Will regulators and compliance drive tokenisation of assets?
There are a number of organisations trying to convince investors of the merits of Tokenising different assets classes, on the basis that once it is possible to buy a fraction/share in a property or piece of art or a car etc, it will enable smaller investors to participate and create a pool of liquidity. While this sounds very plausible in practice, illiquid assets such as art, property and classic cars tend to be the preserve of the very wealthy or institutional investors. These asset classes usually have little day to day liquidity, as...