UBS Just Tokenized a Fund – Is This the Future of Finance? 🤯💸

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UBS executes the first in-production onchain subscription and redemption for a tokenized money-market fund. Because why not? Let’s tokenize everything and call it a day. 🚀

UBS, in a stunning display of modernity, announced in New York and Zurich the first live, end-to-end tokenized fund workflow using the Chainlink Digital Transfer Agent (DTA) standard. They completed on-chain subscription and redemption requests for the UBS USD Money Market Investment Fund Token (uMINT) on Ethereum. DigiFT, the on-chain fund distributor, heroically processed orders, proving that on-chain order-taking, execution, and settlement can coexist with off-chain systems. It’s like the financial version of a magic trick where the rabbit is a money-market fund. 🎩🐇

This transaction demonstrates how smart contracts can automate fund operations-because who doesn’t want more efficiency, investor visibility, and product composability? UBS claims operational and regulatory readiness, while Chainlink and DigiFT confirm secure, compliant cross-chain capabilities. Mike Dargan of UBS calls it “a key milestone” (read: a glorified checkbox), and Sergey Nazarov of Chainlink highlights its institutional benchmark (read: a way to sound fancy). Availability of such products depends on jurisdictional rules and custody integrations-because nothing says “future of finance” like bureaucratic red tape. 📜

🧭 FAQs

• What exactly did UBS execute in this transaction in Zurich and New York? UBS completed an on-chain subscription and redemption for the uMINT tokenized money-market fund. Finally, a use for all that crypto jargon! 💬
• Which technical standard and partners were used in the live workflow? The transaction used the Chainlink DTA standard with DigiFT as on-chain distributor. Because teamwork makes the dream work (or at least a working blockchain). 🤝
• When and where was the first live tokenized fund transaction announced? The announcement was made in New York and Zurich on 4 November 2025. Because why not pick a date in the future? 📆
• What stages of the fund lifecycle does this tokenized workflow cover for institutional clients? The workflow covers order taking, execution, settlement, and on-chain/off-chain data synchronization for institutional custody. Basically, it’s like a well-rehearsed dance… if the dancers were algorithms. 💃🕺

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2025-11-05 14:58