{
  "id": 12723659,
  "title": "Digital assets gain ground, but risk assessment remains key: Moody's Ratings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/digital-assets-gain-ground-but-risk-assessment-remains-key-moodys",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-07T22:12:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/economy/cryptocurrency/20261008/digital-assets-gain-ground-but-risk-assessment-remains-key-moodys-ratings"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Digital assets are increasingly becoming a part of traditional finance, leading to potential changes in how money, securities, and financial instruments are created, traded, and managed. However, Moody's Ratings emphasizes that understanding risk remains a critical factor. For Moody's Ratings, this means preparing for a market where tokenized assets become more prevalent, while ensuring that investors can evaluate these assets on a scale comparable to traditional securities. Gene Fang, the executive director of Moody's Ratings sovereign and sub-sovereign ratings group in Asia, explained that there is expected to be growing investor interest in digital assets. However, investors still need a comprehensive risk assessment. Fang, who leads the company's digital economy strategy in Asia, recently discussed this topic during Korea Blockchain Week 2026. Since January 2018, Moody's Ratings has already evaluated over 45 digital issuances worldwide, including digital bonds and tokenized funds, with a total value exceeding $6.9 billion. Although early transactions were still in experimental pilot stages, momentum has accelerated significantly over the past two years, Fang noted.",
  "summary": "As digital assets become more deeply integrated into traditional finance, they may change how money and securities are issued, traded and managed — but not the need to understand risk. For Moody's Ratings, that means preparing for a market in which tokenized assets become increasingly common while ensuring that investors can assess them on a basis comparable with traditional securities. \"We do…",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Digital assets gain ground, but risk assessment remains key: Moody's Ratings",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/digital-assets-gain-ground-but-risk-assessment-remains-key-moodys-12727169",
        "published": "2026-10-07T22:32:02.000Z"
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