South America’s largest investment bank will be releasing its own tokenized security, backed by real estate assets in Brazil. Banks have taken greater interest in blockchain technology, with JP Morgan, Fidelity, and others exploring cryptocurrency custody, trading, and even releasing their own tokens.

In order to sell something to the masses, it must be standardized so people will trust it. In that sense, compliance and regulation are good things. PricewaterhouseCoopers expects to see institutionalization across the entire crypto spectrum. As more investors are entering the space, lawyers are busy with crypto and blockchain-related requests and governments are working to regulate it all.

Security tokens can accelerate the democratization of venture capital. Blockchain technology and smart contracts introduced an efficient means to raise capital without the use of intermediaries. Security tokens allow companies to raise capital without having to turn to investment banks and stock exchanges—as we’ve seen with businesses like Securitize, Polymath and Harbor, along with completely “tokenized” funds such as Spice VC.

Fincross is building a plethora of financial products based on proprietary distributed ledger technology (DLT). The bank claims it will “revolutionize” digital assets for both institutional and individual investors and will enable clients to transact with instant settlement on a peer-to-peer basis.

The new coin will provide liquidity to investors. Traditionally, you could buy diamonds and add them to your portfolio. But when it comes to selling, challenges arise with too many fees and extensive discounts involved resulting in loss of considerable amounts. With the coin, investors can sell fractions of their diamond portfolio within the liquidity pool of the entire crypto market.

Lotteries are inherently easy to manipulate and corrupt, lessening the odds of winning. Even without manipulation, lotteries are profitable for organizers, with many claiming a profit margin of up to 50% of ticket sales. All that has changed with the launch of LOTEO, the first lottery based on blockchain technology.

The small European city-state of Luxembourg passed a bill which provides a new legal framework for tokenized securities. The passed legislation is a historic move which signals that security tokens are not only here to stay, but will be a crucial part of the future’s digital infrastructure.

Due to the large number of scams orchestrated under the guise of ICOs, and the lack of proper regulations for the crowdfunding method, many companies have introduced security token offerings. These are regulated token offerings that allow investors to acquire crypto assets which are backed by real-world assets such as stocks, debts, commodities, and real estate.

Tehran’s central bank has the ambition to launch a national cryptocurrency, but the effort remains at the experimental stage. Some recent media reports claim that Iran has “launched” a state cryptocurrency based on gold called the Peyman. What really is happening, however, is less dramatic, but it does signal Iran’s strategic intent to use blockchain technology to develop long-term sanctions resistance.

Crowdfunding has been recognized as one of the most typical methods of fundraising for technological products, assisting millions of innovators in bringing their ideas into the market. Given the exponential growth of cryptocurrencies within the last few years, crowdfunding has attained new milestones and an increasingly promising prospect.

Elevated Returns (ER), a financial group focused on digitizing traditional financial assets, has selected Tezos as the blockchain on which to offer its fully compliant tokenized real-estate offerings to qualified investors. ER has a pipeline of real assets in excess of USD $1B targeted for these future token issuances. Best known for its tokenization of the St. Regis Resort in Aspen, which raised USD $18 million through tokenization, ER is a leader in security token issuance.

Planet Digital Partners (PDP) represents an all-star team of video game industry leaders including the founder of Taking 2/Grand Theft Auto, and Saber Interactive, the developer of Halo, Quake, and NBA Playgrounds. PDP is a blockchain-centric video game publisher providing investment opportunities via a security token offering for a portfolio of games in development that will cover all major platforms including PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, and mobile.