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How does a polymath with nearly 150 patents and a background in Hollywood TV production end up building a nature-inspired engine to forecast daily gold prices? In this exclusive interview, we are sitting down with Gene Fein, Founder & Managing Partner at Chambre to unpack how his diverse experience across VR, clean energy, and entertainment led to the creation of Chambre’s unique predictive technology. From running a lean, two-person strike team and putting their daily predictions to the test on Kalshi to translating market models into human life optimization, Gene will share the secrets behind their "nature-inspired" architecture - and whether the rise of autonomous AI trading agents will…
The best technology is invisible🎓 When everything works seamlessly behind the scenes, we don’t focus on the underlying code, infrastructure, or complex systems -we just use them. As Belinda Lim - Head of BD (AI) at TOTM Technologies, highlighted at RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE, the ultimate measure of success for tech is when it "just works," allowing us to focus entirely on its utility rather than its complexity. Is seamless integration the ultimate goal of tech adoption, or do we still need to be aware of the "how" behind the innovation? What are your thoughts? ✅Catch the full live session here: https://youtu.be/uWwhZ_LrqxU?si=gP6mxq3_hlr6PGRN
A heavy-hitting consortium of 21 global banks - including Goldman Sachs, Citi, Santander, and Deutsche Bank - has committed $270 million to launch a major new USD stablecoin issuer internally known as Project Faro. The 5-year capital commitment aims to bring a compliant, bank-backed stablecoin to the market by the first half of 2027, eventually expanding to G7 currencies like the euro, in a direct attempt to claw back on-chain liquidity and yield from non-bank issuers. However, the major TradFi effort is starting with notable inertia - currently operating without an appointed CEO, chosen blockchain, or public brand. ✅Read the full breakdown here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/270m-move-wal…
Are we moving from regulation to integration? 🎓 The Real World Asset (RWA) space is undergoing a fundamental shift. As Al Mochkin - President at REEM, shared at RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE, the narrative has evolved far beyond navigating regulations. Today, it’s about the "collateral story." Tokenization is no longer just a futuristic concept - it is moving into the "plumbing era," where the underlying infrastructure and rails are being quietly and effectively built to connect traditional and decentralized finance. The era of integration is here. Where do you see the "plumbing era" of tokenization taking us next? ✅Catch the full live session here: https://youtu.be/uWwhZ_LrqxU?si=gP6mxq3_hlr6PGRN
The European Union has officially launched the nomination process for the newly formed European Tokenisation Standards Group (ETSG) to unify rules for tokenized finance. Led by industry players alongside the ECB, the European Commission, and ESMA, the group aims to develop common standards for tokenized assets and DLT-based services, tackling post-trade clearing and settlement fragmentation. The deadline for stakeholders to apply is November 27, 2026. ✅ Read the full breakdown here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/brussels-moves-fix-tokenizations-fragmented-plumbing-what-new-mmihf
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🤩Next stop: Hong Kong in February for RWA WEEK! We heard you! With so many tier-1 speakers joining us and aligning schedules around Consensus, one stage in a single day simply wasn't enough. By popular demand, we are expanding RWA SUMMIT into a full 2-day flagship experience (3-4 February): - Day 1 (3 Feb): Financial & Regulated Markets (stablecoins, tokenized funds, bank settlements & institutional infrastructure) - Day 2 (4 Feb): Real Assets & the AI Economy (real estate, commodities, compute/data tokenization & AI agents) ✨Full RWA WEEK Hong Kong Schedule: - 1 Feb: THE DEALFLOW - 2 Feb: TOKENISED VIP - 3-4 Feb: RWA SUMMIT ✅More Information: https://rwaweek.com/hongkong
The real utility of tokenized securities goes far beyond just "digitizing" old assets.🎓 As Angela Ang - Managing Director of APAC & President at BitGo, shared at the RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE, the true game-changer is unlocking entirely new capabilities. From margining to collateral, tokenization introduces flexible, on-chain utility that traditional securities simply cannot match. It’s not just about what they are - it’s about what they can do. What is the most impactful use case you’re watching? ✅Catch the full live session here: https://youtu.be/uWwhZ_LrqxU?si=gP6mxq3_hlr6PGRN
Global finance is undergoing a major evolution, but where does the real value lie? 🎓 As Yalini Isweran - Executive Director, Innovation Strategy at DTCC, shared at RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE, the future is about breaking down borders. The true transformation happens when we can seamlessly move collateral across time zones, unlock trapped liquidity, and drive unprecedented capital efficiencies. Instead of isolated systems, we are moving toward a connected global network where friction is removed and capital can flow where it’s needed most. What are your thoughts on the impact of cross-border collateral mobility? ✅Catch the full live session here: https://youtu.be/uWwhZ_LrqxU?si=gP6mxq3_hlr6PGRN
That’s a wrap on TOKENISED GLOBAL SERIES at Hong Kong FinTech Week! 🇭🇰 Huge thank you to our packed room and our distinguished panel: • Gene Fein - Founder & Managing Partner, Chambre • Jonathan Gill - Client Co-Creation and Coverage Lead, SC Ventures by Standard Chartered • Phillip Lord - CEO, Bitcoin Japan • Ringo Ho - Institutional Sales, Trading, Galaxy • Moderator: Ivan V. Ivanov – Founder & CEO, UVECON Group / RWA WEEK 🤩Next stop: Hong Kong in February for RWA WEEK: - 1 Feb: THE DEALFLOW - 2 Feb: TOKENISED VIP - 3 Feb: RWA SUMMIT ✅More Information: https://rwaweek.com/hongkong See you in February!
Global Digital Asset Regulation: November 2–6 Updates Key Highlights: 🇪🇺 #Europe (#ESMA / #BaFin): ESMA and national authorities stepped up strict audits of the public CASP register. Regulators warned that AML identity checks are non-negotiable under MiCA, reiterating that unhosted or non-KYC crypto platforms face immediate enforcement and website blocking across the bloc. 🇭🇰 #HongKong (#SFC / #HKMA): Following the Stablecoins Ordinance rollout, regulators updated the public register of licensed issuers and began drafting cross-border tax-transparency reporting rules under the amended Common Reporting Standard (CRS) for digital asset intermediaries. 🇺🇸 #UnitedStates (#CFTC / #SEC): In…
Solving the puzzle of cross-border payments 🎓 Moving money globally shouldn’t be slow and expensive just because "that's the way it's always been." At RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE, Nick See Tong - APAC Regional Lead for Base at Coinbase, shared how stablecoins and tokenization are challenging legacy systems - and how collaborative builders are piece by piece reshaping global finance. The pieces are coming together. What's your take on the speed of this shift? 🤩Catch the full live session here: https://youtu.be/nYvicACFtL0?si=ItYuOoj5oLhjcpBt
Hong Kong has officially codified the OECD’s Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) into law. Starting in 2027, covered crypto service providers must collect tax residency and transaction data, with automatic international tax-data exchanges launching in 2028. ✅Read the full analysis and access primary regulatory sources: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hong-kong-passes-landmark-crypto-tax-reporting-law-what-exchanges-u1qyf
Instant value. Infinite utility. The future of payments has arrived. For decades, the financial system has been optimized for "efficiencies" - trying to make slow processes just a little bit faster, a little less costly. But we’ve reached a tipping point where incremental speed is no longer enough. At RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE, Christopher Andreola - Senior Director Commercial Strategy at Optimism shared a vision that the transformation is happening before our eyes. We are no longer waiting for settled transactions; we are building a world where value moves instantly and functions natively onchain. How will instant payments and asset utility change the way your business operates? Let’s discuss i…
Which RWA ecosystems drove the biggest moves last month? A quick recap of October's top momentum: • XRPL - Record $7B+ monthly transfer volume (+224x) fueled by the Justoken launch • Solana - Pushed to an all-time high of $5.19B in active RWA value • Stellar Foundation - Backed $3.77B in distributed value & partnered with Securitize • Securitize - Continued institutional multichain expansion • MidasRWA - Strong DeFi resilience across mGLO & mTBILL
The evolution of global finance isn't an overnight shift🎓 When we talk about upgrading the world's backend financial infrastructure, we aren't looking at a temporary trend or something that happens within a single bull or bear market cycle. As Heslin Kim - Co-Founder & CBO at Zenith, highlights, we are witnessing an era-defining transition: the digital overhaul of the entire traditional capital markets back office. This is more than just disruption - it’s the digitization and migration of global capital to onchain rails, creating a more interconnected, efficient, and resilient future. Are we moving fast enough, or is this the natural pace for the foundations of global finance? What are you…
🤩RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE RECAP: Global Trends and Regional Framework, Tokenization Cases Tokenization has shifted from an experiment on the sidelines to core financial plumbing. Panelists explored how institutional infrastructure, regulatory convergence, and digital cash are turning digital assets into scalable, 24/7 global market rails. Key takeaways: - Production-ready plumbing: Regulatory clarity has shifted institutions from running POCs to launching regulated infrastructure. - Collateral mobility: The primary immediate unlock is mobilizing trapped capital and securities financing 24/7 across borders. - Rails vs. rules: Global networks must remain standardized while flexibly adapting to l…
Seamless tech, fragmented rules🎓 While digital assets are rapidly solving the multi-chain puzzle, the real obstacle lies in the human & political landscape. As John Cahill - Head of Galaxy, APAC at Galaxy, highlights at RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE, you can build interoperable tech, but you can’t build interoperable regulations overnight. While blockchains move as one, each jurisdiction’s regulatory timeline moves at its own pace. Is regulatory fragmentation the biggest bottleneck for global adoption? What are your thoughts? 🤩Catch the full live session here: https://youtu.be/nYvicACFtL0?si=ItYuOoj5oLhjcpBt
TOKENISED GLOBAL SERIES is back home in Hong Kong! 🇭🇰 Join us on 3rd November (17:00 - 17:45) for a high-impact VIP side event during Hong Kong FinTech Week - one of the world’s premier stages for financial and technological innovation. With Hong Kong recognized globally as both a premier digital asset/tokenization hub and a historic capital for physical gold trading, our panel zeroes in on the future of real-world assets: 🎓Panel Discussion: "Gold and Metals Tokenization and Trading: Hong Kong Path and Global Trends" We’re bringing together top market leaders, builders, and institutional pioneers to dive deep into where physical commodities meet digital liquidity. 🤩Moderator: • Ivan V.…
