Australian Securities Exchange takes step towards tokenized asset trading

Australian Securities Exchange takes step towards tokenized asset trading

“There's a strong value proposition here that we can essentially tokenize any asset and bridge that into the ASX ecosystem,” said Zerocap CEO Ryan McCall. 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,....


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