US Regulators Clear Path for Banks to Hold Tokenized Securities

US federal banking regulators have issued joint guidance clarifying that tokenized securities will receive the same capital treatment as their traditional counterparts. This removes a key barrier to institutional adoption of blockchain-based assets. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Reserve, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) published a FAQ document on March 5 stating that the capital rule is “technology neutral” — meaning the method used to issue or transact a security, including distributed ledger technology (DLT), does not affect how banks must account for it. What the Guidance Says Under the joint FAQ, banks should treat an “eligible tokenized security” exactly like its traditional equivalent on their balance sheets source: https://beincrypto.com/us-regulators-clear-path-for-banks-to-hold-tokenized-securities/