RWA & Digital Asset Macro Update: November 2-6 ✅ A monumental week for global markets. With the US Midterm Elections, central bank rate decisions from the RBA and BoE, and the US October jobs report landing, macro liquidity, regulatory clarity, and risk-free hurdle yields face widespread repricing. 🤩Monday, November 2: US ISM Manufacturing PMI & Treasury Borrowing Estimates The week kicks off with the US ISM Manufacturing PMI and the Treasury’s Q4 borrowing requirements. Federal debt issuance volume sets short-term Treasury yields, directly establishing the base yield for tokenized cash-equivalents and collateralized stablecoins. 🤩Tuesday, November 3: US Midterm Elections & RBA Rate Decis…
When it comes to building a sustainable future, there’s no place for compromised ethics. 🎓 As Joanna Liang, Founding Partner at Jsquare, shares, the true measure of success isn't just about the numbers - it's about the positive impact we leave behind. In a fast-moving market, the temptation to chase quick gains can be high. But for visionary leaders, sustainable and ethical growth will always take precedence over profit at any cost. ✅Listen to the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1jiVXK5F5DQWoWe2aC7g5O?si=jTP7jA-PT4WqUOuxQqwTWg
👑 BitGo named Winner at RWA WEEK AWARDS 2026 Recognized on stage at RWA Summit Singapore for Custody Provider. BitGo is a pioneer in digital asset security, providing institutional-grade custody, liquidity, and security solutions. Since 2013, BitGo has been a trusted partner for enterprises and institutional investors, offering multi-signature security, cold storage, and regulated custody to ensure the safety and compliance of digital and tokenized real-world assets. Selected from top finalists: - Cactus Custody - Hex Trust - BitGo - Zodia Custody - Anchorage Digital ✅ Full results: https://rwaweek.com/award
Are distribution challenges a dealbreaker for early-stage startups?🎓 For many founders, building a great product is only half the battle. The real hurdle is getting it into the hands of users. Without established networks, partners, or massive budgets, early-stage startups often face a steep uphill battle when it comes to distribution. But does a lack of ready-made distribution channels mean we should overlook their potential? At RWA SUMMIT in Singapore, George Wong - Project Lead at SINO challenged the investment status quo. He asks: Is it fair to write off these startups as "non-investable" simply because they haven't solved the distribution puzzle yet -or should we, as partners and inve…
👑 Propbase named Winner at RWA WEEK AWARDS 2026 Recognized on stage at RWA Summit Singapore for Tokenized Real Estate. Propbase is transforming the property market by making real estate investment accessible to everyone through fractional tokenization. By utilizing blockchain technology, the platform allows users to invest in high-quality, yield-generating properties with fractional shares, bringing liquidity, transparency, and lower entry barriers to global real estate. Selected from top finalists: - Redswan - Building Inc. - Propbase - PRYPCO - DL Holdings (Hong Kong) ✅ Full results: https://rwaweek.com/award
The future of Real-World Assets (RWA) isn't isolated - it's integrated 🤩 While many view RWA as a standalone category, Melody He - Co-Founder & Partner at Spartan, shares a different outlook at the RWA SUMMIT in Singapore: true mass adoption will come through the fintech giants that already bridge both traditional and decentralized worlds. Instead of operating in silos, RWAs are poised to become standard offerings within hybrid financial ecosystems, blending the best of Web3 rails with established fintech infrastructure. Is RWA destined to be its own sector, or will it simply become the back-end of modern finance? What do you think? ✅Catch the full live session here: https://youtu.be/gP8xb…
Global Digital Asset Regulation: October 26–30 Updates Key Highlights: 🇪🇺 #Europe (#ESMA): ESMA refreshed public entries in the centralized MiCA registry, warning national authorities to step up offboarding enforcement for unlisted cross-border platforms soliciting EU users without passported CASP authorization. 🇭🇰 #HongKong (#SFC / #HKMA): Advancing the 2026 Policy Address roadmaps, regulators began drafting secondary market trading rules for licensed VATPs, setting baseline technical rails to support upcoming tokenized RWA and CBDC settlement trials. 🇺🇸 #UnitedStates (#CFTC / #SEC): Public feedback ramped up on the CFTC’s proposed retail crypto rules (Regulation CTX and Regulation C…
👑 Pareto named Winner at RWA WEEK AWARDS 2026 Recognized on stage at RWA Summit Singapore for Tokenized Fixed Income. Pareto is revolutionizing the fixed-income market by tokenizing real-world debt and credit assets, bringing institutional-grade yield opportunities on-chain. Through a secure, transparent, and highly accessible platform, Pareto bridges the gap between traditional capital markets and decentralized finance (DeFi), enabling global investors to build diversified, yield-generating portfolios with unprecedented efficiency. Selected from top finalists: - LynxCap - Pareto - OpenEden - Asseto - Ondo Finance ✅ Full results: https://rwaweek.com/award
Beyond the Proof of Concept: Banking at Scale 🗝 DeFi has shown us what is possible, but the true evolution of digital assets is happening where the capital is measured in billions and trillions. As Kenneth Bok - Digital Assets Lead at SC Ventures, shares at RWA SUMMIT in Singapore, the next phase of this journey is all about scale-taking the innovative rails built by pioneers and applying them to the industrial-strength needs of the banking world. We aren't just looking at sandbox experiments anymore; this is about bringing institutional-grade infrastructure to the global financial system. Will the future of finance be born on public chains, or will traditional giants successfully build th…
What happens when your product roadmap moves faster than your regulatory strategy? 🎓 In unpredictable digital asset and Web3 markets, trying to forecast every regulatory pivot is a losing battle. During our RWA Week Online Interview Series, Pauli Speaks, strategic advisor at RWA WEEK, discussed with Ziqing Ang, Head of Policy, APAC from TRM Labs, about how teams should navigate volatility and shifting regulatory ground. The most resilient organizations don't guess what regulators will do next - they design adaptable systems that can execute through uncertainty. ✅Listen to the full discussion here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/668hFiSDNPnCpAbzi0yeXr?si=Rxz1lYukSn6PR9iIKd5LPg
🤩RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE RECAP: Cross-Border Infrastructure Development: Competitive Landscape, Winners and Losers Cross-border money movement is slow and fee-heavy. Industry leaders at RWA Summit Singapore discussed how tokenization and stablecoin rails unlock continuous global liquidity. Key takeaways: - Zero idle capital: T+0 settlement cuts transfer windows from days to milliseconds, keeping assets productive 24/7. - Bank integration: Traditional institutions are adopting tokenized deposits, digital wallets, and stablecoin pilots rather than being replaced. - Unified liquidity: Global scale requires connecting private institutional networks with public DeFi ecosystems. Featured Speakers:…
Going live in 3 hours ✨ We’re sitting down with Joanna Liang, Founding Partner at Jsquare, ($200M+ AUM), to discuss: - Navigating multiple market cycles & managing risk - Why AI won’t replace crypto - it will drive on-chain finance - Institutional adoption across PayFi, RWAs, and core infrastructure - Building sustainable value beyond short-term hype ✅Today | 12:00 PM UTC 📍Join here: YouTube | Linkedin | Twitter
Finding Your Edge in the Noise 🎓 The digital asset and RWA landscape is crowded, but success doesn’t come from trying to be everything to everyone. As Terry Culver - President at DFG, highlights at RWA SUMMIT in Singapore, the truest path to long-term traction is absolute focus. To survive and thrive, projects must look beyond the generic and find their specific, specialized niche - or go after the overlooked customer groups that everyone else has missed. Are we focusing enough on specialization, or just chasing the same crowded markets? What's your view? ✅Catch the full live session here: https://youtu.be/gP8xbbQWcHg?si=bwn9xdpXrvRHBuRy
Set your reminders for tomorrow 🤩 “Human Value First”: How Joanna Liang Cuts Through the Noise in Web3 VC Pauli Speaks sits down with Joanna Liang, Founding Partner at Jsquare, to discuss managing $200M+ AUM, bridging East & West ecosystems, and why the next era of Web3 belongs to PayFi, RWAs, and real human utility. ✅ When: Tomorrow, Oct 28 | 12 PM UTC 📍 Tune in: YouTube | Linkedin | Twitter
Is bare-minimum compliance actually exposing your firm to more risk?🎓 When institutions treat compliance simply as a box-ticking exercise, they are constantly playing catch-up. In the latest session of the RWA Week Online Interview Series Pauli Speaks, strategic advisor at RWA WEEK, sat down with Claudia Hui, Head of Compliance Advisory at at TRM Labs, to break down why meeting the letter of the law is no longer enough. In an evolving market across APAC, true security doesn't come from following the baseline - it comes from staying a step ahead of it. ✅Catch the full interview here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/668hFiSDNPnCpAbzi0yeXr?si=Rxz1lYukSn6PR9iIKd5LPg
👑 KAST named Winner at RWA WEEK AWARDS 2026 Recognized on stage at RWA Summit Singapore for Stablecoin Adoption. KAST is bridging the gap between traditional finance and on-chain economies by driving stablecoin adoption with its global financial platform. Offering features like a stablecoin-powered Visa card, high-performance earn vaults, and cashback rewards, KAST allows users to seamlessly spend, save, and earn yield using digital dollars in their everyday lives. Selected from top finalists: - KAST - Anchorpoint - Elephants - KRWQ - Native Financial ✅ Full results: https://rwaweek.com/award
The Inevitable Move: Capital Markets are Heading On-Chain 🎓 According to Pei Chen, CEO at Theoriq, the question is no longer "if," but "when." At RWA SUMMIT in Singapore we discussed that there is a growing, undeniable consensus: capital markets are migrating to blockchain rails. As decentralized technology matures and institutional readiness catch up, the migration is becoming a matter of years, not possibilities. The integration might be gradual, but the destination is clear. We aren’t just witnessing a trend; we are watching the permanent re-architecture of global finance. How many years do you think it will take for on-chain capital markets to become the standard? Let us know in the co…
✨Starting in 3 Hours! As digital finance evolves across APAC, how can regulation and compliance keep pace? Join Pauli Speaks, strategic advisor at RWA WEEK, alongside Claudia Hui, Head of Compliance Advisory, APAC and Ziqing Ang, Head of Policy, APAC from TRM Labs as they dive into turning policy into practice. What to expect: - Navigating APAC's fragmented regulatory landscape - Overcoming operational blind spots in cross-chain risk - Detecting AI-driven scams and emerging fraud tactics - Bridging TradFi and Web3 through RWAs, stablecoins, and tokenization ✅Today, October 26 ✅12:00 PM UTC (3 hours from now) 📍Attend live: Linkedin, Twitter, Youtube Set your reminders-we start soon!
