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  • Tokenization of Real World Assets (RWA) Takes Off - Why 2026 Marks the Breakout Phase for Digital Assets like Real Estate

    Tokenization is rapidly transforming capital markets by bringing real-world assets such as real estate onto blockchain infrastructure. As regulation, institutional adoption and market infrastructure converge, a regulated ecosystem for digital securities is emerging across Europe - with Germany playing a leading role through frameworks like the eWpG. This article explores why 2026 may mark the breakout phase for tokenized assets and what it means for investors, issuers and financial markets.

    Finance & ControllingMarkus Hammer8 minutes

  • 2024 Predictions for Wealth Management and Investment Trends

    As we venture into 2024, it's both enlightening and crucial to reflect on the predictions made for the wealth management sector in early 2023. These forecasts not only shed light on past foresight but also serve as a compass to navigate the unfolding realities shaping the industry today.

    Banking & Financial ServicesUrs Bolt7 minutes

  • The Great Convergence ‒ The Institutionalisation of DeFi

    The institutionalisation of DeFi is progressing despite the depressed crypto markets. But is adopting DeFi concepts to CeFi systems with central governance the right approach? Regardless of the answer, applying DeFi-protocols to CeFi can help to innovate it. The institutionalisation of DeFi is driven by major international financial institutions and asset managers but also boutique size firms supported by regulators and industry associations. A case in point is the huge potential in private market assets. Alternative investing platforms that open access to non-traditional assets for retail investors will have a transformative impact on both retail and institutional investing.

    Banking & Financial ServicesUrs Bolt8 minutes

  • Tokenization - Definition, Challenge and Use of the Token Economy.

    Tokenization allows virtually any real-world asset to be represented on the Blockchain. By 2027, according to a WEF estimate, 10% of global GDP will be stored on the Blockchain, around USD 9.38 trillion. The central building block for the emergence of a token economy is tokenization. This article describes what it is all about and its partly disruptive significance.

    Blockchain & Smart ContractsMarkus Hammer11 minutes

  • Crypto-Assets - a social capital game

    What is driving the price of crypto assets like tokens and NFTs? Is it just the utility of blockchain technology? No, the desire for belonging and status is the key factor! That's why the metaverse is so hot.

    Blockchain & Smart ContractsThomas Müller7 minutes

  • Ethereum & Co. - General-purpose blockchains are more than just payment systems

    Bitcoin is blockchain, but blockchain is not Bitcoin. Today, hundreds of standalone blockchain systems exist, the most powerful besides Bitcoin is Ethereum. As the first general-purpose blockchain, it goes far beyond Bitcoin's readiness for use as a payment system, virtually single-handedly dominating the Defi and NFT markets, for example, and has now even surpassed Bitcoin in terms of the number of users. Benefits of general-purpose blockchains for the economy and society explained.

    Blockchain & Smart ContractsMarkus Hammer11 minutes