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70% of Tokenized Assets Fall Short on Transparency, Report Finds | Markets Outlook
17 minutes Posted Oct 1, 2026 at 7:15 pm.
Niklas Kunkel Joins Markets Outlook
Chronicle's New Report: Tokenization's Hidden Problem
$12.3B Exposed: 70% of Tokenized Assets Fail the Test
The Five Pillars Every Tokenized Asset Needs
How to Achieve Proof of Asset
Why Risk Isn't Priced In
BlackRock, BNY Mellon and the Road to Real-Time Regulation
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Chronicle Founder Nik Kunkel joins CoinDesk's Kate Irwin on Markets Outlook to unpack their new report that found over $12 billion in tokenized assets falling short on transparency. Kunkel breaks down the five pillars every tokenized asset needs to meet, why roughly 70% of the assets reviewed don't clear the bar, and what real-time, verifiable proof-of-asset data means for institutions like BlackRock, BNY Mellon and Galaxy racing to bring trillions onchain.
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