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Stablecoin Strategy Sunset Mechanism Settlement Finality SEC Statement on Tokenized Securities (2026) Paying Agent Multisig vs. Single-Agent Authorization Cross-Chain Arbitrage Window SPV Wrapper Structure Record-Keeping vs. Distributed Tokenization Rebasing Token Mechanism Master Servicer Ground Lease ERC-1400 (Security Token Standard) Additionality (Carbon Credits) Proof of Reserve (PoR) Repurchase Agreement Asset-Backed Security (ABS) Tokenized Deposit RWA Secondary Market Liquidity Regulatory Sandbox (RWA Context) Yield Farming vs Holding Strategy Real Yield Principal Token (PT) / Yield Token (YT) Cross-Chain RWA Bridge RWA Liquidity Risk Prime Brokerage Tokenized Precious Metals ERC-20 Token Standard Duration Matching RWA Market Size

agent-permissions

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agent-permissions

Multisig vs. Single-Agent Authorization

When authorizing an agent to execute an operation, two...

Commodities

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Additionality (Carbon Credits)

Whether a <a...

A tradeable certificate representing one tonne of carbon...

Carbon Offset vs Carbon Credit

Carbon offset is an action or claim — companies buy...

Contango & Rollover Loss

Contango is the state in commodity futures markets where...

Tokenized Commodity Index

Tokenizing commodity indices (like Bloomberg Commodity...

Tokenizing physical gold ownership, allowing investors...

Tokenized Precious Metals

Tokenized precious metals convert ownership of physical...

Compliance & Legal

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Compliance & Legal

AML/CFT Framework

AML (Anti-Money Laundering) and CFT (Countering the...

Compliance & Legal

Beneficial Ownership

A 'Beneficial Owner' is the real natural person who...

Compliance & Legal

CARF (Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework)

CARF (Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework) is the OECD's...

Compliance & Legal

KYC (Know Your Customer) is the process of verifying...

Compliance & Legal

MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets) Regulation

Compliance & Legal

Reg D / Reg S (Securities Exemptions)

US securities law requires all 'securities' offerings to...

Compliance & Legal

Regulatory Sandbox (RWA Context)

A regulatory sandbox is a controlled experimental...

Compliance & Legal

SEC Statement on Tokenized Securities (2026)

A joint staff statement issued on January 28, 2026 by...

Compliance & Legal

Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV)

A legally independent entity created to hold a specific...

Compliance & Legal

Travel Rule (FATF R.16)

FATF Recommendation 16, requiring crypto asset transfers...

Compliance & Legal

Whitelist Gating

A mechanism that only allows pre-approved addresses...

Fixed Income

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Asset-Backed Security (ABS)

A financial instrument that pools cash-flowing assets...

Duration Matching

<a href="/en/glossary/fixed-income/duration-matching/"...

A fixed income asset's price sensitivity to interest...

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The 'fair price' of a tokenized asset — total market...

Principal Token (PT) / Yield Token (YT)

Principal Token (PT) and Yield Token (YT) are the...

Rebasing Token Mechanism

A yield distribution mechanism that keeps a token's unit...

Repurchase Agreement

A party sells securities with an agreement to repurchase...

Tokenized Money Market Fund

Tokenizing the shares of a traditional money market fund...

Tokenized Private Credit

Tokenizing non-publicly-traded credit instruments that...

Tokenized Treasury

Tokenized representation of US Treasury bill holdings or...

Yield-Bearing Stablecoin

Stablecoins with underlying collateral in short-term...

Institutional

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Atomic Settlement

A settlement mechanism where all parts of a transaction...

CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency)

Digital currency issued directly by a central bank — the...

Digital Asset Custody

Services provided by qualified institutions to safeguard...

Master Servicer

The entity responsible for collecting payments, managing...

The entity responsible for receiving interest or...

Permissioned Blockchain

A blockchain network where only pre-approved,...

Prime Brokerage

Prime brokerage is a bundled one-stop-shop service...

A blockchain <a...

Tokenized Asset Transfer Agent

In tokenized assets, the transfer agent simultaneously...

Tokenized Deposit

A tokenized deposit is a commercial bank's issuance of a...

Tokenized Equity

Tokenizing listed company stock ownership onto...

mev-arbitrage

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Cross-Chain Arbitrage Window

The same asset on different chains, because of a <a...

Real Estate

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Capitalization Rate (Cap Rate)

Fractional Real Estate Ownership

Dividing a property's ownership into many small...

An arrangement in which a tenant leases land long-term...

Real Estate Debt Token

Tokenizing the debt claims (not property ownership) of...

Real Estate Tokenization

Splitting the ownership or income rights of real estate...

SPV Wrapper Structure

Placing real estate into an independent legal entity...

Tokenized Commercial Real Estate

The tokenization of ownership interests or debt claims...

A Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) whose shares or...

RWA Fundamentals

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RWA Fundamentals

DePIN × RWA Convergence

DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks)...

RWA Fundamentals

Liquidation (DeFi)

When a borrower's collateral value drops past the...

RWA Fundamentals

Loan-to-Value (LTV)

Your loan amount ÷ collateral's current market value,...

RWA Fundamentals

On-Chain Credit Score

A mechanism for calculating credit risk scores for...

RWA Fundamentals

Overcollateralization

The collateral provided by a borrower exceeds the loan...

RWA Fundamentals

Real-World Asset (RWA)

In the crypto context, 'Real-World Assets' refers to...

RWA Fundamentals

RWA Fundamentals

RWA Liquidity Risk

RWA liquidity risk is the risk that when you want to...

RWA Fundamentals

RWA Market Size

RWA market size means the total value of real-world...

RWA Fundamentals

RWA Secondary Market Liquidity

The RWA secondary market is where tokenized real-world...

RWA Fundamentals

Settlement Finality

The point in time at which a transaction becomes...

RWA Fundamentals

Yield Farming vs Holding Strategy

Tokenized asset investors face a core choice: deposit...

strategy-analysis

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strategy-analysis

Strategy Sunset Mechanism

Tokenization

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Cross-Chain RWA Bridge

A cross-chain RWA <a...

ERC-1400 (Security Token Standard)

A family of Ethereum standards that builds compliance...

ERC-20 Token Standard

ERC-20 is the foundational <a...

ERC-3643 (T-REX: Token for Regulated Exchanges)

ERC-3643 (also called T-REX, <a...

An 'oracle' is the <a...

Proof of Reserve (PoR)

A verification mechanism through which a <a...

Record-Keeping vs. Distributed Tokenization

Both get called "going onchain," but one is simply...

Self-executing code deployed on a blockchain — when...

The process of converting real-world assets — such as...

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