

Why Regulated Assets Outgrew General-Purpose BlockchainsTokenized securities place requirements on blockchain infrastructure that differ fundamentally from those of open, permissionless crypto networks. While platforms like Ethereum...

Digital Securities November 20, 2019
By Daniel Martin

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

Hong Kong’s Early Approach to Digital Asset RegulationHong Kong was among the first major financial hubs to formally acknowledge that digital asset trading platforms intersect with...

Digital Securities August 18, 2019
By Daniel Martin

Tokenisation in Europe: Early STO Adoption Lessons

Tokenisation in Europe: Lessons From the First STO WaveAs Europe transitioned from the initial coin offering (ICO) boom toward regulated digital securities, a number of tokenisation...

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