Lead: The tokenization of real-world assets has quadrupled since the start of 2025, reaching approximately $33.5 billion. But the figure isn't the main point, it's the nature of the product that has changed. Gone are speculative tokens; on-chain finance now produces bonds without bondholders, rents without landlords, yield without teller windows. Welcome to the programmable…
Ethereum-based repo (repurchase agreement) tokenization pilots are primarily led by major European and Swiss institutions, building on 2024 experiments and advancing into collaborative explorations and deployments by early 2026. These focus on using Ethereum's public blockchain for collateral (e.g., tokenized bonds or funds), with interoperability to central bank systems for CBDC settlement, aiming to automate…