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Tokenization & Market Infrastructure

We explore the modernization of capital markets through Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), focusing on Real-World Asset (RWA) tokenization, Digital Bonds, and atomic settlement frameworks.

Program Lead

Elena Rostova

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Core Focus Areas

EU DLT Pilot Regime

Tracking the regulatory sandbox environment granting exemptions to MTFs and CSDs utilizing DLT for trading and settlement of tokenized financial instruments.

Digital Bond Issuances

Analyzing the structuring, legal validity, and secondary market liquidity of native digital bonds issued on public and private blockchains.

Real-World Assets (RWA)

Researching the standardization of bringing off-chain assets (real estate, private credit, treasuries) on-chain via legal wrappers and oracle streams.

Post-Trade Efficiency

Modeling the cost reductions and capital efficiency gains achieved through atomic settlement (T+0) and the elimination of central counterparty clearing (CCP) silos.

Key Case Studies

Société Générale (SG-FORGE)

Analyzing the issuance of EUR CoinVertible (EURCV) and digital green bonds on public Ethereum, testing the boundaries of MiCA and DLT Pilot Regime interoperability.

DTCC & Project Canton

Evaluating the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation's experiments with institutional subnets to streamline the settlement of tokenized funds and repo transactions.

Siemens Digital Bond

Reviewing the €60 million digital bond issuance on Polygon under the German Electronic Securities Act (eWpG), highlighting the elimination of central depository requirements.

Institutional Hubs & Publications

Institutional Indexing & Research Visibility

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Zenodo / CERN

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.5281/zenodo.dcm.research.2026.13