Report: Building the Foundations of Trust – Evolving the Role of Custody in the Tokenisation of Real-World Assets
Explore how custody is enabling institutional adoption of tokenized real world assets, and how trust, legal clarity, and infrastructure choices will shape the next phase of digital finance.
Our latest report, produced in collaboration with Global Digital Finance (GDF) and Deloitte, investigates the critical role of digital asset custody as real-world assets move on-chain. With institutions piloting tokenized money market funds, treasuries, and sovereign bonds, we explore how custody must evolve to support secure, compliant, and scalable tokenized markets.
Discover:
- The tokenized use cases already in production, and what’s driving institutional adoption
- How custodians are moving beyond safekeeping to support programmable money, real-time settlement, and on-chain governance
- Regulatory developments across the US, UK, EU, and Middle East shaping the custody landscape
- The regulatory, legal, and compliance risks that must be addressed to scale tokenization
- Key industry recommendations for improving legal clarity, cross-border interoperability, and risk management standards
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