Swift said it has finished the design phase of its blockchain shared ledger and is now building the first MVP. Participating banks will begin live transactions in 2026, with the initial use case focused on real time international payments using tokenized deposits.
Berlin-based Midas raised $50 million in early-stage funding led by RRE and Creandum, with participation from Coinbase Ventures and Franklin Templeton. The company operates a prospectus-backed issuance program for blockchain-based certificates under EU regulation.
Eddid Financial coordinated the issuance of what it calls Hong Kong's first silver RWA tokenization project. Up to 40,000 tokens, each representing one troy ounce of silver, were placed with professional investors under the SFC's existing framework.
RWA Weekly (Mar 30, 2026): on-chain RWAs rose slightly to $26.77B (+0.37% WoW) with holders up to 697,922. BNB Chain strengthened its position as the clear #2 by value, while Ethereum remained dominant. Stablecoin value dipped slightly, but user growth continued.
Obex said it began deploying $1B in USDS across its first cohort of eight projects, including Better, Securitize, Centrifuge and Maple. The deployment spans structured credit, mortgages, energy finance and AI infrastructure within the Sky stablecoin ecosystem.
Visa said it will join the Canton Network as a Super Validator, the first major global payments company in that role. The move shifts Visa from its 2024 pilot participation into infrastructure and governance on a blockchain network used for tokenized financial assets.
NYSE and Securitize signed an MOU under which Securitize will be the first digital transfer agent eligible to mint blockchain native securities on NYSE's planned Digital Trading Platform. Securitize Markets is also expected to join as a broker-dealer participant.
Bank of Montreal plans to launch a tokenized cash platform with CME Group on Google Cloud Universal Ledger. Clients will convert U.S. dollars into tokenized cash for margin and settlement at CME Clearing. Launch is set for H2 2026, pending regulatory approval
Nasdaq and Talos announced a partnership to integrate Talos' digital-asset execution stack with Nasdaq Calypso and Trade Surveillance — building a unified workflow for managing tokenized collateral across on- and off-chain markets. No production launch date was disclosed.
A mixed week for on-chain RWAs: distributed asset value slipped to $26.67B (−1.04%) while holders climbed to 689K (+2.04%). BNB Chain was the standout with +8.3% value growth. Stablecoins held steady at $301B as the settlement base kept expanding.
Custodia Bank and Vantage Bank have agreed to use tokenized deposits for settling loan participations on Participate's network of 600+ banks. Live testing was scheduled for late March, moving payment and asset legs together instead of relying on conventional wire settlement.
Amundi and Spiko launched the SAFO tokenized sub-fund under a French UCITS wrapper, with the shareholder register on Ethereum and Stellar, CACEIS as depositary, and Chainlink for on-chain NAV. The fund uses fully collateralized total return swaps with bank counterparties.
The SEC and CFTC issued a joint interpretive release establishing a five-part taxonomy for crypto assets — covering digital commodities, collectibles, tools, payment stablecoins, and digital securities. The release supersedes the SEC staff's 2019 investment-contract framework.
K-Prop's Korean and Hong Kong entities signed a memorandum of agreement to divide responsibilities: local asset sourcing and compliance in Seoul, smart-contract development on Polygon and international distribution from Hong Kong. No regulatory authorization has been disclosed.
VersaBank has begun adding foreign-exchange functionality to its Real Bank Tokenized Deposits infrastructure across integrated U.S. and Canadian pilots. The bank positions RBTDs as a regulated alternative to non-bank stablecoins — but commercialization has not yet begun.
Pakistan’s virtual asset regulator has opened first-phase applications for asset-referenced token issuance. The move creates a supervised path for tokens linked to real estate and other real-world assets.
