Friday, Sept 20, 2024

tokenization roundup: SWIFT, Euroclear, Project Agorá and the Citi survey

“Nobody ever sees truth except in fragments.” – Henry Ward Beecher   ||

Hi everyone, and happy Friday!!!! The only upside to starting the day with a host of computer issues (a series of blue screens, whyyyyy) is that at least this isn’t happening on a Monday morning. Silver linings, right?

Today I finally share the monthly tokenization roundup, with key developments from the past few weeks.

A couple of announcements: Last week I was invited on to Anthony Scaramucci’s Wealthion podcast, that episode dropped this morning – it was a fun chat, he is so easy to talk to.

And I’ve launched a premium subscriber chat over on the Substack app or on substack.com! I’d love to hear from you, what you’re interested in, what you want to know more about – I’ll be checking in a dropping some stuff there every day, come join me!

IN THIS NEWSLETTER:

• Tokenization roundup!

  • SWIFT: Messaging as connectivity

  • Project Agorá gets bigger

  • Euroclear’s digital hybrid

  • What are institutions doing in tokenization?

• Commerzbank and crypto trading

If you’re not a premium subscriber, I hope you’ll consider becoming one! It’s the price of a couple of New York coffees a month, and you get ~daily commentary on how macro moods are influencing crypto markets, and also on how crypto is impacting the macro economy.

WHAT I’M WATCHING:

Tokenization roundup

In this month’s look at key developments in tokenization, I cover digital asset moves at legacy institutions SWIFT and Euroclear, as well as the expansion of what is shaping up to be a key multiparty trial. I also share some findings from a recent tokenization survey by Citi. Staying with the theme, if you missed Tuesday’s newsletter, I did a deep dive into the to main EU tokenization trials: why they’re different, how they’re doing, and what they represent.

SWIFT: Messaging as connectivity