Digital Bytes 15th October 2025 Digital Bytes
The role of tokenisation in the next financial crisis - tokenisation’s role in future financial crises is dual: it could enhance market stability through increased liquidity, transparency and automation whereby reducing traditional inefficiencies, however, it also introduces new vulnerabilities such as interconnectedness, leverage risks and operational fragilities, potentially amplifying shocks if not properly regulated and managed. But one cannot ignore that, whilst not appealing for every investor, tokenisation offers an alternative way to own and trade assets so, surely, choice is to be embraced.
Decentralised exchanges: Binance founder, CZ’s, new focus - Aster - DEXs have become a fundamental element of the digital asset economy. They are a move towards the old-fashioned centralised platforms to peer-to-peer trading based on blockchain technology. Concurrently, their emergence has become a question of security, regulation and sustainability.
What is a block? The DNA of every blockchain transaction - the blockchain technology is centred around the use of blocks of information which are the central comprehensive units where all the data is recorded, verified and stored permanently. Blocks are often discussed as the DNA of blockchain transactions that define the integrity, speed and security of the whole network. The basics of blockchain as a decentralised record keeping framework cannot be fully comprehended without an understanding of how blocks work.
Dollarisation benefits for London property - if US dollar stablecoins such as USDT or USDC take over London’s £5-50 million prime property market, the Bank of England could lose control over one of its richest asset classes. Foreign buyers could move capital instantly, bypassing sterling, whilst estate agents’ market in US dollars and settle via smart contracts in hours potentially on a peer-to-peer basis so removing escrow settlement risk. The upside? Hyper-liquid, globally accessible London real estate. The downside? Quietly handing monetary sovereignty of Mayfair and Belgravia to dollar-backed code.