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Tokenization 101: How Anything Becomes a Digital Asset
Tokenization turns rights — to money, property, access or reputation — into programmable tokens.
Tokenization means representing a right or a claim as a token on a blockchain. That right could be ownership of a Treasury fund, a share of a building, a loyalty point or a seat in a community.
Why bother?
- Programmable: rules (who can hold, when it unlocks) live in code.
- Fractional: big assets can be split into small pieces.
- Always-on: settlement can happen 24/7.
- Composable: tokens plug into other applications.
Three kinds of tokens
- Real-world assets: funds, credit, property.
- Utility and access: memberships, rewards, in-app currency.
- Community and meme tokens: culture and attention.
The hard parts
Legal classification, custody, liquidity and honest disclosure. Many tokens fail because the token was added before the product mattered.
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