Private equity and venture capital have been theoretical use cases for tokenisation for several years. In 2026 they are starting to become real ones, but rarely in the ways the early narratives predicted.

For the past three years, tokenised finance has had a structural problem: the infrastructure for digital assets and the infrastructure for traditional securities have lived in separate systems, requiring separate workflows, separate reconciliation, and separate governance. Broadridge, the post-trade

Litigation finance has long been one of the more opaque corners of alternative assets. Returns are uncorrelated, the underlying exposure is contractual rather than market-driven, and access has historically been restricted to a small number of specialist funds and institutional allocators. A new iss

A Hong Kong venture capital firm chose London to launch its tokenised Digital Venture Fund. The infrastructure that made it possible is now operational, and accessible to other managers.

White-label tokenisation platforms have moved from niche offering to recognisable category. Several are now active in or accessible from the UK market. Here is how the landscape is taking shape and what founders should be looking for.

The tokenised equity market passed a significant milestone on 12 May 2026 as Ondo Finance announced that its Ondo Global Markets platform had surpassed $1 billion in total value locked, the first tokenised stock and ETF platform in history to reach that threshold. The announcement came alongside a s

The tokenisation conference season has produced a steady stream of platform announcements, partnerships and market positioning updates in 2026. But the week of Consensus Miami has delivered a concentrated burst of news from one of Europe's most active tokenisation infrastructure providers.

For UK founders and investors watching tokenised equity markets develop, one recurring structural objection has been governance: if you hold tokenised shares, can you actually vote? The answer, until recently, has been sometimes. As of this week, Broadridge Financial Solutions has moved the industry

When Coinbase makes an infrastructure decision, it tends to create a standard. The exchange serves more than 100 million verified users and handles significant institutional order flow. When it announced on 5 May 2026 that Centrifuge would be its preferred tokenisation infrastructure, and confirmed

For founders and institutional investors watching the tokenised securities space, 4 May marked a quiet but structurally important inflection point. Securitize, the world's leading tokenisation platform by assets under administration, received approvals from FINRA that expand the capabilities of its broker-dealer subsidiary, Securitize Markets LLC, in ways that have not existed in the US financial system before.

If one announcement were to define the week in tokenised finance, it would be this: Securitize and Computershare have agreed a partnership that, for the first time, creates a direct pathway for thousands of listed US companies to issue shares in tokenised form. The announcement, made on 29 April 2026, may be the most consequential development for tokenised equity since BlackRock's BUIDL fund first crossed \$1 billion in assets under management. Here is why.

On 29 April 2026, tZERO Group, Inc. announced that the required majority of its TZROP holders had approved the conversion amendment. Of the 1,594 holders who participated, representing 72.2% of outstanding TZROP shares, an overwhelming 84.6% voted in favour. The proposal cleared the required simple majority threshold, with 61.2% of all outstanding TZROP shares voting yes. Under the terms of the conversion, each TZROP will become three shares of tZERO Series B preferred s

One of the most persistent criticisms of tokenised equity has always been the governance gap: you hold the token, but someone else holds the shareholder rights. On 28 April 2026, that changed. Ondo Finance and Broadridge Financial Solutions announced a partnership that enables holders of over 250 tokenised stocks and ETFs on Ondo's Global Markets platform to participate in proxy voting — and access regulatory filings — for the first time. It is the first time governance ri

DigiShares in the Gulf DigiShares, the Danish-founded tokenisation infrastructure provider, has announced that CEO Claus Skaaning, will participate in an RWA tokenisation masterclass in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday 6 May 2026 where the programme will cover three core topics: legal readiness for RWA tokenisation in the Gulf, asset classification under emerging Saudi frameworks, and the near-term market direction for institutional digital assets in the region.

When tokenisation advocates talk about "real-world assets," they typically mean government bonds, private credit, or commercial real estate. K Wave Media has a different idea: K-pop photo cards and Korean blockbuster films. On April 27, 2026, the NASDAQ-listed entertainment and Bitcoin treasury company announced it is in advanced discussions with leading securities firms and Solana AI to establish a joint venture focused on real-world assets (RWA) and security token offeri

A NASDAQ-listed company has made a direct bet on the RWA tokenisation infrastructure sector. Republic Power Group Limited (NASDAQ: RPGL) announced on April 27, 2026 that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 10% strategic equity interest in NVC Partners Limited, alongside a technology services and platform enablement arrangement with NVTH Limited and its affiliate NVTHK Limited.

Existing shareholders - early employees, angels, seed funds - can transact in controlled, periodic windows without the company losing its private status or triggering the ongoing reporting obligations of an MTF or public exchange.

Sometime in the next two months, a tokenisation platform will ring the opening bell on NASDAQ for the first time. Securitize Corp — the rebranded entity that will emerge from the merger of Securitize, Inc. with Cantor Equity Partners II (CEPT) — is expected to close its business combination in the first half of 2026, trading under the ticker "SECZ."

Ctrl Alt Ltd, a subsidiary of Alt Ltd, has been placed on the FCA's official register as a directly authorised investment firm. The UAE-regulated firm now holds its own FCA permissions, allowing it to operate independently rather than as an Appointed Representative under another firm's licence. The authorisation enables Ctrl Alt to expand its digital capital markets services and support the end-to-end lifecycle of tokenised assets — from issuance and primary distribution thro

On 21 April 2026, Atkins told an industry audience that the SEC was "on the cusp" of releasing a framework that would allow tokenised securities to trade directly on blockchain networks for the first time under formal regulatory cover. For an industry that has operated in legal grey areas for years, that statement represents a significant shift in the regulatory weather.