According to the source, Australia’s market watchdog chief warned the country risks losing its competitive edge as global markets adopt tokenization, highlighting urgency for clear rules and industry pilots to attract institutional capital (source: the source). Singapore has advanced tokenized assets via MAS Project Guardian with live pilots in tokenized funds, deposits, and FX settlement that demonstrated operational and settlement efficiencies relevant to institutional flows (source: Monetary Authority of Singapore). Hong Kong issued tokenized government green bonds in 2023 and expanded issuance in 2024, signaling regulatory readiness and institutional demand for on-chain securities (source: Hong Kong Monetary Authority and HKSAR Government). In the U.S., BlackRock launched the BUIDL tokenized U.S. dollar institutional liquidity fund on Ethereum in 2024, evidencing large-scale adoption of on-chain real-world assets by traditional finance (source: BlackRock). Australia’s own pilots show capability: the Reserve Bank of Australia’s 2023 CBDC pilot tested tokenized asset settlement and programmability, while ANZ and NAB issued Australian dollar bank stablecoins for institutional settlement use cases (source: Reserve Bank of Australia; ANZ; National Australia Bank). Trading takeaway: clearer Australian guidance could accelerate RWA issuance and tokenized market infrastructure, increasing on-chain settlement and activity on public networks such as Ethereum; monitor ASIC and Treasury consultations, ASX infrastructure updates, and bank stablecoin integrations for catalysts that can shift RWA liquidity and network usage (source: MAS Project Guardian program updates; RBA CBDC pilot report; ASX market infrastructure notices).