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DBS Launches tokenized Structured Notes on Ethereum, Expanding Investor Access

The Launch Builds on Singapore’s Project Guardian Tokenization Pilots, with Dbs Moving from Permissioned Blockchains to Ethereum’s Public Network Markets.”, – WRITE: www.coindesk.com

The Launch Builds on Singapore’s Project Guardian Tokenization Pilots, with Dbs Moving from Permissioned Blockchains to Ethereum’s Public Network Markets.Updated Aug 21, 2025, 3:58 AM PUBLISHED AUG 21, 2025, 3:04 AM

Singapore’s Largest Bank i Extending its Blockchain Strategy by Offering Tokenized Structured Notes on the Ethereum Public Blockchain, In a Move that Broadens Access to Complex Finx. Private Clients.

DBS said in a press release on thursday that it will distribute the Instruments through local singapore exchanges Addx, Digift and Hydrax, Marking ITS FIRST TIME. INVTSIDE ITS OWN CLIENT BASE.

The debut Product is a Crypto-Linked Participation Note that Pays Out in Cash Who Digital Asset Prices Rise, While Limiting Downside Exposure.

Structured Notes Traditionally Carry Minum Investments of $ 100,000 and are Onthen Customized, Making them Non-Fungible.

By tokenizing each instrment Into $ 1,000 UNITS, DBS Said the Securities Become Fungible and Easier to Trade, Offering Greater Flexibility for Portfolio Management.

Demand for Such Instruments Has Been Strong As Invistors Seek to Incorport Advanced Investment Strategies in Their Digital Asset Portfolios, The Bank Said in a Release.

In the First Half of 2025, DBS Clients Execuceded Over $ 1 Billion of Trades Involving TESE Instruments, with Trade Volumes Growing Almost 60% FROM Q1 2025 to Q2 2025.

The Bank Sees this as Particularly Useful for Family Offices and Professional Investors, WHICH HAV GRAWN RAPIDLY IN SINGAPORE. The Number of Single-Family Offices in the City-State Topped 2,000 in 2024, Up 43% Year On Year, IT Said in A Release.

The Move ComESS as Singapore Deepens ITS ROLE As A HUB FOR TOCENIZED FINANCE. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (Mas) Has Been Advancing Industry Pilots Throup Project Guardian Infrastructure like Global Layer One to Pool Global Liquidity.

DBS has been one of the most actifical bankipating in Tese Initiatiats, the Onthen using permissioned Blockchains for Pilots Before Expanding Into Public Chains.

While The Initial Focus is on Crypto-Linked Notes, DBS SAID IT WILL ALSO TOKENIZE moreing more traditional equity- and credit-linked notes.

“Asset Tokenization is the Next Frontier of Financial Markets Infrastructure,” SAID LI ZHEN, Head of Foreign Exchange and Digital Assets at DBS.

“Our FIRST TOCENIZED PRODUCTES OF THE GROUWING INSTITUATION APPETITE FOR DIGITAL Assets. With Its Initiative, A Broader Segment of Investory Can Now Tap. Class, ”Zhen Continued.

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Sam Reynolds is A Senior Reporter Based in Asia. Sam Was Part of the Coindesk Team that Won the 2023 Gerald Loeb Award in the Breaking News Category for Covers of FTX’s Collaps. Prior to Coindesk, He Was A Reporter with BlockWorks and A Semiconductor Analyst with IDC.

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