Hanwha, Archax, and Nasdaq Push Tokenization Into Post-Trade Control

Market adoption is now being decided by the post-trade stack: who can make tokenized assets settle, clear, custody, and move as regulated collateral.

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What is this trend?

Tokenization is moving beyond issuance into post-trade control, where settlement, custody, compliance, and collateral mobility determine whether digital assets can function in regulated markets.

  • Settlement and custody plumbing now matter more than minting tokens.
  • Hanwha’s stack ties tokenized securities to depositories, permissions, and secondary-market controls.
  • Archax, Nasdaq, and others are betting on regulated post-trade infrastructure.
  • Tokenized assets must preserve legal control, segregation, and recordkeeping to gain market use.

What’s the latest?

Hanwha’s Avalanche-based securities platform in South Korea shows the next layer of tokenization is being built around settlement, custody, and compliance plumbing, not just issuance.

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