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Morgan Stanley announced plans to support tokenized stock trading for institutional clients on its internal alternative trading system by H2 2026. The move builds on the SEC's December 2025 no-action letter to DTCC allowing custody and recognition of tokenized stocks, bonds, and RWAs on selected blockchains for a three-year period.
Zama and T-REX Network launched institutional-grade confidentiality infrastructure for tokenized RWAs using fully homomorphic encryption (FHE). The T-REX Ledger provides multi-chain coordination for ERC-3643 standard securities, with $32B in tokenized assets already using the standard. The system enables smart contract execution while preserving portfolio and transaction privacy.
The European Central Bank announced that 'Pontes,' the Eurosystem's DLT settlement solution, will launch in Q3 2026 to enable central bank money settlement for DLT-based transactions. The system positions central bank reserves as the settlement layer for tokenized financial instruments and blockchain-based transaction settlement.