Fundamentals

Asset Backing

Asset backing refers to the assets, reserves or financial claims that support the value or obligations of a token. The exact relationship between t...

Asset Class

An asset class is a broad group of investments that share similar characteristics. Examples include equities, bonds, real estate, commodities and c...

Blockchain

A blockchain is a shared digital ledger that records transactions across a network of computers. Transactions are grouped and verified according to...

Digital Asset

A digital asset is something of value or a set of rights represented in digital form. The term covers a broad range of assets, including cryptocurr...

Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)

Distributed Ledger Technology, or DLT, is a broader term for systems that allow records to be shared and synchronized across multiple participants...

Fractional Ownership

Fractional ownership allows an asset or investment to be divided into smaller ownership interests rather than requiring one investor to purchase th...

Offchain

Offchain refers to information, assets or processes that exist outside a blockchain. In RWA markets, physical assets, legal documents, bank account...

Onchain

Onchain means information, transactions or assets are recorded or managed directly on a blockchain. For RWAs, this might include token ownership, t...

Real World Asset (RWA)

A real world asset, usually shortened to RWA, is an asset or financial claim that exists outside the blockchain but can be represented or used with...

Tokenization

Tokenization is the process of creating a digital token that represents ownership of, or certain rights connected to, an asset. The asset itself mi...

Tokenized Asset

A tokenized asset is an asset whose ownership, economic rights or other interests are represented using digital tokens on a blockchain. For example...

Underlying Asset

The underlying asset is the actual asset, financial instrument or economic exposure that sits behind a tokenized product. For a tokenized property...