Australia and New Zealand Banking Group — one of Australia’s “Big Four” banks — has joined Singapore’s Project Guardian to explore the potential benefits of real-world asset tokenization in financial markets.
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) has joined Project Guardian, a Singaporean initiative to explore the possibilities of real-world asset (RWA) tokenization in financial markets.ANZ will collaborate with Chainlink Labs and ADDX to test the interoperability of RWAs, such as commercial papers, across multiple blockchains, according to an announcement on Sept. 30.Launched in 2022 by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Project Guardian is a joint effort by policymakers and the financial industry to enhance liquidity and efficiency in financial markets through RWA tokenization.ANZ’s banking services lead Nigel Dobson said the bank is particularly interested in exploring the potential to more freely move its Australian dollar-backed A$DC stablecoin across blockchains.ANZ will reportedly use Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) to achieve this, according to Chainlink community liaison Zach Rynes.According to Dobson, tokenized asset markets are currently "highly fragmented" because most RWAs cannot easily move between blockchains without an interoperability protocol like Chainlink's CCIP. This can hinder adoption and complicate the integration process for financial institutions.ANZ will benefit from on-the-ground support from Project Guardian thanks to its presence in Singapore.ANZ is one of Australia's "Big Four" banks and has been actively exploring blockchain and digital asset applications in recent years. In March, ANZ completed a trial to tokenize Australian carbon credits on a private blockchain network. Several Big Four banks in Australia have also expressed interest in participating in the country's upcoming central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot.
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