Starcompliance partners with rwa.xyz to strengthen digital asset trading compliance. New integration connects tokenized securities to underlying assets and issuers, enhancing oversight, and reducing risk ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - StarCompliance (Star), a leading provider of employee and firm compliance technology, today announced a strategic partnership with RWA.xyz, a provider of tokenized real-world asset (RWA) data and analytics, to strengthen compliance oversight across traditional and digital asset markets. As tokenization transforms financial markets, securities are increasingly represented by digital tokens across multiple blockchain networks, creating new compliance challenges. Through the partnership, Star will integrate RWA.xyz's asset intelligence into its platform, enabling firms to identify tokenized securities, connect them to underlying assets and issuers, and apply trading restrictions more consistently. "Unlike traditional securities, which rely on established market identifiers, tokenized assets can exist as multiple tokens across different blockchains, making it difficult to distinguish legitimate securities from misleading or unverified tokens," said Gary Mushrow, Director of Product Management, StarCompliance. "Our partnership with RWA.xyz brings greater clarity to this evolving landscape, helping firms strengthen oversight and give employees greater confidence when participating in digital asset markets." Key enhancements include: * Verified Token Identification: A "Verified" designation helps users identify validated tokenized securities and reduce selection errors. * Connected Asset Mapping: Links tokens to underlying assets and issuers for greater transparency and oversight. * Consistent Trading Restrictions: Extends issuer-level restrictions across mapped tokenized securities on supported blockchains. * Enhanced Monitoring: Connects traditional securities surveillance with tokenized asset activity to strengthen compliance controls. "Tokenized stocks have grown from $13 million to more than $3.5 billion in the last 2 years across 8,000 tokens. That growth has made it easier for investors to access stock and ETF exposure, but harder for compliance teams to track these products and enforce trading restrictions across multiple versions tied to the same underlying securities, said Dean Khan Dhillon, Head of Growth, RWA.xyz. As the registry for tokenized assets, RWA.xyz links tokens to their underlying securities, enabling Star's clients to identify tokenized exposure to restricted securities and extend their trading controls to those products" About RWA.xyz RWA.xyz is the leading intelligence platform for tokenized real world assets. Trusted by the top 10 largest asset managers and cited by the IMF, SEC and Blackrock. It partners with more than 200 financial institutions who directly contribute and maintain asset data ensuring maximum accuracy. The platform powers trading, compliance and market intelligence through it's platform and Enterprise API. About StarCompliance StarCompliance is the leading intelligence and automation platform for employee and firm compliance technology solutions. Trusted for over 25 years by leading firms in the financial services community and with users in 120 countries, the StarCompliance Enterprise Platform provides a user-friendly interface that connects people, workflows, and data, delivering AI-enabled technology and actionable insights needed to proactively mitigate risk and monitor conflicts globally. Visit StarCompliance to discover the comprehensive security, explainable intelligence, and unparalleled assurance you need to build a connected culture of compliance today. Media Contacts: +1 917-868-7791 +1 347-567-4980

Announcing tokenized Real Estate dashboard. Announcing a new comprehensive dashboard for tokenized real estate assets. Bryan Choe Head of Research and Operations April 26, 2026 * Real World Asset launched a Real Estate dashboard tracking 58 tokenized assets across 8 platforms and 7 networks, spanning real estate-backed debt, single-property investments, and diversified portfolios. * Each listing highlights key metadata (jurisdiction, structure, property type, and investment strategy) to help investors compare offerings that may look similar onchain but have different risk profiles. * Issuers are shifting away from appreciation-driven tokens toward yield-focused structures, favoring debt instruments and pooled vehicles with defined maturities and built-in exits. These designs make tokenized real estate resemble private credit more than speculative NFTs. * Secondary liquidity remains the primary bottleneck, but a growing industry focus on developing secondary markets provides reason for cautious optimism. Background. Someone rediscovers real estate during every crypto cycle. The pitch is usually the same. Take a large building, slice it into tokens, and liquidity will follow. But as people