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Yuval Rooz puts institutional use at the centre of Korea's digital asset opportunity. At RealFi X Asia in Seoul, Digital Asset's CEO focused on institutions putting blockchain into everyday use, rather than treating regulation or tokenization totals as proof of adoption. Digital Asset CEO Yuval Rooz put financial institutions' actual use of blockchain at the centre of his RealFi X Asia discussion in Seoul on October 1. His argument was that clear rules are necessary, but do not by themselves create a market. Japan provided his example: regulatory clarity preceded wider adoption, while involvement from large banks and Japan Securities Clearing Corporation in collateral management helped encourage other institutions to participate. For Korea, Rooz pointed to consumers already comfortable with digital assets, new financial technology and overseas equities. He expects that familiarity to support faster adoption if regulation and institutional participation advance together. That is his outlook, not an announced Korean deployment. He also urged a different measure of progress: how much assets are actually moving and being used, rather than simply how much has been tokenized. Institutions need an immediate economic reason to adopt a service, not only a promise of returns years later. The panel at Andaz Seoul Gangnam also included a16z crypto's Maggie Hsu and LayerZero's Lim Jong-gyu. Payroll, remittances and treasury management featured in the broader discussion of services people and businesses would keep using beyond a market cycle.

Talking tokenization: an interview with Xpansiv CEO john melby. Latest Updates, Market September 1, 2026 Tokenization is an area of increasing interest and activity in energy and environmental markets. In this article, Xpansiv CEO John Melby shares his perspectives on why interest is rising and how Xpansiv is approaching tokenization and distributed ledger technology. Environmental commodity markets have functioned for years without tokenization. What's changed either in the market, in the technology, or in customer demand, that makes this the right moment for Xpansiv to invest here? Three things have changed, and they've changed roughly at the same time. The first is that tokenization is moving beyond experimentation in parts of the financial system. Institutions are beginning to use distributed ledger infrastructure in areas such as collateral, fixed income, Treasuries, and post-trade processing. Not every use case has proven itself, but the market has progressed far enough to demonstrate that institutional-grade infrastructure can support regulated assets and workflows at scale. While energy and environmental markets are at an earlier stage of adoption, they do not exist in isolation. As capital providers, financial institutions, and market participants increasingly explore tokenized assets and digital workflows, it is important that the infrastructure underpinning environmental commodities is prepared to interoperate with those emerging ecosystems. Institutional platforms have followed, with permissioned networks being used for payment and settlement of several billion dollars daily. In parallel, shared infrastructure layers like the Canton Network - designed for privacy-preserving, multi-institution workflows using Daml smart contracts - are moving into production, processing on the order of hundreds of thousands of daily transactions across financial institutions. On the asset side, tokenized real-world assets have scaled from roughly $5B in 2022 to over $30B this year, led by U.S. Treasuries, private credit, and tokenized funds. [1] The consistent pattern is that where tokenization improves settlement speed, collateral mobility, or access to yield, institutions have committed real balance sheet activity, material evidence that the infrastructure is now commercially viable and scaling. The second is the technology itself. Permissioned, institutional-grade blockchain infrastructure is genuinely different from what existed five to ten years ago. Many distributed ledgers are now designed from the ground up for regulated participants, with privacy and identity built in rather than bolted on. That matters because its customers are never going to put environmental assets onto infrastructure that can't meet their compliance and confidentiality requirements. Until recently, that infrastructure didn't exist at the institutional scale Xpansiv Limited needed. Now it does. The third change is growing recognition that tokenization is only as useful as the data and controls behind it. Putting an asset on a new technology rail does not make the underlying information more reliable. Xpansiv's role is to provide the trusted identifiers, provenance, and market infrastructure that allow environmental assets to be represented and transacted with integrity. That registry-anchored foundation is what can make tokenization useful rather than simply novel. You mentioned growth in the broader financial markets. What is Xpansiv's approach to tokenization in the energy and environmental markets in which it operates? Thousands of companies already depend on its existing infrastructure to transact in these markets, and that infrastructure must keep working without disruption. So Xpansiv Limited is building tokenization and distributed ledger capabilities that complement what Xpansiv Limited already operate, rather than replace it. Its first step is the work Xpansiv Limited announced with Digital Asset to extend its reference data onto the Canton Network. That establishes the identity and provenance layer. From there, Xpansiv Limited'll add tokenization capabilities incrementally, prioritizing use cases where and when customers tell Xpansiv Limited distributed ledger-based settlement or transfer would solve a real problem for them. Xpansiv Limited expect everything to be interoperable. Running two disconnected systems would push complexity onto its customers, which isn't viable. The more interesting question is how interoperability gets implemented, which Xpansiv Limited is spending significant time addressing in close concert with some of its trusted partners. This will require solutions that maintain the trust and scale that Xpansiv Limited has already built and give customers flexibility without added complexity. How will tokenization enable Xpansiv to better serve existing stakeholders? Two principles guide its approach. The first is that no participant in its ecosystem will be required to change how they operate to accommodate tokenization or distributed ledger technology. Customers who want to keep transacting exactly as they do today will be able to. The second is that customers who want to use tokenization should be able to do so without rebuilding their integrations or onboarding into a separate system. Xpansiv Limited is early on the second part, and the capabilities aren't fully in market yet, but its intent is to make adoption an optional and easy choice, not a forced or cumbersome change. As discussed previously, Xpansiv Limited want to provide robust tokenization solutions for stakeholders who want to leverage the benefits of distributed ledger architecture, including flexible interoperability, and full integration across the broader market ecosystem over time. How does Xpansiv approach innovation to stay ahead in the rapidly evolving digital asset landscape? Xpansiv Limited remain clear about what Xpansiv Limited is and what Xpansiv Limited is not. Xpansiv Limited is not a crypto company, and Xpansiv Limited is not trying to become one. Xpansiv Limited is the operator of the market infrastructure platform that serves regulated and voluntary energy and environmental markets, and its job is to make sure that infrastructure keeps pace with how its customers want to transact. That means continuous investment in its platform, selective partnerships where another party has built strong complementary capabilities, and a willingness to move thoughtfully rather than chase every new development. Tokenization is one part of its broader innovation strategy, and AI is another major focus area. AI and distributed ledger technology address different problems, but both depend on the same foundation: trusted, structured, high-integrity data. Xpansiv Limited is investing in AI capabilities aggressively, to simplify onboarding, improve data quality, surface insights, and reduce the operational burden of participating in these markets. Tokenization can provide additional flexibility in how verified assets and data connect with emerging financial infrastructure, but ultimately, Xpansiv Limited is innovating with new technologies to improve the customer experience or enable a clearly defined market need. This approach has enabled Xpansiv Limited to develop a scalable, secure, and interoperable end-to-end platform to pursue the many exciting opportunities in energy and environmental commodity markets. If you are operating in these markets and have thoughts on where distributed ledger technology can enhance current market infrastructure, please reach out to Xpansiv Limited today via its Contact page.