RWA & Digital Asset Macro Update: October 26–30 ✅ A pivotal central bank week. With monetary policy decisions from the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, and the Bank of Japan landing alongside US Q3 GDP and Core PCE inflation, benchmark risk-free rates and stablecoin liquidity spreads face direct repricing. 🤩Monday, October 26: German Ifo Business Climate & US Dallas Fed Germany reports the Ifo Business Climate Index, while the US releases the Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index. Deteriorating sentiment in Europe reinforces expectations around regional rate cuts, dictating cross-border yield differentials for EUR-denominated stablecoins. 🤩Tuesday, October 27: US Durable Goods & Consu…
👑 R3al Blocks named Winner at RWA WEEK AWARDS 2026 Recognized on stage at RWA Summit Singapore for Rising Star - RWA Startup. R3al Blocks is building an investment platform to democratize access to tokenized real-world assets, enabling fractional on-chain investment in real estate, agribusiness, and industrial projects. Selected from top finalists: • R3al Blocks • metals.io • Meta Earth • Dato Durian • Demether ✅ Full results: https://rwaweek.com/award
🤩RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE RECAP: Investments, M&A, Liquidity in RWA Space Real-world assets are moving on-chain, and the bridge between TradFi and DeFi is getting stronger. Our panelists broke down what it takes to bring tokenized assets to everyone. Key takeaways: - Broader access: Tokenization lets retail users tap into institutional yields like T-bills and private credit. - More liquidity: RWAs need to connect directly with DeFi lending and trading protocols to unlock real value. - Safer scale: Smart contract security, clear regulation, and compliance are essential for real-world adoption. Speakers: • Terry Culver - President at DFG • Melody He - Co-Founder & Partner at Spartan • Huong T Tr…
“Human Value First”: How Joanna Liang Cuts Through the Noise in Web3 VC As digital asset markets cycle through short-term hype, how do investors identify what builds lasting, institutional-grade adoption? In this exclusive interview, Pauli Speaks will sit down with Joanna Liang, Founding Partner at Jsquare, to unpack what it takes to manage over $200M in AUM across changing market cycles. From bridging Eastern and Western ecosystems to backing the intersection of PayFi, RWAs, and AI infrastructure, she shares what it really takes to scale portfolio companies globally - and why the next decade of Web3 must prioritize human utility over pure financialization. ✅28th of October | 12 pm UTC 📍At…
👑 NexStox named Winner at RWA WEEK AWARDS 2026 Recognized on stage at RWA Summit Singapore for Regional Innovation. NexStox is building a regulated, digital securities exchange and marketplace to democratize access to tokenized real-world assets and capital for businesses and investors globally. Selected from top finalists: • EX.IO • DigiFT • mb.io - part of MultiBank Group • Xaults • NexStox ✅ Full results: https://rwaweek.com/award
Institutional DeFi isn’t a far-off vision - it’s actively being built 🎓 At the RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE, Delane Foo - APAC Regional Managing Director at Nethermind shared how technical infrastructure is bridging TradFi and Web3. Delane leads APAC operations for Nethermind, a leading engineering firm building core blockchain infrastructure for Web3 natives and institutions like SMBC Nikko Securities. Key takeaways from the stage: • High Institutional Demand: Asset managers are actively pushing to tokenize assets and leverage new stablecoin settlement rails. • Regulated DeFi: TradFi players want DeFi access, but require trusted, audited platforms with clear redemption paths. • Infrastructure Gap…
👑 InvestaX named Winner at RWA WEEK AWARDS 2026 Recognized on stage at RWA Summit Singapore for Tokenization Platform. InvestaX is building a licensed digital asset tokenization platform and exchange to enable the issuance, trading, and custody of real-world assets for global investors. Selected from top finalists: • Lympid • Blocksquare • Brickken • Libeara • InvestaX ✅ Full results: https://rwaweek.com/award
Is bringing traditional finance assets on-chain actually moving the needle?🎓 Charles d'Haussy - CEO at dYdX delivered a candid take on the RWA market at RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE. Charles leads the dYdX Foundation, supporting governance and growth for one of the top decentralized perpetual exchanges ($1.5T+ historical volume). Key takeaways from the stage: • Beyond Copy-Pasting TradFi: Tokenizing existing TradFi assets is just a warm-up; DeFi needs unique native assets (like compute) to scale. • The Real Metric: Success isn't market hype - it’s winning AUM, generating fees, and capturing mindshare. • AI as the New UI: AI agents will soon handle complex clicks, gas fees, and execution behind the…
🤩DigiShares named Winner at RWA WEEK AWARDS 2026 Recognized on stage at RWA Summit Singapore for Tokenization Infrastructure. DigiShares is building end-to-end white-label tokenization software and infrastructure to automate the issuance, investor management, and secondary trading of real-world assets. Selected from top finalists: • Fireblocks • DigiShares • Digital Asset • Ctrl Alt • Pharos Network ✅ Full results: https://rwaweek.com/award
TradFi and Web3 aren’t at war - they’re converging 🤩 The conversation around digital assets often focuses on “disrupting” or “replacing” legacy finance. But as Co-Founder and CEO of Pharos Network, Wish Wu shares, the real future lies in the powerful synergy of both worlds coming together. Instead of an adversarial takeover, we’re witnessing a natural evolution where traditional institutions and decentralized rails learn to integrate, build trust, and eventually merge. Are we looking at replacement, or a massive collaboration? What are your thoughts? Catch the full live session here: https://x.com/rwaweek/status/2112878405083701309?s=20
Global Digital Asset Regulation: October 19-23 Updates ✅ Key Highlights: 🇪🇺 #Europe (#ESMA): Following the close of its recent consultation, ESMA issued clarifying guidance under MiCA Article 70. The directive limits payment service providers to holding client crypto funds for a maximum of one business day, enforcing strict segregation of client balances. 🇭🇰 #HongKong (#SFC): The SFC expanded preparations for its upcoming 2026 crypto licensing bill. The commission finalized guidance for licensed virtual asset trading platforms regarding automated monitoring tools for real-world asset (RWA) token pools and public ledger custodians. 🇺🇸 #UnitedStates (#CFTC / #SEC): Following the CFTC's…
As digital finance evolves across APAC, how can regulation and compliance keep pace? 🎓 Pauli Speaks speaks with Claudia Hui, Head of Compliance Advisory, APAC, and Ziqing Ang, Head of Policy, APAC, at TRM Labs, about what it takes to turn policy into practice. From navigating fragmented regulations to detecting AI-driven scams, they’ll explore how institutions can strengthen their defences and build greater trust across traditional finance and Web3. ✅26th of October | 12 pm UTC 📍Attend here: https://x.com/rwaweek/status/2113490140391698653?s=20 Stay tuned!
What happens when real-world assets meet DeFi composability? 🎓 At the RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE, Ziqing Ang - Head of Policy - APAC at TRM Labs broke down the compliance realities of bringing RWAs on-chain. Ziqing manages APAC policy at TRM Labs, an on-chain intelligence platform helping financial institutions, crypto firms, and regulators combat financial crime. Key takeaways from the stage: • Composability vs. Risk: Using tokenized assets as collateral creates vast opportunities, but legal and redemption risks must be managed. • Regulatory Evolution: Regulators are shifting to a "same risk, same activity" model - focusing on decision-making authority in DeFi pools. • Essential Protections: On…
🤩Stellar named Winner at RWA WEEK AWARDS 2026 Recognized on stage at RWA Summit Singapore for PayFi Infrastructure. Stellar is building open-source decentralized payment infrastructure and interoperable financial networks to enable the seamless, low-cost tokenization and transaction of real-world assets and currencies globally. Selected from top finalists: • Alchemy Pay • OristaPay • OP Labs • Stellar • Huma Finance ✅Full results: https://rwaweek.com/award
Starting in 3 Hours! 🤩 Bridging Trillions: Wish Wu on Redefining L1 Performance for the RWA & AI Era We’re just 3 hours away from our live session with Wish Wu, Co-Founder and CEO of Pharos Network, hosted by Pauli Speaks! 🎓Here’s what we’ll be covering: - Why legacy blockchains fail RWA tokenization & how to fix L1 bottlenecks - Lessons on bridging Web2 enterprise systems with Web3 protocols - How ultra-fast execution improves liquidity and risk management - High-speed infrastructure as the backbone for AI agents & autonomous finance - The missing component to unlock multi-trillion-dollar institutional capital - Contrarian predictions on the future of tokenized assets ✅Don't miss it: htt…
🤩DeFa by InvoiceMate named Winner at RWA WEEK AWARDS 2026. Recognized on stage at RWA Summit Singapore for DeFi + RWA Integration. DeFa is building an AI-native, DeFi-enabled decentralized invoice financing protocol that bridges crypto liquidity with real-world invoice financing to create accessible on-chain yield. Selected from top finalists: • DeFa by Invoicemate • Clearpool • Maple Finance • Curve • Plume ✅Full results: https://rwaweek.com/award
✨RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE RECAP: DeFi & RWA: Institutional Adoption and Retail Opportunities Real-world assets are moving on-chain, and the bridge between TradFi and DeFi is getting stronger. Our panelists broke down what it takes to bring tokenized assets to everyone. Key takeaways: - Broader access: Tokenization lets retail users tap into institutional yields like T-bills and private credit. - More liquidity: RWAs need to connect directly with DeFi lending and trading protocols to unlock real value. - Safer scale: Smart contract security, clear regulation, and compliance are essential for real-world adoption. Speakers: • Charles d'Haussy - CEO at dYdX • Ziqing Ang - Head of Policy - APAC at T…
👑IXS Finance named Winner at RWA WEEK AWARDS 2026 Recognized on stage at RWA Summit Singapore for AI + RWA Integration. IXS Finance is building licensed, institutional-grade exchange infrastructure and AI-driven vault rails to unlock liquid secondary trading for tokenized real-world assets. Selected from top finalists: • Theoriq • IXS Finance • NVNM Chain • Zoniqx • Aethir ✅Full results: https://rwaweek.com/award
