Fidelity’s tokenized fund reportedly attracted interest from a crypto-native participant, highlighting growing institutional demand for onchain rails, access, and settlement.
Tokenization in AI is central to Framework’s $400M fund, aiming to speed compliant financing for AI labs and robotics with onchain rails and custody.
South Korea is integrating token securities into capital market reforms, with regulators outlining investor protection, trading, custody, and supervision expectations as digital instruments move toward broader market adoption.
In May 2026, tokenization may have reached $28.9B according to RWA.xyz, while stablecoins reportedly hit $320B per DeFiLlama, boosting onchain liquidity, collateral use, and adoption.
US banks are building a tokenization network for tokenized deposits and onchain settlement, aiming to speed interbank transfers while keeping compliance.
Solana stablecoin partnership with Toss Bank targets remittance, payments, and tokenization, aligning bank-grade compliance with onchain settlement rails.
Visa is expanding AI commerce with agent checkout, stablecoin settlement, and tokenization to speed secure payments while meeting compliance and audit needs.
NYSE tokenized securities platform focus sharpens as Nasdaq and Securitize reportedly accelerate 24/7 trading debates on custody, rules, surveillance, and liquidity.
DeFi tokenization could lift DeFi assets toward $2.7T by 2030, per Standard Chartered, reshaping collateral, settlement, and market structure.
Tokenized deposits are moving from pilots to production as banks pursue faster settlement, compliance-ready programmable rails and stronger competition with stablecoins.