Three well-known financial market infrastructures (FMIs) – DTCC,
Clearstream, and Euroclear – along with Boston Consulting Group (BCG), have
revealed a blueprint aimed at establishing an industry-wide digital asset
ecosystem to foster the acceptance of tokenized assets.
Projected to reach a $16 trillion business opportunity by
2030, the tokenization of global illiquid assets has garnered significant
attention. However, institutional adoption has faced challenges due to
fragmented innovation and small-scale initiatives lacking broader ecosystem
development.
The jointly released paper, titled “Building the
Digital Asset Ecosystem,” endeavours to redirect industry focus by
outlining six principles intended to facilitate successful adoption of
tokenization and digital asset securities, excluding cryptocurrencies.
These principles encompass legal certainty, regulatory
compliance, resilience and security, safeguarding customer assets, connectivity