Bridging Trillions: Wish Wu on Redefining L1 Performance for the RWA & AI Era 🤩 21st of October | 12 pm UTC Our interviewer, Pauli Speaks, will be speaking with Wish Wu, Co-Founder and CEO of Pharos Network, exploring his journey in architecting high-performance Layer-1 infrastructure designed to bridge traditional assets with next-generation decentralized networks. From redesigning L1 performance to overcome legacy settlement bottlenecks, to aligning Web2 enterprise needs with Web3 rails, unlocking multi-trillion-dollar institutional liquidity, and predicting the next decade of on-chain convergence, this is a conversation you won't want to miss. ✅Attend here: https://www.linkedin.com/feed…
RWA & Digital Asset Macro Update: October 19-23 ✅ With the Federal Reserve in its blackout period ahead of the October 28 FOMC meeting, macro volatility shifts to European and UK inflation prints, global flash PMIs, and sovereign debt issuance dynamics that directly impact real-world asset (RWA) yields and stablecoin liquidity pools. 🤩Monday, October 19: US Housing Market Index & Canadian CPI The week opens with Canada’s September CPI report and the US NAHB Housing Market Index. Inflation shifts in Canada alter CAD-backed stablecoin parity, while US housing sentiment signals underlying credit demand in mortgage-backed RWA protocols. 🤩Tuesday, October 20: China LPR, US Building Permits, &…
Weekend Briefing: The RWA Velocity Check ✅ The institutional bridge onchain isn't taking the weekend off - though the liquidity infrastructure supporting it might wish it did. Non-stablecoin tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) surged past $39 billion heading into mid-October 2026. Key races unfolding right now: • Treasury Liquidity: $14.7B in tokenized US Treasuries facing 24/7 margin tests without active weekend redemption off-ramps. • Chain Dominance: Solana RWAs hit $4.3B (+514% YoY), rapidly narrowing the gap with Ethereum ahead of its Alpenglow upgrade. • Beyond Gold: Commodity tokenization expands with 5,000 oz of vaulted physical silver hitting DEXs. • Next Up: DTCC digital collateral…
Global Digital Asset Regulation: October 12–16 Updates 🤩 Key Highlights: 🇪🇺 #Europe (#EU / #ESMA): EU member states agreed on a supervisory framework under MiCA, placing only the largest crypto service providers under direct ESMA oversight while national regulators retain day-to-day control. Meanwhile, ESMA issued guidance on CASP-facilitated crypto lending and borrowing risks. 🇭🇰 #HongKong (#SFC / #FSTB): Regulators reaffirmed their legislative roadmap to introduce a comprehensive licensing bill by year-end. The upcoming law will formally extend SFC licensing to over-the-counter (OTC) crypto trading, custody, and advisory services. 🇺🇸 #UnitedStates (#CFTC / #SEC): The CFTC advanced…
Singapore RWA WEEK wrapped up! Next stop: Hong Kong! 🤩 Singapore was a huge success. Here are the numbers: - 5,000+ sign-ups - 1,200 curated attendees - 200 investors & allocators - 65 top-level speakers From THE DEALFLOW investor brunch and our TOKENISED VIP EVENT with TRM Labs to the flagship RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE, we gathered industry leaders from DTCC, Animoca Brands, Franklin Templeton, BitGo, and more to push the boundaries of tokenization and stablecoin adoption. What’s Next? 📍 ✨We’re heading to Hong Kong during Consensus Week: February 1-3, 2027! Expect the same high-caliber, institution-supported gathering, top-tier speakers, and unmatched networking. Learn More: rwaweek.com/hongk…
After a whirlwind few weeks of non-stop conferences and back-to-back networking, it feels great to finally slow down and recharge. 🤩 It’s the perfect time to catch up on some incredible insights you might have missed during the rush. Dive back into our RWA WEEK Series on Spotify, where we feature deep dives with key founders leading the charge in Web3, tokenisation, and AI technology. Whether you're catching up on industry trends or looking for inspiration for your next project, these episodes are packed with invaluable knowledge. ✅Grab your headphones and listen to the full series here: https://open.spotify.com/show/033g1AmJiFxmZOd2BCnBmG?si=89173aefbd294ab9
🤩THROWBACK: TOKENISED VIP EVENT at Marina One, Singapore 🇸🇬 Thank you to all the C-level executives, Web3 leaders, institutional investors, and VIP guests who made the room electric. A massive thank you to our expert panelists for delivering an absolute masterclass on "Institutional Infrastructure for Tokenised Assets": • Adriel Wong - Head Of Private Sector, APAC at TRM Labs • Pei Chen - CEO at Theoriq • Charles d'Haussy - CEO at dYdX Foundation • Ivan V. Ivanov - Founder & CEO at RWA WEEK & UVC GROUP! Special thanks to our co-host TRM Labs for helping us put together such a high-caliber gathering. 🇭🇰 Next Stop: Hong Kong in November! We are taking the TOKENISED experience to Hong Kon…
RWA & Digital Asset Macro Update: October 12-16 ✅ 🤩Monday, October 12: US Holiday Liquidity & ECB Commentary US bond markets observe Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day with light calendar releases. Reduced liquidity can amplify price volatility across 24/7 digital asset markets, while ECB speakers provide guidance on European monetary policy. 🤩Tuesday, October 13: RBA Minutes & German Inflation Final The Reserve Bank of Australia releases its monetary policy meeting minutes, while Germany reports final September HICP inflation. Persistent European inflation keeps Euro interest rate expectations high, impacting yield spreads on EUR-denominated stablecoins. 🤩Wednesday, October 14: US S…
Panel Announcement: Cross-Border Infrastructure Development: Competitive Landscape, Winners and Losers at RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Featured Speakers: • John Cahill - Head of Galaxy, APAC at Galaxy • Christopher Andreola - Senior Director Commercial Strategy at Optimism • Pranav Agarwal - Founding Investor at STBL & Director, Investments & Strategy at Ajna Capital • Heslin Kim - Co-Founder & CBO at Zenith • Moderator: Nick See Tong - APAC Regional Lead for Base at Coinbase They will explore: • Evaluating L2 ecosystems and cross-border infrastructure models for institutional adoption • The competitive dynamics driving liquidity, interoperability, and developer traction globally • Identifying st…
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) & RWA Integration - Part 2: Yield Composability is now live, focusing on how to transform static tokenized RWAs into automated structured products, fixed-rate instruments, and high-efficiency yield vaults✨ While Part 1 covered RWAs as Collateral in DeFi Lending Pools, Part 2 dives straight into yield-stripping primitives (PT/YT execution), dynamic leveraged looping, and cross-yield risk-tranching waterfalls. 🎓We also feature a deep-dive Case Study on Pendle Finance - analyzing how institutional RWAs (such as USDG and Apollo's ACRED fund) utilize composable PT/YT architecture to build fixed-income DeFi rails. For Web3 founders, vault curators, and institutional…
Panel Announcement: Tokenized Private Credit as Collateral: Unlocking Institutional DeFi & PayFi Yields at RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Featured Speakers: • João Raza - CEO at KundaBox • Thibault Labidi - Director at M11 Credit • Marcin Kazmierczak - Co-Founder at RedStone Oracles • Chris Yin - CEO & Co-Founder at Plume Network • Moderator: Myrtle Anne Ramos - Founder & CEO at Block Tides They will explore: • Structuring and underwriting private credit assets as yield-bearing collateral in DeFi • The role of decentralized oracle infrastructure and risk management in credit pricing • Unlocking liquidity and institutional capital efficiency through PayFi integrations Details: • When: 9 October 2026…
The line between traditional finance and DeFi has officially blurred.When BlackRock connected its BUIDL fund directly to decentralized exchange rails, it signaled a massive paradigm shift. RWAs are no longer sitting dormant in isolated vaults - they are being used as primary collateral across lending markets and DEXs. At RWA SUMMIT Singapore - we’ll explore the mechanics of "DeFi-native RWAs" and how automated market structures are boosting capital efficiency for traditional yield products. ✅ Details: https://rwaweek.com/
Panel Announcement: How Many Crypto Cards Do We Need at RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Featured Speakers: • Daren Guo - Co-Founder at Reap • Faradj Abutalibov - Sr. Advisor Middle East Market Development at Stellar • Andy Goldin - Chief Strategy & Data Officer at KAST • Devere Bryan - Senior GTM, Commercial, and Operations Executive & Advisor at PRP They will explore: • Corporate vs. consumer crypto cards: solving real friction in cross-border settlements and fiat off-ramping • The role of stablecoins and payment networks in accelerating global merchant acceptance • Differentiation, unit economics, and identifying long-term winners in the crypto payment stack Details: • When: 9 October 2026 | 13:30…
Pranav Agarwal, Founding Investor of STBL and Director, Investments & Strategy at Ajna Capital, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Pranav serves as Director of Investments & Strategy at Ajna Capital, a UAE-based single-family office investing in frontier technologies including blockchain, stablecoins, and longevity. As Founding Investor of STBL, he focuses on scaling next-generation stablecoin architecture and driving strategic investment across digital asset ecosystems. With over 18 years of experience across venture investing, corporate finance, and M&A, Pranav has executed more than $1 billion in transactions. An alumnus of IIM Indore, he also serves as Independent Director at Jetking Infotrai…
We officially wrapped up our oversubscribed TOKENISED VIP EVENT at Marina One! 🤩 Thank you to all the C-level executives, investors, and VIPs who joined us, as well as our speakers Adriel Wong (TRM Labs), Pei Chen (Theoriq), Charles d'Haussy (dYdX Foundation), and our moderator Ivan V. Ivanov (RWA WEEK) for a masterclass panel on scaling tokenized assets from billions to trillions. Special thanks to our co-host TRM Labs and producers UVC GROUP! 👀SEE YOU TOMORROW: The main event is here! We are waiting for you at the RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE. Come find our team and keep the conversations going this Friday!
