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Analysis

Regulation · 15 Oct 2026

Disclosure by design — when data rooms meet ledgers

Tokenisation makes disclosure more useful only when the evidence behind an asset remains intelligible, governed and open to challenge.

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Regulation · 8 Oct 2026 · 2 min

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HM Treasury confirms Digital Securities Sandbox legislation and a crypto regime date

Trade press reports Treasury confirmation of secondary legislation for the DSS and a date for the cryptoasset regime.

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Regulation · 17 Sept 2026 · 2 min

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SEC issues an innovation exemption for tokenised stock trading

The SEC has issued an exemption to facilitate trading of tokenised NMS stock and requested comment; Reuters reports it runs for five years.

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Analysis

Regulation · 10 Sept 2026

The UK's sandbox approach to digital securities and what it signals

A controlled environment for digital securities points towards institutional experimentation, not a shortcut around the obligations of financial markets.

The UK's Digital Securities Sandbox is best understood as a way to examine how market infrastructure might change when securities use distributed ledger technology. Its significance is not that a token receives a general seal of approval. It is that questions about issuance, trading and settlement can be considered within a supervised framework rather than treated solely as abstract technical possibilities. That distinction matters for institutions whose responsibilities extend beyond making a system work in a demonstration.

The FCA and the Bank of England are relevant reference points in this discussion because securities markets involve both conduct and the functioning of financial infrastructure. A digital system can affect investor protection, operational resilience and the management of settlement risk at the same time. The sandbox approach recognises that these concerns interact. A change that improves one stage of a transaction may create dependencies or concentrations elsewhere in the chain.

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Regulation · Stablecoins · 27 Aug 2026 · 2 min

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Ministers plan a new payments innovation objective for the Bank of England

The UK government says it will give the Bank a new objective to support innovation in payments.

Sources: GOV.UK

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Regulation · Stablecoins · 22 Jun 2026 · 2 min

Bank of England finalises its systemic stablecoin policy

The Bank has published its approach to sterling systemic stablecoins; Reuters reported the final framework was softer than the draft.

Sources: Bank of England, Reuters, FCA +1

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Regulation · 18 May 2026 · 2 min

PRA writes to firms on tokenised assets and stablecoin exposures

Bank of England prudential leaders set out expectations on the treatment of tokenised assets, stablecoins and other crypto exposures.

Sources: Bank of England

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Regulation · 14 May 2026 · 2 min

FCA finalises its fund tokenisation framework

The FCA's policy statement PS26/7 sets out rules and guidance for tokenised funds; law firms describe it as a move from blueprint to production.

Sources: FCA, Freshfields, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

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Regulation · 28 Jan 2026 · 2 min

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SEC staff issue a statement on tokenised securities

SEC divisions published a statement on how securities laws apply to tokenised securities.

Sources: SEC

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  1. 1HM Treasury confirms Digital Securities Sandbox legislation and a crypto regime date1.3k reads
  2. 2SEC issues an innovation exemption for tokenised stock trading1.3k reads
  3. 3Ministers plan a new payments innovation objective for the Bank of England1.2k reads
  4. 4The UK's sandbox approach to digital securities and what it signals890 reads
  5. 5SEC staff issue a statement on tokenised securities305 reads

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Democratize Intelligence Index

Five measures of the tokenisation economy

Composite indices rebased to 100 twelve months ago. Demonstration values for illustration; methodology to be published with launch.

Market Growth

142.6

▲ 3.4% this month

Growth in tokenised asset values and issuance

Institutional Adoption

128.1

▲ 2.1% this month

Participation by banks, funds and institutions

Capital Deployment

117.9

▼ 0.8% this month

Capital entering tokenised markets

Infrastructure Development

133.4

▲ 1.6% this month

Blockchain, custody and technology adoption

Regulatory Progress

121.2

▲ 0.9% this month

Regulatory developments and market access

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Each publication carries an executive summary, key findings, statistics and charts, historical comparisons, participants, opportunities and risks, regulatory considerations, scenarios, sources, data cut-off and a PDF. Drafted with AI assistance and validated by an analyst before publication.

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What happened, and what it means

Every signal answers four questions, with a significance score and confidence level. Illustrative signals for demonstration; entities are anonymised. Information, not advice.

82

Significance · High confidence

Large European bank pilots tokenised deposit settlement

71

Significance · Medium confidence

Private credit programme issues third tokenised tranche

77

Significance · Medium confidence

GCC regulator opens consultation on secondary trading

68

Significance · High confidence

Tokenised money-market fund assets pass a new high

54

Significance · Low confidence

Real-estate platform adds a second blockchain network

63

Significance · Medium confidence

Asset manager partners with UK wealth platform

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Compare by assets represented, issuance, products, chain coverage, reach, partnerships, liquidity, regulatory position and growth. Each metric is marked verified, estimated or unavailable — represented assets are never shown as distributed tokenised value.

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