Sky Grand Prix Winners, Cathie Wood on Tokenization, Another RWA L1 & More Weekly News Feat. Brian Anderson - Security Token Show: Episode 277

Tune in to this episode of the Security Token Show where this week Herwig Konings, Kyle Sonlin, and special guest Brian Anderson from Raze cover the industry leading headlines and market movements, including Sky Grand Prix winners, Cathie Wood on tokenization, another RWA L1 & more weekly news!

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The Market Movements
1. Raze To Host Ferrox Holdings’s Financing Token on Monday: https://raze.finance/ 

2. Cathie Wood Aims to Tokenize Ark Invest Funds https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/03/18/ark-invest-s-cathie-wood-says-she-wants-to-bring-ark-invest-funds-on-chain?ref=onepagecrypto.com 

3. Backed Brings Tokenized $COIN and S&P 500 to Avalanche https://www.koreaittimes.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=139438 

4. Access Hamilton Lane PE Fund for As Little As $500 on Republic https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2025/03/237547-republic-partners-with-hamilton-lane-with-tokenized-private-equity-fund/ 

5. Securitize and Ethena to Launch Own Blockchain, Converge, for DeFi https://securitize.io/learn/press/ethena-and-securitize-announce-upcoming-launch-of-converge-blockchain 

The Token Debrief
1. Spark Announces $1B in Treasury Allocations for BlackRock, Superstate, and Centrifuge
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/03/18/blackrock-s-buidl-superstate-and-centrifuge-win-spark-s-usd1b-tokenized-asset-windfall-report  

2. VanEck Ventures Co-Leads Manifest’s Pre-Seed, Focus on Tokenized RE ETF  https://www.cryptopolitan.com/vaneck-ventures-invested-in-manifest/ 

3. DTCC Joins ERC-3643 Association for Permissioned Tokenized Securities  https://cointelegraph.com/news/dtcc-vows-to-promote-erc3643-token-standard 
4. Bitfinex Enables Monthly Subscriptions and Redemptions for NexBridge’s USTBL 
https://www.bitfinex.com/securities/posts/1108/ 

5. UK Government to Tokenize Gilts via DIGIT Token, Seeks Partners https://www.ccn.com/news/technology/uk-blockchain-tokenized-gilts-digit/ 

6. FalconX Launches Structured Credit Facility RWA Offering https://www.marketsmedia.com/falconx-offers-the-first-tokenized-structured-credit-facility/ 

7. Brickken Expands Tokenization Platform to Polygon
https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/rwa-tokenization-platform-brickken-deploys-on-polygon 

8. Korea to Test Tokenized Deposits with 100K People and 7 Banks https://www.ledgerinsights.com/koreas-tokenized-deposit-cbdc-trials-to-start-with-100000-people-in-april/ 

9. Uranium Digital Raises $6.1M for Platform on Solana, Led by Framework Ventures
https://thedefiant.io/news/blockchains/uranium-digital-raises-6-1m-tokenized-yellowcake-trading-platform-on-solana-amid-26a87b1d 

10. Australia Proposes Regulatory Structure, with Focus on RWAs and CBDCs
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/03/21/australia-proposes-new-crypto-regulation-structure-plans-to-integrate-digital-asset-into-the-economy 

11. Particula Assigns AA- Rating to BMN2 Issuance
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7307738239698628609/ 

12. Nomura Research Institute Tests Tokenized Bonds via Onchain Deposits
https://www.ledgerinsights.com/nomura-tests-digital-bond-issuance-settled-using-tokenized-deposits/ 

13. Dubai Land Department Kicks off Real Estate Tokenization Pilot, Predicts $16B by 2033
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/03/19/dubai-starts-real-estate-tokenization-pilot-forecasts-usd16b-market-by-2033 

14. tZERO Completes Full TZROP Tokenization
https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2025/03/237501-tzero-announces-full-tokenization-of-tzrop-now-complete/ 

15. Oro Closes $1.5M Pre-Seed for Gold Tokenization on Solana, Led by 468 Capital
https://x.com/theusmansal/status/1901670145400926585 

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⏰ TABLE OF CONTENTS ⏰
0:00 Introduction
0:16 Welcome
2:18 Market Movements
26:53 RWA Foundation Update
29:42 Token Debrief
44:18 Companies of The Week