Vaibhavv Ali, Minds at Animoca Brands, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Vaibhavv leads community growth and strategic initiatives for Minds by Animoca Brands, building collaborative ecosystems across Web3, digital assets, and emerging regional markets. He is also the Co-founder of Cryptonite UAE and Chapter Lead for CryptoMondays MENA, connecting global Web3 builders, investors, and enterprise ecosystems. With extensive experience in digital asset media, community architecture, and event production across APAC and MENA, Vaibhavv specializes in driving Web3 adoption, full-funnel ecosystem growth, and cross-border partnerships.He will speak about community-driven Web3 growth, scaling regional dig…
Panel Announcement: AI in RWA Tokenization Industry, Agents Economy Integration at RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Featured Speakers: • Julian Kwan - Co-Founder & CRO at IXS • Herman Stohniiev - Chief Technology Officer at ADI Foundation • Mark Rydon - Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at Aethir • Samee Siddiqui - CEO at RIFT • Moderator: Charu Sethi - GTM & Partnerships Consultant, APAC at OpenRouter / Founder at STABLE STATE They will explore: • Harnessing autonomous AI agents for automated asset servicing, valuation, and protocol operations • The role of decentralized compute infrastructure and zero-knowledge proofs in AI-native RWA tokenization • Unlocking new economic models within the emergi…
Panel Announcement: Institutional PayFi: Connecting Legacy Wealth, Digital Assets, and On-Chain Settlement at RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Featured Speakers: • Jerald David - CEO at LYNQ • Lutz Preussler - Head Asset Management Business Development at Sygnum Bank • Jonathan Low - CEO at Elephants. • Olivier Dang - Chief Operating Officer at KAIO • Moderator: Alina Sysoeva - Head of PR and Crisis Communications Lead at drofácomms They will explore: • Modernizing cross-border payment rails and real-time 24/7 institutional settlement • Integrating legacy wealth, corporate treasuries, and digital asset banking infrastructure • The role of PayFi and stablecoins in optimizing liquidity, working capital…
Chris Yin, CEO & Co-Founder at Plume, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Chris leads Plume, the modular Layer 1 blockchain purpose-built for real-world asset (RWA) tokenization and finance. He focuses on scaling full-stack RWA infrastructure - integrating compliance, asset onboarding, and composable DeFi primitives to bring institutional-grade financial assets on-chain.Prior to co-founding Plume, Chris was Principal at Scale Venture Partners, investing in early-stage enterprise software and Web3 infrastructure, and served as VP of Product at Rain. He will speak about building dedicated L1 infrastructure for RWAs, scaling on-chain real-world asset liquidity, and driving institutional deployment ac…
Panel Announcement: RWA infrastructure for Institutions - Challenges, Trust, Security at RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Featured Speakers: • Chetan Karkhanis - Senior Vice President, Digital Assets at Franklin Templeton • Adrian Song - Digital Assets Senior Analyst at Schroders • Ken Bassig - DeFi Growth at Pharos Network • Andrew McCormick - Head of Institutional and Market Development at Chainlink Labs • Moderator: Alice Chen - Co-founder & General Counsel at InvestaX They will explore: • Establishing institutional trust, data privacy, and security in tokenized asset workflows • Cross-chain interoperability, oracle data integrity, and decentralized infrastructure requirements • Key operational ch…
What an incredible start to SINGAPORE RWA WEEK! 🤩We successfully wrapped up THE DEALFLOW, our private, invitation-only brunch in the heart of Singapore. Bringing together 50 top-tier verified investors, family offices, and VCs in an intimate lounge setting set the ultimate tone for high-value connections and quality dealmaking this week. A massive thank you to everyone who joined us and our co-host Kundabox.com - you made it one of the premier side events of the week! 👑What’s Next? The momentum doesn't stop here. We’re gearing up and waiting for you this Friday at the RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE!
Panel Announcement: Real Estate Tokenization: The Most Promising or the Most Challenging Space at RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Featured Speakers: • Edwin Mata - CEO & Co-Founder at Brickken • Shreshtha Kumar - Director of Operations at Propbase • Mark Mariampillai - Head of Business Development & Tokenisation at DigiShares • Moderator: Natalie Grin - APAC Business Developer & Advisor at Dash They will explore: • The mechanics of fractional real estate ownership, yield distribution, and secondary market trading • Legal structures, cross-border compliance, and property management integration for on-chain assets • Key operational challenges in bridging physical property assets with digital token mod…
Herman Stohniiev, Chief Technology Officer at ADI Foundation, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Herman leads technical strategy and zero-knowledge proof infrastructure at ADI Foundation, an Abu Dhabi-backed Layer 1 blockchain project driving sovereign digital infrastructure for real-world assets, stablecoins, and cross-border settlement. He oversees the architectural execution of compliance-native blockchain protocols designed for regulated institutional deployment across emerging and global markets. Prior to ADI Foundation, Herman co-founded software development firm IdeaSoft, where he served as CTO and directed technical delivery across 250+ enterprise Web3, fintech, and digital asset projects…
Panel Announcement: Financial Products Tokenization: Stocks, Bonds, T-Bills, MMFs at RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Featured Speakers: • Aaron Gwak - Founder & CEO at Libeara • Peter Kadish - Managing Director at LYNXCAP • Jean-David Péquignot - Institutional Market Lead & CCO at Coinbase / Deribit • Bridget Li - Co-founder at ASSETO • Moderator: Edwin Cheung - Executive Director at Gate Group They will explore: • On-chain treasury management: T-Bills, Money Market Funds (MMFs), and yield-bearing collateral models • Structuring compliant tokenized equities and fixed-income products for institutional investors • Secondary market liquidity, settlement efficiency, and cross-border distribution rails D…
Ken Bassig, DeFi Growth at Pharos, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Ken leads DeFi Growth at Pharos, an ultra-high performance Layer 1 blockchain optimized for real-world asset (RWA) tokenization and payment applications. He focuses on scaling Pharos' ecosystem through strategic partnerships, developer integration, and liquidity expansion for decentralized finance protocols.With deep experience across Web3 business development and ecosystem strategy, Ken plays a key role in connecting decentralized financial products with real-world yield opportunities. He will speak about scaling Layer 1 infrastructure for RWAs, expanding decentralized finance liquidity, and driving ecosystem growth for on-cha…
Excited to announce four industry leaders joining us as speakers at RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Here is a look at who will be taking the stage: • Nick See Tong - APAC Regional Lead for Base at Coinbase. Nick leads regional adoption and ecosystem development for Base, scaling Layer 2 infrastructure and on-chain application deployment across APAC. • Belinda Lim - Head of BD (AI) at TOTM Technologies. Belinda drives strategic expansion at the intersection of artificial intelligence and digital identity infrastructure, bringing deep insights into AI-driven verification models for Web3. • Jonathan Low - CEO at Elephants. Jonathan leads Elephants Inc., an AI-native financial OS and spend management pl…
Panel Announcement: DeFi & RWA: Institutional Adoption and Retail Opportunities at RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Featured Speakers: • Charles d'Haussy - CEO at dYdX • Ziqing Ang - Head of Policy - APAC at TRM Labs • Jakob Kronbichler - Co-Founder and CEO at Nara • Delane Foo - APAC Regional Managing Director at Nethermind • Moderator: Aidan Neil - Head of Strategy & BD at Centrifuge They will explore: • Bridging decentralized trading liquidity with institutional-grade real-world assets • Regulatory compliance, risk management, and policy frameworks across APAC • Unlocking retail accessibility while scaling enterprise and institutional credit protocols on-chain Details: • When: 9 October 2026 | 09:…
Panel Announcement: Investments, M&A, Liquidity in RWA Space at RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Featured Speakers: • Terry Culver - President at DFG • Melody He - Co-Founder & Partner at Spartan • Huong T Tran, Founder & Managing Partner of 6igma Ventures, • Kenneth Bok - Digital Assets Lead at SC Ventures • Pei Chen - CEO at Theoriq • Moderator: George Wong - Project Lead at SINO They will explore: • Venture investment trends and capital deployment strategies across real-world asset protocols • M&A opportunities and market consolidation within institutional Web3 infrastructure • Unlocking robust secondary market liquidity, exit mechanisms, and institutional capital flows Details: • When: 9 October…
Real estate remains the single largest asset class segment in tokenization, commanding over $3.1B in revenue share globally. By fractionalizing commercial and residential properties down to $100 minimums, protocols are lowering the entry barrier for a market traditionally gated behind $500k+ entry thresholds. On-chain platforms are delivering 8% to 12% annualized yields with daily liquidity options. At RWA SUMMIT, TOKENISED VIP Event Singapore and THE DEALFLOW , real estate developers and platform architects will reveal the legal structuring and SPV frameworks making cross-border property tokenization viable. ✅ Details: https://rwaweek.com/
Al Mochkin, President at REEM, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Al leads REEM ASBL, market infrastructure for critical minerals that integrates custody, provenance, assurance, and continuous trading on-chain. Refined material sits in independently verified custody, where each digital title maps one-to-one to a specific physical lot-bringing real-time verification to real-world commodity tokenization. With a career centered on proof of physical asset existence, Al's background spans a 2013 patent in document and value authentication, payment infrastructure, and AI-driven cybersecurity. He also serves as CIO of an investment research group, holds an MSc in corporate finance and securities law, an…
Panel Announcement: Global Stablecoin Adoption and Growth at RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Featured Speakers: • Johannes Kern - Managing Director at Frankencoin • Daniel Lee - CEO at Cactus Custody • Navin Vethanayagam - Chief Brain & Co-Founder IQ at KRWQ • Evan Auyang - Group President at Animoca Brands • Moderator: Paul Shikhaleev - Head of Sales and Partnerships Operations at Cointelegraph They will explore: • The evolution of decentralized and fiat-backed stablecoin infrastructure across global markets • Institutional custody, regulatory compliance, and cross-border payment integration • Scaling stablecoin liquidity to drive real-world asset settlement and consumer adoption Details: • When: 9…
We are thrilled to announce Pharos as an official Strategic Partner for RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Pharos is an ultra-high performance Layer 1 blockchain purpose-built to scale real-world asset (RWA) tokenization and global payment applications. Designed to process trust-minimized, institutional-grade transactions with sub-second finality and high throughput, Pharos powers the next generation of decentralized finance protocols, payment rails, and tokenized real-world yield assets. Learn more about their technology and vision: pharos.xyz Meet the Pharos team and industry leaders shaping the future of real-world assets on-chain at our event this Friday! • When: 9 October 2026 | 09:00 - 18:00 SGT…
Mark Mariampillai, Head of Business Development & Tokenisation at DigiShares, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Mark leads business development and tokenization initiatives at DigiShares, a white-label software provider for asset tokenization. He focuses on enabling asset managers, real estate developers, and financial institutions to digitize real-world assets, streamline investor management, and issue compliant security tokens globally. With deep expertise across digital asset structuring and tokenization architecture, Mark plays a pivotal role in driving institutional adoption of white-label tokenization platforms and secondary market trading frameworks.He will speak about end-to-end asset to…
