Real World Assets

Deutsche Telekom (Mika Baumeister/Unsplash)
Deutsche Telekom Joins RWA-Focused XDC as Infrastructure Provider in Digital Asset Push
The company already runs nodes on multiple blockchain networks and is considering bitcoin mining, its web3 head revealed last month at a conference.
Deutsche Telekom (Mika Baumeister/Unsplash)

Agriculture (Pete Linforth/Pixabay)
AgriDex Settles First Agricultural Trade on Solana Blockchain
AgriDex "settled the transactions almost instantly, charging only 0.15% to each side of the trade" while in traditional systems "fees can be several percentage points per trad...
Agriculture (Pete Linforth/Pixabay)

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BlackRock's $500M Tokenized Fund Pitches for Ethena's RWA Investment Plan; ENA Rallies 22%
Ethena's proposal to allocate funds to tokenized real-world assets for yield follows similar actions by crypto lender MakerDAO and Ethereum layer-2 Arbitrum's development orga...
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Intesa Sanpaolo headquarters in Turin (Riccardo Tuninato/Unsplash)
Italy's Top Banks Participate in 25M Euro Digital Bond Issuance on Polygon in ECB Trial
Global lenders and asset managers are increasingly exploring blockchain tech to issue and transfer traditional financial instruments, also known as tokenization of real-world...
Intesa Sanpaolo headquarters in Turin (Riccardo Tuninato/Unsplash)

Philippe Bekhazi , XBTO CEO. (CoinDesk Archives)
Crypto Trading Firm XBTO Establishes Tokenization Team to Focus on Real World Assets
The tokenized asset classes that will be available through XBTO include corporate debt issuance with other areas like real estate to follow, the company said on Wednesday.
Philippe Bekhazi , XBTO CEO. (CoinDesk Archives)

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MakerDAO's $1B Tokenized Treasury Investment Plan Draws Interest from BlackRock's BUIDL, Ondo, Superstate
MakerDAO's competition to allocate funds will open next month, and would give a big boost for the $1.8 billion tokenized real-world asset space.
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How Tokenized Real World Assets Are Outperforming Crypto
Whether to hedge against crypto volatility, add utility and efficiencies, or streamline access to alternatives, tokenized RWAs make sense for investors and institutions alike.
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John Patrick Mullin, CEO of Mantra (Left) and Talal Moafaq Al Gaddah, CEO of MAG Lifestyle Development (Right) (Mantra)
Mantra to Tokenize $500M Real Estate Assets for UAE Builder MAG Group
In March, the Middle-East-focused Mantra raised $11 million for its real-world tokenization efforts.
John Patrick Mullin, CEO of Mantra (Left) and Talal Moafaq Al Gaddah, CEO of MAG Lifestyle Development (Right) (Mantra)

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NFTs Are Dead (But They’re Changing Everything)
Forget million-dollar profile pictures, the real innovation of NFTs is ownership rights. This technology still has potential to transform industries, says Layne Nadeau, Founde...
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