最新报道：Mercado Bitcoin, a major cryptocurrency exchange in the Latin American region, announced on Friday that it will tokenize $200 million in real-world assets (RWAs) on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). According to a release from Ripple, the blockchain company behind XRPL, the real-world assets include tokenized fixed-income and equity financial instruments. A report released by Boston Consulting Group and the blockchain company predicts that the tokenized RWA market will swell to a market cap of $19 trillion by 2033. The deal comes as the crypto industry and asset managers work together to create regulatory clarity for tokenized stocks and other RWAs in the U.S., with firms expanding their tokenized offerings and integrating tokenized asset trading into existing platforms. Related: Ripple applies for U.S. banking license, joining cryptocurrency firms in battle for legitimacy Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Ondo Finance acquired tokenized asset firm Oasis Pro on Friday, aiming to expand its presence in the nascent RWA space. “Oasis Pro is one of the first U.S.-regulated alternative trading systems authorized to support settlement of digital securities in fiat and stablecoins,” Ondo Finance wrote.Centrifuge, a blockchain company focused on integrating RWAs into DeFi protocols, announced on Tuesday plans to tokenize the S&P 500, a weighted collection of the 500 largest public companies in the U.S. stock market.In January, Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, the world’s largest wealth management company, urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to approve tokenization of stocks and bonds.John Murillo, chief commercial officer of fintech company B2BROKER, said tokenized equity instruments remain in a regulatory gray area and lack many of the rights enjoyed by traditional equity holders.“There is no direct claim to the company’s assets, no voting rights, and no access to internal financial information,” the executive wrote in an email to Cointelegraph.The executive added that investors must understand the fine print of each tokenized RWA instrument they are looking at to understand if there are any cash flow, dividend, legal provisions, or smart contract risks in any potential investment. Magazine: Crypto wanted to overthrow banks, now it’s becoming banks in the fight for stablecoins