Shanny Basar

The total market value of tokenized real world assets has crossed $20bn, according to Securitize, the tokenization platform. In its review of 2025, Securitize said the tokenized real world asset market (excluding stablecoins) grew to $18.2bn by t...

WisdomTree, the U.S fund manager, increased assets under management it its suite of 15 tokenized funds from $30m at the start of 2025 to $770m by the end of the year, thanks mainly to growth it its money market digital fund. Will Peck, head of Wi...

Columbia Threadneedle Investments has become the latest U.S asset manager to offer active exchange-traded funds in Europe, after assets in active ETFs reached a record in 2025. State Street said in a statement on 8 January 2026 that it was the se...

Amundi, the largest European asset manager, has warned that asset managers that do not develop an onchain offering will risk losing share to both more agile legacy managers and new “Web 3.0” asset managers. In a report, Fund Tokenization Beyond t...

Morgan Stanley has filed to launch bitcoin and solana exchange-traded funds as it has been predicted that more than 100 crypto-linked ETFs will launch this year. The U.S bank filed with the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission on 6 January 2026...

David Mellor, head of market technology at MEMX, believes the technology-driven exchange operator’s model of delivering technology though ‘market as a service’ is a superior model and positions the firm for growth across geographies and asset clas...

Arca, which aims to be a leading digital asset financial institution, predicted that in 2026 digital assets will absorb parts of traditional finance (TradFi) rather than replace them. In a report, Arca said the mistake of the past two years has b...

FT Partners, an investment banking firm focused on the financial technology sector, hosted a webinar, Tokenization of Real World Assets: The State of Play, on 16 December 2025.  Adena Friedman, chair and chief executive of Nasdaq, said the U.S. e...