Regulators from Singapore, Japan, the United Kingdom and Switzerland have joined forces to launch pilot projects for the tokenization of assets covering fixed income, foreign exchange and asset management products.
Regulators from Singapore, Japan, UK and Switzerland Collaborate on Asset Tokenization
This initiative is part of Project Guardian, spearheaded by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), a consortium that aims to promote cross-border collaboration in the field of asset tokenization.
Organizations participating in Project Guardian include the Financial Services Agency of Japan (FSA), the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), a global effort to explore the potential of blockchain-based tokenization in revolutionizing financial markets. reflects.
Asset tokenization involves converting real-world assets into digital form on the blockchain, a development that has attracted significant interest from major financial institutions.
Economies around the world are testing bond issuance and tokenization of funds in an effort to increase the efficiency and transparency of global financial systems.
Project Guardian's main focus revolves around negotiations regarding the legal and accounting aspects of digital assets.
This includes the assessment of potential risks and regulatory gaps, as well as the formulation of standardized practices and market design for digital assets across multiple jurisdictions.
Additionally, the project aims to accelerate sector-specific trials for digital assets using regulatory sandboxes, an approach that provides a controlled environment for testing innovative financial technologies.
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