Tokenised Collateral Goes Global: Insights from Live Cross-Border Repo Trades
by Value Exchange
April 21, 2026
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Collateral markets still face major inefficiencies. Manual settlement, delivery frictions and idle collateral continue to limit liquidity usage and increase operational cost across markets and time zones.
This report, developed in partnership withDigital Asset, examines how tokenised collateral and live cross-border repo trades are beginning to address these challenges through real-time, atomic settlement and broader collateral mobility.
Why collateral remains trapped and unremunerated in today’s market
How tokenised repo is enabling cross-border execution
Where operational savings are already emerging
Why 24/7 and multi-time-zone collateral mobility matters
What this means for institutional and corporate participants
