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Tokenised Collateral Goes Global: Insights from Live Cross-Border Repo Trades

Written by Value Exchange | Apr 21, 2026 2:14:17 PM
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 with Digital 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