Key Takeaways
- In an interview with Markets on Chain, DTCC’s Nadine Chakar shares how 2025 was a breakthrough year for DTCC and the broader digital assets ecosystem.
- Tokenization can expand liquidity, enhance collateral mobility and open new avenues for investors through fractionalization.
- The future of market infrastructure is unmistakably digital — and that education, standards and collaboration will be central to ensuring a safe and efficient transition.
In this Markets on Chain interview with Jane King, Nadine Chakar, Managing Director and Global Head of DTCC Digital Assets, discusses how 2025 marked a breakthrough year for DTCC and the broader digital asset ecosystem. She highlights DTCC’s foundational role in U.S. financial markets and explains how the organization is extending its mission into the digital era through asset tokenization.
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Chakar outlines the significance of DTCC’s SEC no-action letter, which paves the way for the launch of a tokenization service that will allow participants to tokenize eligible assets. She describes DTCC’s long-term vision to eventually tokenize its full book of assets while maintaining the safety, resiliency and regulatory compliance that underpin the U.S. markets.
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The conversation explores how tokenization can expand liquidity, enhance collateral mobility and open new avenues for investors through fractionalization. Chakar also reflects on recent regulatory clarity, rising institutional adoption and the continued coexistence of direct and indirect tokenization models.
Looking ahead, she notes that legacy infrastructure and new digital rails will operate side by side for many years, with the industry gradually evolving toward wallet-based interactions and new operating models. Despite the challenges, Chakar emphasizes that the future of market infrastructure is unmistakably digital — and that education, standards and collaboration will be central to ensuring a safe and efficient transition.