{
  "id": 4648638,
  "title": "Tokenised finance enters infrastructure era, says Co-Founder & CEO of Finvasia Group and Dealing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/tokenised-finance-enters-infrastructure-era-says-co-founder-ceo-of",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-31T13:03:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/gn-focus/tokenised-finance-enters-infrastructure-era-says-co-founder-ceo-of-finvasia-group-and-dealing-1.500658266"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Tokenisation, the process of converting rights to an asset into a digital token, is on the cusp of a significant turning point, according to industry experts. Citi projects that tokenised financial assets could reach $5.5 trillion by 2030, potentially growing to $8.2 trillion in a more optimistic scenario. A recent study by EY-Parthenon and Coinbase revealed that 63% of institutional investors are highly interested in investing in tokenised assets. However, the creation of tokens is becoming increasingly accessible, making the real challenge the development of the necessary financial infrastructure to ensure secure, legal, and scalable functioning.\n\nFor a token to be considered investable, it must provide investors with a clear understanding of the underlying asset, the legal rights associated with the token, and how corporate actions like dividends or stock splits will be handled. Moreover, the regulatory environment plays a crucial role in determining where and how tokenised assets can be offered. Despite the global nature of blockchain networks, securities regulation varies across jurisdictions, making regulation a vital consideration.\n\nThe presence of numerous tokens in the market does not automatically create a functioning market. Token issuance and market creation are different processes. For a tokenised market to thrive, it requires sufficient demand, liquidity, and a robust infrastructure to facilitate investor entry and exit. According to EY research, 67% of surveyed institutions cite regulatory uncertainty as a barrier, 59% point to integration challenges, and 38% highlight insufficient secondary-market liquidity as significant obstacles.\n\nThe development of financial infrastructure is an ongoing process that requires significant time, resources, and regulatory relationships. Execution systems must perform reliably across varying market conditions, while risk, compliance, data, and security frameworks need to remain robust at scale. Finvasia, with its experience in building financial-market infrastructure since 2009, has integrated core technology, execution infrastructure, data architecture, security, and operational capabilities within its ecosystem.\n\nThe integration of different systems is crucial in today's rapidly evolving financial markets. As markets accelerate towards T+0 settlement, 24/7 trading, tokenised assets, and AI-powered investment experiences, disconnected systems face increased challenges in reconciliation. An integrated environment allows various departments, including execution, product, data, risk, compliance, and security, to operate under a common architecture, providing greater visibility and control over data, which becomes increasingly important with the growing reliance on AI for portfolio management and risk assessment.\n\nIn the next era of tokenised finance, the focus will shift from the ease of issuing tokens to the strength of the financial architecture supporting them. Competitive differentiation will increasingly lie beneath the asset itself, encompassing regulatory coverage, legal architecture, verifiable backing, execution, custody, liquidity, cybersecurity, data integrity, and connectivity across markets. Ultimately, the success of tokenised finance will be determined by the robustness of the financial infrastructure built around these digital assets.",
  "summary": "Is tokenisation reaching a tipping point? Tokenisation is approaching an important turning point. Citi estimates tokenised financial assets could reach $5.5 trillion by 2030, rising to $8.2 trillion in a more optimistic scenario. Research from EY-Parthenon and Coinbase also found that 63 per cent of institutional investors are very interested in tokenised assets. The direction is clear. But as…",
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