Tokenization

• Defining a digital token as the representation of anything of value, the IWA vision is that token-based multi-party digital interchanges of value will disrupt global economics and radically improve how commerce will be transacted.
• Without a proper user base in India where tokens can be accessed and used without much hassle, blockchain developers and companies will not be interested in developing projects for India.
• Later this year, the Japanese Financial Instruments and Exchange Act will clarify the legal treatment of STOs and rights transferrable using distributed ledger technology.
• More than 41 percent of respondents expect their organizations to bring blockchain into production and 39 percent of respondents intend to invest $5 million or more in blockchain in 2019.
• Stablecoins are digital tokens that represent national currencies and are issued using a variety of bitcoin-based technologies, representing an $18 trillion market opportunity.
• 31 percent of respondents expect central banks to add cryptocurrencies to their balance sheets in the next five years.
• In 2018, bitcoin will serve as a gateway through which many people will begin to engage with the wider world of cryptocurrency and decentralized blockchain technologies.
• A vibrant connected marketplace of buying and investing direct - using crypto assets could fuel a massive increase in global GDP, commerce and wealth creation for independent innovators.
• Energo Labs, a Shanghai-based startup, will use blockchain technology to let consumers trade energy across remote micro-grids in the Philippines.
• The market for tokenization technology and services will only continue to grow in the coming years.
• In 2021, the European Union's market size for security tokens (~ $0.22 trillion) (~ €0.2trn) will be higher than the market size for cryptocurrencies (~ $0.13 trillion) (~ €0.12trn) for the first time.
• From tokenization to Internet of Things integrations, blockchain will see many new adoptions and use cases this year.
• Security Tokens are the next big phenomena in blockchain related crowdfunding with the industry expecting the market size to exceed $2 trillion dollars by the end of 2019.
• A true shift to the programmable economy will require today's data and financial assets to become digital tokens and smart money over the next decade.
• The Monetary Authority of Singapore has warned eight cryptocurrency exchanges in Singapore not to allow trading in digital tokens that are securities or futures contracts without the regulator's permission.
• Facebook might use blockchain tech to create a new platform for developers as a tool for building apps and integrating the services of smart contracts with digital tokens and currencies built into apps.
• Blockchain will offer unprecedented opportunities for French startups to raise funds by issuing tokens in Initial Coin Offerings.
• US regulators could come to consider all tokens as securities saying: "Most exchanges are listing coins that are securities, and our view is a large number of these exchanges are going to be closed."
• Internet 3.0 is all about digital assets - tokens and blockchain benefits that will accelerate innovation and solve real global problems.

Last updated: 10 January 2021