Panel Announcement: Global Trends and Regional Framework, Tokenization Cases at RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Featured Speakers: • Yalini Isweran - Executive Director, Innovation Strategy at DTCC • Viv Diwakar - Head of Canton Foundation • Angela Ang - Managing Director of APAC & President at BitGo • Al Mochkin - President at REEM • Moderator: Belinda Lim - Head of BD (AI) at TOTM Technologies They will explore: • Evolving regulatory frameworks and regional compliance approaches across global jurisdictions • Interoperability and institutional market infrastructure for real-world digital titles and tokenized assets • Case studies on real estate, commodities, and capital market assets coming on-chai…
Devere Bryan, Senior GTM, Commercial, and Operations Executive & Advisor at PRP, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Devere specializes in digital financial technology, digital asset trust and custody, global payments, and stablecoin deployment across regional and global markets. With over 20 years of experience scaling fintech, SaaS, and digital asset businesses, he advises C-suite executives, financial institutions, and asset managers on commercial expansion and digital money models. He has held C-level leadership roles across stablecoin issuers, regulated payments platforms, and fintech startups, driving multi-market expansion and regulatory licensing. A former member of the MAS Payments Counci…
Panel Announcement: Institutional infrastructure for tokenised assets - scaling the market from billions to trillions via compliant, secure, and AI-driven solutions. Real cases, challenges, opportunities at TOKENISED VIP EVENT 🤩 Featured Speakers: • Adriel Wong - Head of Private Sector - APAC at TRM • Pei Chen - CEO at Theoriq • Charles d'Haussy - CEO at dYdX Foundation • Moderator: Ivan V. Ivanov - Founder & CEO at UVC GROUP / RWA WEEK They will explore: • Building compliant and secure market rails for institutional asset tokenization • Leveraging AI-driven agentic frameworks to automate asset management and operations • Overcoming real-world friction points to scale global tokenized liqu…
Shreshtha Kumar, Director of Operations at Propbase, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Shreshtha oversees operations across growth, community, and partner activities at Propbase, a platform making real estate investment more accessible through tokenization. He focuses on coordinating teams around product launches, business priorities, and scaling fractional real estate ownership on-chain. Since joining Propbase in 2023, Shreshtha has progressed from community leadership into broader operational management, driving user adoption and operational execution in the real-world asset (RWA) sector. He will speak about real estate tokenization, driving retail user adoption in RWAs, and scaling cross-func…
Tomasz K. Stańczak, Founder at Nethermind, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Tomasz leads Nethermind, an Ethereum core development and infrastructure company and one of the protocol's leading execution client teams. Having previously served as Co-Executive Director of the Ethereum Foundation, he is currently focused on infrastructure execution - deploying data-center and energy infrastructure for AI to accelerate integrated AI factories. With extensive expertise spanning Ethereum core engineering, energy systems, and high-performance compute infrastructure, Tomasz bridges decentralized network development with real-world AI and data-center deployment. He will speak about scaling Ethereum core in…
Paul Shikhaleev, Head of Sales and Partnerships Operations at Cointelegraph, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Paul oversees Cointelegraph’s global commercial strategy and high-impact partnerships across Web3 ecosystems, financial institutions, and enterprise brands expanding into digital assets. With 7 years of industry experience, he drives integrated media, marketing, and ecosystem-growth campaigns across Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Prior to his current role, Paul served as Business Operations Manager at Cointelegraph, building business processes and reporting systems to support international media expansion. He holds a Master’s degree in Investment Projects Management from the Higher…
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See you next week! 🇸🇬 We’re officially countdown-ready for RWA WEEK in Singapore! Get ready for an action-packed week with institutional investors and pioneers in real-world asset tokenization. Here is where you can find us: • THE DEALFLOW (Investor-Only Brunch): luma.com/dealflowsg 📅 Date: October 5 | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM 📍 Location: OUE Lounge Downtown Gallery • TOKENISED VIP Event: luma.com/tokenised 📅 Date: October 6 | 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM 📍 Location: Marina One West Tower • RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE (The main stage bringing together industry experts, protocols, and institutional players): luma.com/rwasummit 📅 Date: October 9 | 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM 📍 Location: Marina One West Tower Spots ar…
Edwin Cheung, Executive Director at Gate Group, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Edwin drives institutional partnerships, fiat and payments infrastructure, and TradFi business development across global markets at Gate. Previously serving as Global Head of Fiat, he built the company's fiat banking and cross-border payment infrastructure from the ground up while leading innovative initiatives around AI-driven model routing and agentic payment systems. With close to a decade of experience in traditional banking at HSBC and Standard Chartered, Edwin bridges institutional finance with digital assets. He holds an MBA from HKUST Business School and serves on the Executive Committee of the Hong Kong Di…
The tokenization of corporate supply chain finance is accelerating rapidly, with trade receivables and invoice factoring scaling past $4.2B in volume on-chain. By digitizing paper-heavy cross-border trade documents into programmable tokens, liquidity providers are enabling SMB suppliers to access capital in hours instead of 60 to 90 days. Built-in verifiable credentials and automated escrow smart contracts are drastically cutting fraud while driving down cost of capital. At RWA SUMMIT, TOKENISED VIP Event Singapore and THE DEALFLOW , global supply chain leaders and fintech architects will showcase real-world trade finance tokenization models transforming global commerce. ✅ Read more: https:…
Ken Bassig, DeFi Growth at Pharos, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Ken leads DeFi Growth at Pharos, an ultra-high performance Layer 1 blockchain optimized for real-world asset (RWA) tokenization and payment applications. He focuses on scaling Pharos' ecosystem through strategic partnerships, developer integration, and liquidity expansion for decentralized finance protocols.With deep experience across Web3 business development and ecosystem strategy, Ken plays a key role in connecting decentralized financial products with real-world yield opportunities. He will speak about scaling Layer 1 infrastructure for RWAs, expanding decentralized finance liquidity, and driving ecosystem growth for on-cha…
Today marks the official launch of TOKENISED MALAYSIA! ✨ An exclusive VIP dinner and networking session taking place at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur. Held in strategic partnership with the Labuan Financial Services Authority (LFSA) and right after the Asia FinTech Forum (AFF 2026), this event brings together global institutional leaders, regulators, and digital asset pioneers. 🤩We are proud to feature NexStox, Plutus, and Datodurian as our main hosts driving high-impact discussions around Real-World Assets (RWA) and compliant security token offerings. Attendees can look forward to key presentations, regulatory insights, and interactive dinner debates on the future of tokenized finan…
Jerald David, CEO at Lynq, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Jerald leads Lynq, a real-time, interest-bearing settlement platform enabling 24/7 capital movement and instantaneous liquidity for market makers, OTC desks, and asset managers. Utilizing Tassat's Yield in Transit™ technology, Lynq delivers interest to institutional clients down to the two-second block while minimizing counterparty risk. With over 17 years across global derivatives exchanges including CME, NYMEX, GreenX, and Dubai Mercantile Exchange, Jerald also previously served as President of Arca Labs, driving innovation in registered digital securities and tokenized funds. He will speak about real-time settlement infrastructure,…
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) & RWA Integration - Part 1: RWAs as Collateral in DeFi Lending Protocols is now live, focusing on why traditional automated liquidations fail when applied to real-world assets ✨ While previous series explored Tokenized Commodities, Supply Chain Assets, and Custody Security, Part 1 of this new series dives straight into isolated risk vaults, conservative LTV dynamic calibration, and off-chain legal liquidation waterfalls. 🎓We also feature a deep-dive Case Study on MakerDAO. (Sky) & Centrifuge RWA Vaults - analyzing how DeFi's largest stablecoin issuer managed credit defaults and off-chain restructurings without compromising protocol solvency. ✅Read the full anal…
Charu Sethi, Founder at StableState, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Charu is a go-to-market leader with 16 years of experience across enterprise technology, digital assets, and financial infrastructure, including 8 years bringing frontier technologies in blockchain and AI to market. As Founder and Principal of StableState, she specializes in category creation, ecosystem and distribution building, and securing institutional trust for emerging technology platforms. Her track record spans leading IBM's financial services business in APAC and holding CMO leadership roles across the blockchain infrastructure layer. She will speak about go-to-market strategies for frontier technologies, building in…
Christopher Andreola, Senior Director Commercial Strategy at Optimism, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Christopher drives corporate strategy at OP Labs, where he drives enterprise adoption of Ethereum's leading blockchain infrastructure ecosystem. He previously led business development, strategy and operational roles at Kraken, Google, and McKinsey & Company. Christopher holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University. He will speak about scaling Layer 2 infrastructure, institutional deployment on the OP Stack, and building scalable on-chain rails for tokenized real-world assets. • When: 9 October 2026 | 09:00 - 18:00 SGT • Where: Marina One…
Aidan Neil, Head of Strategy & BD at Centrifuge, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Aidan leads strategy and business development at Centrifuge, one of the pioneering decentralized platforms bringing real-world assets (RWA) on-chain. He focuses on expanding institutional partnerships, scaling asset originations, and building multi-chain infrastructure to connect real-world credit with decentralized finance liquidity. With extensive experience at the intersection of structured finance and Web3 technology, Aidan plays a key role in structuring tokenized pools for private credit, structured products, and real-world yield.He will speak about advancing on-chain structured finance, scaling tokenized pr…
On-chain precious metals have quietly become the third-largest RWA category, scaling past $7.3B in market capitalization. Driven by global macroeconomic hedge demand, 45-day correlation data shows tokenized gold volume now moves in tight tandem (>0.70) with traditional mining stocks and spot markets. On-chain gold is moving from a retail novelty to an active macro collateral asset. At RWA SUMMIT, TOKENISED VIP Event Singapore and THE DEALFLOW , discover how tokenized commodities are expanding from physical gold into energy credits and industrial metals. ✅Details: https://rwaweek.com/
✨Strategic Partner Highlight: dYdX Foundation comes to RWA SUMMIT Singapore! The dYdX Foundation powers one of crypto’s largest decentralized exchanges, giving traders full control of their assets while trading perpetual contracts. By building high-speed trading software that runs entirely on open-source code, they are setting the baseline for how tokenized assets will be traded securely in the future. Join CEO Charles d'Haussy and global industry leaders this October 9th at Marina One West Tower. ✅Register now: luma.com/rwasummit 🤩RWA SUMMIT Strategic Partners: LynxCap Investments AG | dYdX Foundation | InvestaX | IXS | Theoriq | GeoTicker 🤩THE DEALFLOW Co-host: Kundabox 🤩TOKENISED VIP…