Blockchain.com joins TP ICAP's Fusion Digital Assets as liquidity partner following launch of new matched principal trading model. Chainwire | Publish date: 08/27/2026 (Last updated: August 27, 2026 04:25 AM) LONDON, Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Blockchain.com, a global leader in crypto services for retail and institutional users, has joined TP ICAP's Fusion Digital Assets as a liquidity partner operating within the venue's matched principal framework. This reflects growing demand from a diversified mix of digital asset firms, spanning brokers, liquidity providers, asset managers and trading firms, for institutional-grade market infrastructure. As one of the first firms to trade through Fusion Digital Assets' matched principal model, Blockchain.com further enhances the breadth and depth of the venue's institutional ecosystem. Through the integration of Blockchain.com's institutional liquidity, market participants gain access to additional depth across Bitcoin, Ether and XRP. The partnership reflects the growing convergence of digital asset and traditional financial markets, with established crypto-native firms increasingly seeking broader distribution and access to trusted institutional trading venues. As the digital asset industry continues to mature, the addition of Blockchain.com broadens the range of participants on Fusion Digital Assets and supports the development of new products, including stablecoins and tokenised assets. Fusion Digital Assets recently launched its matched principal trading model, demonstrating TP ICAP's continued commitment to digital assets and consistent product innovation across market cycles. By enabling participants to trade without prefunding while facing TP ICAP as an investment-grade credit intermediary, the model improves capital efficiency, reduces operational complexity and aligns digital asset trading more closely with traditional market standards. As market participants place increasing importance on counterparty strength and trusted market infrastructure, the model provides a compelling framework for institutional digital asset trading. "Joining Fusion Digital Assets as a liquidity partner under TP ICAP's matched principal framework is a natural progression in our mission to bring institutional capital to digital asset markets," said Marc Sischka, Vice President, Global Head of OTC Trading. "Together we are delivering the capital efficiency, execution quality, and operational reliability institutional participants require to trade at scale." "We are pleased to welcome Blockchain.com as a liquidity provider on Fusion Digital Assets," said Chay Pollard, Director Digital Assets E-Broking. Their global reach, crypto-native client network and deep digital asset liquidity complement TP ICAP's institutional client base and market infrastructure. Together, Chainbits is broadening access to trusted, institutional-grade liquidity while further strengthening the bridge between traditional finance and digital assets." Building on the matched principal launch The transition to Fusion Digital Assets' new matched principal model enables the venue to expand its tradable asset universe, including: * Support for stablecoins, such as USDC. * Expansion of cryptoasset coverage to include SOL. * Additional fiat currency pairs. * Future support for tokenised real-world assets (RWAs) In response to institutional demand, operating hours will extend to continuous weekday trading, with weekend coverage to follow. This development builds on a record 2025 for Fusion Digital Assets, during which the venue surpassed $1 billion in monthly notional traded volume across its Bitcoin and Ether order books. The milestone demonstrated growing institutional demand for secure, reliable and purpose-built digital asset market infrastructure. About Blockchain.com Blockchain.com is connecting the world to the future of finance. The most trusted and fastest-growing global crypto company helps millions safely access cryptocurrency. Since its inception in 2011, Blockchain.com has supported over 95 million wallets, 45 million verified users, and more than $1.2 trillion in crypto transactions. Operating in more than 70 jurisdictions, Blockchain.com offers secure self-custody, institutional services, and a growing product suite aligned with global regulation and privacy standards. About Fusion Digital Assets Fusion Digital Assets is a wholesale crypto asset exchange from TP ICAP designed exclusively for institutional participants. Combining TP ICAP's expertise in venue operation and execution with segregated custodial capabilities, the platform offers an environment that meets the stringent standards demanded by institutional clients. About TP ICAP Group plc TP ICAP is a global leader in connecting buyers and sellers across financial, energy, and commodities markets. Leveraging its expertise and cutting-edge technology, Chainbits provide unparalleled OTC liquidity and data solutions. Its portfolio includes renowned brands such as ICAP, Tullett Prebon, PVM, Liquidnet, and Parameta Solutions. These brands deliver trusted broking services, comprehensive data & analytics, and insightful market intelligence to clients worldwide. With a presence in over 60 offices across 28 countries, TP ICAP is committed to driving market efficiency and innovation. Media Contacts