Jul 23, 2026 · 21 min · 10 segments
Any conference, interview, or conversation on the future of trade will inevitably discuss the inefficiencies which need to be addressed before that future arrives. Although artificial intelligence…
Kevin ChangGuest
Emily ChanGuestMark AbramsHostAnd if we talk about, I guess, why now, uh, and touch on the regulatory environment, how has it actually changed in recent years, and why does it make tokenization more, I guess, commercially relevant today than it was before?
They've basically radically changed how their stance or position is with regards to blockchains, smart contract, digital money, and also, uh, tokenized assets.
In the past, they kind of treat it like an alien technology, which would create additional risk, and therefore they even introduce sort of frameworks to put punitive treatments on banks and corporates for leveraging those technology.
But nowadays, a lot of these regulators are now recognizing a technology neutral approach, so same activity, same risk, and therefore they apply the same regulation.
And that's kind of formed the foundation of how regulators are thinking nowadays.
And in addition to that, uh, last year particularly, we have seen regulators now taking the driving seat, adopting or introducing new regulatory framework.
And in the other parts of the world like Hong Kong, we have the Stablecoin Ordinance that it's also come into effect with license issued not long ago.
And, and I think these stablecoin framework that we have seen has really been a catalyst that have motivated institution corporates to start looking into the digital asset area and also investing, uh, into identifying new use case, leveraging these new sort of regulations.
How can you create an ecosystem, uh, with the right infrastructure custody, uh, all this to support that, uh, ecosystem set up? So we've also seen regulators now, uh, expanding their scope.
So all these have been pushing the markets, uh, slowly sort of changing and, and, and building that transformation in the industry.
And if we talk about, I guess, why now, uh, and touch on the regulatory environment, how has it actually changed in recent years, and why does it make tokenization more, I guess, commercially relevant today than it was before?
They've basically radically changed how their stance or position is with regards to blockchains, smart contract, digital money, and also, uh, tokenized assets.
In the past, they kind of treat it like an alien technology, which would create additional risk, and therefore they even introduce sort of frameworks to put punitive treatments on banks and corporates for leveraging those technology.
But nowadays, a lot of these regulators are now recognizing a technology neutral approach, so same activity, same risk, and therefore they apply the same regulation.
And that's kind of formed the foundation of how regulators are thinking nowadays.
And in addition to that, uh, last year particularly, we have seen regulators now taking the driving seat, adopting or introducing new regulatory framework.
And in the other parts of the world like Hong Kong, we have the Stablecoin Ordinance that it's also come into effect with license issued not long ago.
And, and I think these stablecoin framework that we have seen has really been a catalyst that have motivated institution corporates to start looking into the digital asset area and also investing, uh, into identifying new use case, leveraging these new sort of regulations.
How can you create an ecosystem, uh, with the right infrastructure custody, uh, all this to support that, uh, ecosystem set up? So we've also seen regulators now, uh, expanding their scope.
So all these have been pushing the markets, uh, slowly sort of changing and, and, and building that transformation in the industry.
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