Lutz Preussler, Head Asset Management Business Development at Sygnum, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Lutz drives asset management business development at Sygnum Bank, a global digital asset banking group, while also serving as an advisor to digital securities infrastructure provider Obligate. He focuses on expanding institutional access to digital assets and bridging institutional capital with regulated market infrastructure. With a career built at the intersection of traditional and digital finance, Lutz previously held key distribution roles at BlackRock and Muzinich & Co., delivering traditional and alternative investment solutions to institutional investors. He holds a Master in Banking a…
Evan Auyang, Group President at Animoca Brands, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Evan serves as Group President of Animoca Brands, a global digital asset leader leveraging tokenization and AI to power consumer-facing and institutional ventures while managing an investment portfolio of over 600 companies. He plays a central role in driving strategic growth across digital property rights, Web3 ecosystems, and institutional tokenization. With extensive leadership experience across global finance and strategy, Evan previously served as Managing Director and Head of GLG International, Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company, and worked in derivatives structuring at Citigroup. He holds an MBA from th…
What I'm seeing - each one of their corresponding groups, and K-Bridge is one of those ecosystem players within space - is what they're doing is solving an immediate, existing, but finite and deterministic problem within a specific section of the ecosystem. So, K-Bridge is working on, you know, invoices and receivables ecosystem. But then, there's also other RWA mechanisms that I've been discussing with them also, such as, uh, uh, putting assets just like water, cattle, real estate, and so on, so forth. Each one is sort of picking their corresponding parties and sort of growing their own corresponding ecosystems as a result of that. But going back to one of the things that we discussed prev…
Mark Rydon, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at Aethir, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE 🤩 Mark drives the strategic direction and growth of Aethir, a leading decentralized cloud computing network delivering enterprise-grade GPU compute infrastructure tailored for AI and gaming. He plays a central role in scaling decentralized cloud infrastructure and expanding Aethir's high-performance compute ecosystem. Before co-founding Aethir, Mark gained extensive experience in major infrastructure development and venture capital, serving as a partner at Flux Capital and managing large-scale global engineering projects. He will speak about decentralized compute infrastructure, tokenized enterprise hardw…
RWA & Digital Asset Macro Update: September 28-October 2 ✅ A high-impact week bridging Q3 and Q4. Heavy US growth, inflation, and labor data - alongside major central bank moves - will directly reprice tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) and influence stablecoin capital flows. 🤩Monday, September 28: BOJ Minutes & China Industrial Profits Japan releases the minutes from its latest monetary policy meeting, offering clues on further quantitative tightening that impacts yen-backed stablecoin liquidity. China drops August industrial profit figures, setting the regional growth sentiment. 🤩Tuesday, September 29: RBA Rate Decision & US Consumer Confidence The Reserve Bank of Australia announces it…
Bridget Li, Co-Founder and CEO at Asseto, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Bridget leads Asseto, Asia’s institutional-grade real-world asset (RWA) tokenization platform. She focuses on bridging traditional finance and DeFi by enabling compliant asset tokenization, yield-generating products like CASH+, and expanding on-chain access to private market infrastructure. Under her leadership, Asseto has deployed over 13 RWA products with more than $500M in tokenized asset volume, achieving regulatory milestones in Hong Kong and securing strategic backing from HashKey Group. She will speak about institutional RWA tokenization architecture, scaling on-chain private assets, and integrating yield-bearing…
Chase an existing problem that everybody has and try to find a simple solution for it or silver bullet for it on this space. There's immense technology being built but connecting the right technology to those corresponding parties is the challenge, right? I would say that most of the issues isn't even building the technology itself, there's a lot of off-the-shelf functionality that you can bridge but specifically for infrastructure developers that are interested to be able to help and tap into the space is - try to filter out the corresponding noise, and then see what corresponding value you can build. Once you are certain than everything else becomes an organic next step - João Raza, Found…
Johannes Kern, Managing Director at Frankencoin, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Johannes leads the Frankencoin Association, the governance body behind Frankencoin (ZCHF), a fully decentralized, oracle-free Swiss Franc stablecoin. He focuses on building robust, non-USD stablecoin infrastructure, decentralized lending protocols, and compliant digital asset ecosystems. He will speak about decentralized stablecoin design, navigating optimistic governance, and the role of non-USD digital assets in global tokenized finance. • When: 9 October 2026 | 09:00 - 18:00 SGT • Where: Marina One, 5 Straits View (5-min walk from Marina Bay Sands) ✅Register now: luma.com/rwasummit 🤩RWA SUMMIT Strategic Partne…
Jean-David Péquignot, Institutional Market Lead at Coinbase & CCO at Deribit, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Jean-David oversees institutional market expansion at Coinbase and serves as Chief Commercial Officer at Deribit. He focuses on driving growth across prime brokerage, custody, and derivatives trading infrastructure, empowering institutional clients to access deep digital asset liquidity and global market structure. With extensive experience bridging traditional finance with crypto markets, Jean-David plays a pivotal role in delivering secure, compliant digital asset solutions, institutional derivatives products, and global settlement rails for top-tier funds and institutions. He will s…
Tokenized public equities and ETF trackers are quietly posting explosive growth, jumping over 17% in 30-day volume to cross $2.9B in market cap. Investors worldwide are using tokenized securities to trade global equities 24/7 without traditional banking hours, T+2 settlement delays, or strict capital controls. As secondary order books deepen and compliant liquidity pools open up, tokenized equities are enabling cross-margining against DeFi lending protocols. At RWA SUMMIT, TOKENISED VIP Event Singapore and THE DEALFLOW , regulatory policy experts and exchange operators will dive into fractional stock trading, cross-border compliance, and 24/7 settlement infrastructure. ✅Details: https://rwa…
Andrew McCormick, Head of Institutional and Market Development at Chainlink Labs, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Andrew leads Chainlink Labs' institutional engagement strategy, driving the adoption of Chainlink’s decentralized oracle network, Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), and on-chain infrastructure across global banks, asset managers, and capital market entities. He focuses on bridging traditional finance infrastructure with secure on-chain tokenized asset markets. Prior to joining Chainlink Labs, Andrew served as Head of eToro U.S. and spent over fourteen years as a securities lawyer and regulatory counsel across major financial institutions, including Morgan Stanley and E*T…
Layer 1 and Layer 2 blockchains are competing aggressively to host the $38B+ tokenized RWA ecosystem. While Ethereum holds over 65% of on-chain asset value, networks like BNB Chain, Solana, and purpose-built permissioned subnets are rapidly taking market share by optimizing for regulatory compliance, privacy subnets, and sub-second finality. The battle for RWA liquidity is no longer just about gas fees - it’s about native compliance standards, identity primitives, and institutional privacy. At RWA SUMMIT Singapore, leading layer-1 founders and enterprise architects will debate which chain architectures will power the next $100B in tokenized assets. ✅Details: 9 October 2026 | Marina One, Sin…
Global Digital Asset Regulation: September 21–25 Updates Key Highlights: 🇪🇺 #Europe (#EuropeanCommission / #ESMA):European regulators reminded entities that the public consultation on MiCA's targeted review closes September 30. Regulators urged industry feedback on asset classification boundaries, staking/lending integration, and redemption rules for asset-referenced tokens. 🇭🇰 #HongKong (#SFC / #HKMA): Following Hong Kong's 2026 Policy Address, the SFC and HKMA laid out operational guidelines to permit regulated stablecoins to trade on licensed VATPs. The framework allows stablecoins to settle tokenized money market funds and expands RWA trading to tokenized gold. 🇺🇸 #UnitedStates (#…
Tokenized Commodities & Supply Chain Assets - Part 2: On-Chain Supply Chain Financing is now live, focusing on how tokenizing accounts receivable and trade invoices unlocks working capital while eliminating double-financing fraud ✨ While Part 1 covered Physical Delivery vs. Cash Settlement in Commodity Tokenization, Part 2 dives into cryptographic invoice fingerprinting, Dynamic NFTs tied to shipping telemetry, and lockbox payment routing. Inside Part 2, we break down the three invisible triggers/mechanics that protect trade finance protocols from invoice fraud and operational friction. 🎓We also feature a deep-dive Case Study on Centrifuge Protocol - analyzing how privacy-preserving data n…
Starting in 2 hours! 👀 Join us as Pauli Speaks sits down with João Raza, Founder & CEO at Kunda Box Corp, to explore how 30+ years of deep tech mastery are shaping next-gen tokenized private credit on Hedera. Quick Details: ✅Time: 3:00 PM UTC 🗝Key Highlight: Beyond the technical architecture, João will share key insights from Kunda Box's upcoming late-2026 pilot launch and what it takes to navigate compliance for institutional private credit on Hedera. 📍Attend here: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7508049608401391617
Jakob Kronbichler, Co-Founder & CEO at Nara, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 Jakob leads Nara (and previously co-founded Clearpool), driving innovation across decentralized finance, credit markets, and real-world asset (RWA) yield protocols. He focuses on bridging institutional capital with permissionless blockchain infrastructure, having scaled credit protocols to originate over $650 million in institutional loans. Prior to his leadership in Web3, Jakob served as Commercial Director at Aspire, Southeast Asia’s digital neobank, and scaled multiple marketplace ventures at Rocket Internet, taking them from inception through IPO. He will speak about decentralized credit infrastructure, scaling RW…
Terry Culver, President at DFG, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE 🤩 Terry serves as President of Digital Finance Group (DFG), a global Web3 venture capital and investment firm managing over $1B in digital assets. He plays a pivotal role in driving DFG's investment thesis and growth across blockchain infrastructure, decentralized finance, and emerging Web3 technologies. With extensive leadership experience across global venture investment and blockchain development, Terry previously served as CEO of ETC Labs and held executive leadership roles managing digital asset ecosystems. He will speak about global digital asset investment trends, bridging Web3 infrastructure with real-world assets, and scal…
✅THE DEALFLOW Co-host Highlight: Kundabox joins us in Singapore! Kundabox provides core technology and digital asset infrastructure designed for real-world asset tokenization. By delivering secure tools for asset digitization, ownership verification, and seamless transaction workflows, they enable businesses to bring physical and traditional financial assets on-chain efficiently. Join global industry leaders this October 9th at Marina One. ✅Register now: luma.com/dealflowsg 🤩RWA SUMMIT Strategic Partners: LynxCap Investments AG | dYdX Foundation | InvestaX | IXS | Theoriq | GeoTicker 🤩THE DEALFLOW Co-host: Kundabox 🤩TOKENISED VIP Event Co-host: TRMLabs • Powered By: UVECON.VC | RWA SERIE…
