Libeara Secures Singapore MAS Capital Markets Services License for Tokenised Assets
Libeara, the real-world asset tokenisation platform incubated by Standard Chartered SC Ventures, has been granted a Capital Markets Services licence by MAS. This allows Libeara to deal in tokenised securities and fund units for institutional clients, transforming it from infrastructure provider to regulated market participant.
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APAC FINSTAB analysis
For APAC operators, this creates a high-impact signal around licensing, tokenization in Singapore. Protocols/assets in scope: ETH. Teams should monitor the original source, map the change to licensing, custody, disclosure, and market-access obligations, and update their jurisdiction playbooks before the next compliance review.
Compliance read-through: map this event to entity licensing, market-access, custody, disclosure, token listing, and operational-risk obligations before expanding or marketing in the affected jurisdiction.
UK regulators are preparing a framework for tokenized gold while encouraging blockchain use across trading, settlement, clearing and custody. Tokenized commodity issuers and venues will face tighter scrutiny around physical custody, reserve audits, redemption rights, price sources and cross-border distribution limits.
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Avenir Group-backed UMX opened an invite-only beta that combines crypto spot, margin, perps and options with real U.S. stocks, ETFs and stock options. The model collapses crypto and securities access into one venue, raising licensing, derivatives, suitability, market-data and custody boundary questions.
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DTCC said its tokenization service processed U.S. trades using DTC-held securities across multiple onchain workflows. The pilot strengthens the regulated-market path for tokenized securities, with direct implications for custody, legal ownership, settlement finality, collateral and broker-dealer controls.
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Hong Kong's SFC added Polar Tensor to its alert list as a suspicious virtual asset trading platform on August 7, saying the AI crypto trading platform is not licensed to conduct regulated activity in Hong Kong. The update reinforces VATP licensing checks for AI-branded trading services and mirror domains targeting Hong Kong users.
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