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💵 OCBC Launches Custom Corporate Bonds

Bonds are consistently coming on-chain, especially at institutional levels (we track $21+ billion on STM.Co). Last year we experienced a variety in settlement options (wholesale CBDC, Trigger solutions with central banks, different blockchains, etc.)

This year is kicking off with something more bespoke… Customized corporate bonds from OCBC

Aside from fractionalizing bonds from S$250K to S$1K, the Singaporean bank is allowing corporate investors to select their coupon and duration, according to Ledger Insights, which the token represents. This means each investor will programatically receive their respective coupon payments, with a lot less calculation and hassle in the back and middle office. Think about that! The customizability is a lot easier to do, for a larger quantity of investors, thanks to the blockchain… That’s powerful.

This isn’t OCBC’s first rodeo in the customizability part however. Last year they worked with the Land Transport Authority of Singapore to essentially disburse over S$22M in payments to construction contractors based on a set of conditions being met. These are the types of things that are possible off-chain, but are so much easier in a tokenized environment for the issuer, the bank, the invest… everyone!

Keep an eye on this trend throughout 2025 as I strongly believe institutions will take composability and customizability to a new level now that they’re getting used to the technology.

This is not financial advice.

IFI Global

If you’re in Miami on January 23rd, don’t miss this opportunity to meet and hear from our CEO, Herwig Konings! IFI Global is hosting an event where Herwig’s panel will focus on alternatives and how tokenization is impacting private market assets.

Can’t make it in person? Not a problem, the panel will be viewable online as well!

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🚀 DigiShares Announces “Launch” Platform

I’d like to shout out one of our partners in the space, DigiShares, for their recent announcement of their “DigiShares Launch” platform. This is meant to help bring existing cap tables on-chain to leverage tokenization while still giving investors a seamless experience. 

Key Features of DigiShares Launch:

• Multi-Chain Token Minting: Issuers can mint tokens on several leading blockchains.

• Investor Onboarding with KYC: Ensures compliance and security with integrated Know Your Customer (KYC) processes.

• Support for Self-Custodial Wallets and Stablecoins: Accepts any self-custodial wallet and various stablecoins for flexible transaction options.

• Cap Table Management and Stablecoin Distributions: Streamlines investor and asset management efficiently.

• Connection to External Trading Venues: Includes links to external trading platforms such as RealEstate.Exchange.

• Access to Internal Trading Marketplace: Offers a proprietary trading platform to facilitate asset trades.

Let’s talk fees.

Although this isn’t their white-label solution, for issuers looking to get started in tokenization, DigiShares is offering all of this for a one-time onboarding fee of $3,000 and a monthly fee of $300 per asset.

What’s next? Their Realestate.Exchange should be coming live soon as well and we’ll be keeping an eye out!

In the meantime, catch this Friday’s Security Token Show where Gabriel Sadoun from DigiShares will join us to expand more on this announcement!

This is not financial advice.

Companies of the Week

Company of the Week - Herwig: Frax Finance
Company of the Week - Kyle: Nest

Find out why and more every Friday live around 2pm EST on LinkedIn or X/ Twitter. Past episodes available on Youtube or your favorite podcast platform! 

TokenizeThis 2025

Security Token Market’s annual industry conference will be back next year and moving from Miami to the heart of finance in the big apple. Featuring keynotes, speakers, panels, and demos, TokenizeThis aims to be the largest premiere event dedicated to real world assets exclusively.

This year’s edition of TokenizeThis featured incredible speakers like Carlos Domingo, CEO of Securitize, Ex-SEC Commissioner Troy Paredes, and Anthony Bassili, the head of tokenization at Coinbase, alongside many other speakers from the likes of JPM Onyx-turned-Kinexys, DTCC, Franklin Templeton, Northern Trust, RealT, Propy, Maple, Avalanche, Stellar, Solana, Polygon, and many others. Tickets and the speaker line up will be announced later this year so be sure that you’re signed up for the waitlist on summit.stm.co.

RWA Foundation

Have you joined the RWA Foundation yet? 

Incubated by Security Token Market, the Real World Assets (RWA) Foundation is a crypto native organization dedicated to bridging crypto natives and tokenized assets. The leading brands in the tokenization and RWA industry contribute support in order for the RWA Foundation to develop educational resources, media, events, grant programs, and crypto-focused initiatives to carry out its mission.

Follow on X, join the Telegram, and stay updated on all things about the Foundation, RWA Industry, our upcoming DAO launch, and a whole lot more. TRUNKS UP 🐘 !

Reports

(NEW) RWA Securities Market Update: November 2024

We're excited to release the November 2024 edition of our RWA Securities Market Update report, which features benchmarks against the CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20)! In this month’s market report, we have meticulously tracked 733 security tokens spanning across 35 marketplaces and 10 blockchains.

Sections include:

• Key Takeaways

• Quantitative Highlights

• Asset Class Breakdown

• On-Chain Liquidity Products

• Platform Spotlight: Hashnote

• New Tokens and Announcements

State of the Tokenization Industry 2024 Report

We are very excited to publish our State of the Tokenization Industry 2024 report tomorrow with our sponsor SteelWave Digital! The Security Token Market team covers this year’s headlines and key takeaways, sorted into the following categories:

Search away, share it with a colleague, and revisit the same link for future updates!

TokenizeThis 2024: Highlights and Key Takeaways Report

The TokenizeThis 2024 Conference Highlights Report is Now Available! This was the industry’s event of the year with 500+ registered attendees, 40+ speakers, and 20 sessions & side events in Miami, FL!

There was so much to do you may have missed some panels but not to worry, the STM Team has put together a summary of it all just for you.

This is not financial or investment advice.