Deep Tech Meets Private Credit: Engineering Next-Gen RWA Infrastructure 🎓 23rd of September | 3 PM UTC ✅ Our interviewer, Pauli Speaks, will be speaking with João Raza, Founder & CEO at Kunda Box Corp, exploring his journey from spending over three decades in software development - including leading OS platform teams at Microsoft and directing technical program management for spatial computing at Magic Leap - to building institutional-grade tokenized private credit infrastructure. We’ll dive into how decades of deep tech mastery in complex systems and hardware TPM translate into on-chain architecture, the operational mechanics of Kunda Box Corp’s Segregated Portfolio Company (SPC) structur…
RWA & Digital Asset Macro Update: September 21–25✅ 🤩Monday, September 21: Federal Reserve Speaker Deluge Fed officials speak following last week's policy adjustments. Market participants will analyze comments for cues on the future path of US interest rates, which directly recalibrates risk-free yield models for tokenized Treasuries and yield-bearing stablecoins. 🤩Tuesday, September 22: RBA Interest Rate Decision & US Richmond Fed The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announces its monetary policy decision. Simultaneously, the US releases the Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index. Australian rate shifts dictate regional fiat liquidity, while US manufacturing metrics gauge broader domestic growth…
Is RWA tokenization facing a utility crisis? 🎓 • $34.18 Billion on-chain. • 85.2% growth this year alone. • only 12% of that capital is actually doing anything. Binance Research just dropped its RWA Activation Era report, and the numbers expose a massive bottleneck: The Activation Gap. 🤩The Problem if that most tokenized assets are sitting idle in wallets instead of being used as collateral, put into lending pools, or plugged into DeFi. ✅Key Takeaway for Founders: Stop focusing solely on tokenizing the asset. Minting is the easy part - liquidity and utility are the real product. If you aren't building seamless integrations into secondary DeFi protocols, collateral markets, and cross-chain…
John Cahill, Head of Galaxy, APAC, joins RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE🤩 John drives the operational scale and strategic expansion of Galaxy across the Asia-Pacific region. He plays a key role in connecting institutional capital with digital asset markets, managing regional growth across trading, asset management, and digital infrastructure operations. Prior to joining Galaxy, John spent nearly two decades in institutional finance at Goldman Sachs, gaining deep domain expertise across global capital markets, prime brokerage, and regional market expansion. He will speak about institutional adoption trends, building institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure, and bridging TradFi capital with rea…
✨Strategic Partner Highlight: GeoTicker comes to RWA SUMMIT Singapore! GeoTicker provides decentralized location proof and geospatial data infrastructure for Web3, DePIN, and real-world asset applications. By anchoring real-world location data directly to the blockchain, they enable physical assets, devices, and real estate to be reliably verified and tracked on-chain. Join global industry leaders this October 9th at Marina One. ✅Register now: luma.com/rwasummit 🤩RWA SUMMIT Strategic Partners: LynxCap Investments AG | dYdX Foundation | InvestaX | IXS | Theoriq | GeoTicker 🤩THE DEALFLOW Co-host: Kundabox 🤩TOKENISED VIP Event Co-host: TRMLabs • Powered By: UVECON.VC | RWA SERIES PRODUCTION…
THROWBACK 🤩 Why is a clear regulatory framework key to scaling real-world asset (RWA) tokenization? ❔ At the RWA Summit Dubai, Ruben Bombardi - General Counsel and Head of Regulatory Enablement at VARA (Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority) shared critical insights on building sustainable rails for tokenized assets: • Clear Regulatory Frameworks: Past waves of ICOs and attempted asset tokenization often failed or harmed investors due to a lack of regulation. A clear framework is essential to avoid repeating historical mistakes. • Inevitable Adoption: Tokenization of real-world assets is inevitable, but true institutional adoption and scale can only be achieved when tokenization is executed…
✨Strategic Partner Highlight: LynxCap Investments AG comes to RWA SUMMIT Singapore! LynxCap Investments AG is making history in the real-world asset space by listing the first-ever private, non-bank digital bond on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange Securities Official List (LuxSE SOL). By tokenizing EVM-native digital bonds backed by European real estate debt, LynxCap bridges traditional capital markets with blockchain technology- giving investors seamless, transparent access to high-yield, regulated fixed income directly on-chain. 🎓Read the full story on their landmark digital bond release! Join Managing Director Peter Kadish and global industry leaders this October 9th at Marina One West Tow…
Tokenized Commodities & Supply Chain Assets - Part 1: Physical Delivery vs. Cash Settlement is now live, focusing on the complex legal and operational mechanics of bridging physical raw materials with on-chain digital tokens.✨ Inside Part 1, we break down the three invisible mechanics that prevent commodity tokenization protocols from collapsing under real-world logistical friction. 🎓We also feature a deep-dive Case Study on Paxos Gold (PAXG) - analyzing how $500M+ in vaulted physical bullion balances 24/7 on-chain liquidity with wholesale physical bar delivery and retail cash redemptions. ✅Read the full analysis on our Linkedin
🚨 Tomorrow! Join Pauli Speaks with Mark Rydon, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at Aethir for The Blueprint for Enterprise DePIN. Inside the session: • Civil engineering principles applied to DePIN scaling • Enterprise revenue models beyond token inflation • Hardware partnerships with NVIDIA and Supermicro ✅September 16th | 1 PM UTC ✨Set your reminder and join us live in LinkedIN, on X or YouTube!
✨Drafting the legal frameworks for tomorrow's finance at the #RWAWeekAwards RWA SUMMIT Singapore 2026! Category: Law Firm Finalists🤩 • Clifford Chance: Advising tier-one institutions on global tokenization regulation and cross-border digital assets. • DLT LAW: Providing boutique legal structuring for Web3, token issuers, and decentralized protocols. • NeosLegal - UAE Crypto & Web3 Law Firm: Specializing in crypto regulatory compliance and digital security offerings. • JBA Legal: Structuring legal governance models for fintech, tokenization, and emerging tech platforms. • Hauzen LLP: Offering specialized financial services and digital asset legal counsel in Hong Kong and Asia. ✅Cast your vo…
Ziqing Ang, Head of Policy - APAC at TRM, joins TOKENISED VIP Event & RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE 🤩 Ziqing leads policy initiatives across the Asia-Pacific region at TRM Labs, working closely with regulators, law enforcement, and financial institutions to foster safe and compliant growth in the digital asset ecosystem. She brings extensive experience in navigating complex regulatory landscapes and digital asset compliance frameworks. With a strong focus on risk management and financial integrity, Ziqing plays a key role in bridging the gap between public policy requirements and private sector innovation in blockchain and tokenized assets. She will speak about navigating global regulatory framewor…
RWA & Digital Asset Macro Update: September 14-18 ✅ A high-stakes central bank super-week. Interest rate decisions from the Fed, BoE, and BoJ will directly reset the risk-free rate benchmarks for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) and stablecoin yield models. 🤩Monday, September 14: Canada CPI & US Industrial Production Canada releases its CPI report while the US reports monthly Industrial Production. Inflation shifts in Canada alter CAD stablecoin yield parity, while US production data gauges underlying economic momentum. 🤩Tuesday, September 15: China Economic Data & FOMC Begins China drops August retail sales, industrial production, and fixed asset investment metrics. Simultaneously, the…
Fresh weekend data from Token Terminal reveals total on-chain tokenized assets have reached $346.1 billion, but the real milestone is in non-stablecoin RWAs, which hit $47.6 billion across 47 distinct asset classes. Summary of the Data✅ • Total Tokenized Assets On-Chain: $346.1B • USD Stablecoins: $298.5B (86% of the market) • Non-Stablecoin RWAs: $47.6B across 47 asset types Where the $47.6B non-stablecoin money sits🎓 • U.S. Treasuries: $15.0B • Yield Strategies & Structured Vaults: $10.5B • Private Credit Funds: $6.4B • Tokenized Gold & Commodities: $5.1B • Tokenized Equities & Stocks: $2.4B Tokenization is shifting from simple cash alternatives into complex financial products.
DTCC successfully converted DTC-held assets into tokens used in real production trades — the largest tokenization initiative in breadth of use cases, asset classes and participants, with 30+ firms including BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Nasdaq. Sets the stage for the DTCC Tokenization Service launch in October 2026.
Effective 24 June 2026, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange approved the first-ever Luxembourg-based digital bond programme. LCL Opportunities 3 S.à r.l., a member of the LynxCap Group, established a EUR 100 million bond programme listed on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange — making LynxCap the first non-sovereign, non-banking institution to complete such a pioneering digital bond issuance.
The article title indicates that Securitize, a tokenization firm, is preparing for a public debut and anticipates raising $400 million. This suggests significant growth and investor interest in the real-world asset tokenization space. The firm's move towards a public offering highlights the increasing maturity and mainstream acceptance of tokenized assets.
MicroStrategy's substantial $64 billion Bitcoin investment is currently underwater, as the price has fallen below $60,000. This situation raises questions about the financial implications and who would bear the cost if the company's strategy falters.
Tokinvest, the VARA-regulated digital investment platform, has partnered with Swiss investment specialist LynxCap Investments AG to launch the LCL Opportunities 3 Digital Bond — giving eligible investors in the Middle East access to private credit backed by European real estate-secured loans. The bond carries a 10% per annum contractual coupon, a minimum investment of EUR 10,000, and matures on 15 May 2030. Bond ownership is recorded on the Ethereum blockchain under Luxembourg law, with independent auditing by Deloitte.
Forbes reports on Real-World Assets (RWA), highlighting their potential to fundamentally rebuild global finance. This suggests a transformative impact on the existing financial infrastructure. The article likely explores how RWAs are poised to reshape financial systems from the ground up.
The Block published an article defining Real-World Assets (RWAs). This piece likely serves as an introductory explanation of what RWAs entail within the blockchain and finance sectors.
I-ON Digital Corp. has announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2026. The company reported multiple revenue streams and achieved a net profit during this period. This information was published by the Financial Times.
MoonPay is expanding its services into the tokenized asset and decentralized finance (DeFi) markets. This move involves launching a new platform specifically designed to cater to banks. The expansion signifies MoonPay's strategic entry into supporting institutional engagement with digital assets.
A broker has secured a $100 million deal, coinciding with BlackRock's move to engage with on-chain activities. This development is framed as potentially rendering traditional financial intermediaries obsolete. The news highlights significant shifts in the financial landscape driven by blockchain adoption.
Prometheum, a regulated digital asset securities platform, suggests that for tokenized securities to achieve significant scale, they will require the distribution networks and infrastructure of traditional Wall Street institutions. This indicates a belief that mainstream financial channels are essential for the widespread adoption and growth of tokenized assets.
Sandro Knöpfel of the Cardano Foundation suggests that the widespread adoption and success of tokenized finance hinge on blockchain technology becoming seamlessly integrated and 'invisible' to the end-user. This implies a future where the underlying blockchain infrastructure operates efficiently without requiring explicit user interaction or knowledge, allowing the focus to remain on the financial services themselves.
The tokenized asset market has reached a significant milestone, now exceeding $34 billion in total value. This substantial growth is primarily driven by tokenized U.S. Treasuries, which have spearheaded a remarkable tenfold surge in the market.