Singapore’s Central Bank Introduces New Tokenization Frameworks to Accelerate Digital Asset Adoption in Fixed Income, FX, and Asset Management
Singapore is advancing its digital finance landscape with new frameworks from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to promote tokenization in its financial sector. The initiatives, unveiled recently, aim to foster the adoption of tokenized assets, focusing on fixed income, foreign exchange (FX), and asset management sectors.
The MAS outlined two key frameworks designed to facilitate the integration of tokenized assets. These include establishing commercial networks to boost liquidity, creating infrastructure to support tokenized markets, and setting industry standards along with shared settlement facilities. MAS Deputy Managing Director Leong Sing Chiong expressed optimism about the sector’s future, highlighting active collaboration between financial institutions and policymakers to co-create a strong foundation for tokenized capital markets.
In addition, Project Guardian, MAS’s dedicated crypto and tokenization initiative, has released implementation guidelines for financial institutions. Project Guardian, consisting of 40 members—financial institutions, industry bodies, and regulators from seven regions—issued two frameworks: one for tokenized fixed income and another for tokenized funds.
The Guardian Fixed Income Framework provides standards for using tokenization in debt markets, aiming to enhance capabilities and foster adoption of tokenized debt instruments. Meanwhile, the Guardian Funds Framework offers best practices for creating multi-asset tokenized investment vehicles. With these efforts, Singapore is positioning itself as a global leader in the digital asset economy, paving the way for widespread commercial use of tokenized assets.
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