In a stock split, tokens are not reissued: the issuer changes one multiplier in the contract and wallets show twice as many shares. We look at ERC-8056, the new issuer functions in Base's Cobalt upgrade, and the pricing errors this creates.
Brazil's depository CSD BR has started mirroring fund share records on a public blockchain. Here is what a central securities depository does, how a mirror record differs from the legal one, and what rights such a token carries.
The Soneium blockchain and K-pop company DayOneDream announced a deal to tokenize artist IP. Here is how a claim on revenue differs from owning a song, and what the payout depends on.
Ondo launched three portfolio tokens based on BlackRock models: one token instead of a basket of stocks and ETFs. We explain how a model portfolio differs from a managed fund, what holders actually own, why scheduled rebalancing does not prevent drawdowns, and what to check before deciding.
On September 21, 2026, the Eurosystem launched Pontes, a service that lets wholesale trades in tokenized assets settle in central bank money. How that money differs from tokenized deposits and stablecoins, and what the service cannot do yet.
Aave V4 now lets users borrow USDC against tokenized Apple, NVIDIA, Tesla and four other stocks. We explain how such a loan works, why the collateral price freezes over the weekend and why a Monday opening gap is the key danger.
ARK has moved a $1.3 billion venture fund onto Ethereum, and headlines talk about 24/7 trading. But it is an interval fund: it buys back shares a few times a year and in limited amounts. We explain how that works and how trading a token differs from redemption.
ARK has tokenized its ARKVX venture fund, which holds stakes in OpenAI and Anthropic. But the token represents a fund share, and about 80% of the portfolio is marked to model using recent rounds and manager adjustments. Here is how that NAV is built, why it can diverge from a sale price, and what tokenization does not change.
NYSE is building a venue for round-the-clock trading in tokenized stocks, and on September 23 Blockchain.com signed an MOU to access it. We explain where a token's price comes from when the primary session is closed, why spreads widen and what happens at Monday's open.
As of September 24, RWA.xyz shows $38.8 billion of distributed and $354.4 billion of represented tokenized assets. The ninefold gap is not an error — they are two different kinds of tokenization. What separates them and which figure to use.
On September 17, 2026, the SEC allowed tokenized stock trading through liquidity pools on a public blockchain for five years. We explain which tokens qualify, what rights they must carry, why issuers can object, and where the risks remain.
An RWA token is a technical record, while a claim on a bond, property, or cash flow comes from contracts and applicable law. Without a clear legal chain, SPV, custodian, and redemption rules between the token holder and the asset, the blockchain can prove token ownership without necessarily enforcing a claim on the asset.
