Australian Securities Exchange takes step towards tokenized asset trading

cointelegraph.com:

Companies on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) could be able to trade tokenized bonds, equities, funds, or carbon credits after a successful proof-of-concept trial led by the digital asset investment platform Zerocap.

On Monday, Melbourne-based digital asset investment platform Zerocap told Cointelegraph it had successfully used Synfini to bridge over its custody infrastructure onto the platform as part of a trial program, allowing for the trading and clearing of Ethereum-based tokenized assets.

The trial is part of ASX’s distributed ledger technology (DLT)-based settlement project Synfini which was launched in November. The platform offers clients access to ASX’s DLT infrastructure, data hosting and ledger services, enabling them to build blockchain applications off of it.

Zerocap co-founder and CEO Ryan McCall stated that it occurred last year and that “it got a lot of interest” in the institutional sphere, particularly from companies that are exploring ways to tokenize and trade bonds, funds or carbon credits.

McCall outlined that the companies dealing with especially “opaque and difficult to access markets” such as bonds and carbon credits are seeking out ways to efficiently cut costs, save time on issuance and open up broader investment access via tokenized offerings.

Questioned on whether the ASX would be able to offer crypto trading via Synfini, McCall stated “yes” but that he hasn’t seen any indicators of interest in this field, as the ASX and others are primarily focused on tokenizing traditional/real-world assets.

It is worth noting however that Synfini is a separate initiative from ASX's blockchain-based CHESS system replacement that is yet to be implemented after facing years of technical issues.

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