learned the hard way with luxury resort tokens in 2018 and again with fractionalized rental properties in 2021, tokenization didn't magically create buyers. Secondary listings took a while to materialize, and when they did, trading activity was often thin. Investors were left holding tokens with presumed value, but no practical way to exit. As a former real estate investor, I've always been skeptical of this thesis. Smaller ticket sizes certainly make assets more accessible, but access alone doesn't create liquidity. Real liquidity comes from exits, either through a clearly defined redemption mechanism or a deep secondary market with willing buyers. Fractionalization is a means to an end, not the elixir. For real estate, the biggest blocker to liquidity is lack of standardization. Every property is different. Two buildings on the same block can have entirely different profiles depending on tenant mix, zoning, or vintage. These differences make assets difficult to compare, which is why transactions are slow and often routed through expensive intermediaries. And yet, real estate keeps drawing investors. It generates steady cash flow, benefits from depreciation and other favorable tax treatment, and provides tangible collateral for leverage. Most importantly, it's real. You can walk through it, and it puts money in your pocket every month. In a financial system increasingly dominated by synthetic exposures and paper claims, a physical asset with both utility and investment value feels refreshingly concrete. Evolution of tokenized Real Estate. The real question was never whether real estate could be added on blockchains, but how. And in this cycle, people are answering that question differently. Instead of tokenizing individual properties and hoping for price appreciation, token issuers are focusing on yield. This makes the assets look less like speculative NFT and more like a yield bearing financial instrument, comparable to money market or private credit products that have gained traction onchain. Rent-paying tenants generate real-world cash flows, offering another source of return that doesn't depend on token incentives or circular dynamics for DeFi. Structures are evolving accordingly. Rather than issuing perpetual equity tokens with no clear exit, many players now favor debt instruments with defined maturities and redemption mechanics. More offerings are tied to development or value-add strategies where refinancing or equity take-outs are part of the business plan. Others pool multiple properties into a single vehicle instead of tokenizing assets one by one. Together, these changes smooth cash flows, reduce property-specific risk, and make the assets more comparable and fungible. Secondary markets remain the primary bottleneck, but this challenge isn't unique to real estate and applies broadly across tokenized assets. As the industry's focus shifts toward liquidity and market structure, there is reason for optimism that this gap will narrow over time. Real World Asset is still in the early innings. RWA.xyz Real Estate coverage. At launch, its real estate dashboard tracks 8 platforms that have tokenized 58 real estate assets across 7 networks. The products span a wide range: real estate-backed debt, equity investments in single properties, and diversified portfolios. Structurally, some offerings represent interests in investment vehicles holding one or more properties, while others use direct deed tokenization, recording ownership onchain through specialized regulatory framework developed in coordination with local governments. Its real estate section follows the same structure as other asset classes on the platform, but includes metrics specific to real estate. A global map shows where underlying properties are located. Each listing highlights the city, jurisdiction, asset type, property type, and investment strategy, making it easier to distinguish and compare offerings. Real World Asset has tried to capture these distinctions, because not all tokenized real estate is created equal. And investors deserve transparency into what they are actually buying. Real World Asset is excited to continue expanding coverage as new products come to market. As someone who spent years skeptical of onchain real estate, I'm cautiously optimistic to see how these models and structures continue to evolve in this cycle. Please reach out to [email protected] with questions or thoughts. Real World Asset welcome your feedback.

RWA.LTD, a Hong Kong-based platform for tokenizing non-financial real-world assets, secured a multi-million-dollar angel investment. The funds will enhance technology, compliance, and global expansion. Co-founded by experts from MIT, Peking University, and IBM, RWA.LTD aims to create a Web3 commerce ecosystem with asset-backed tokens. The platform targets offshore forex holders and low-risk Web2 investors, collaborating with luxury and tech brands, and has over 300,000 community members.