Hong Kong, 19 December 2025 – EX.IO, a leading licensed Virtual Asset Trading Platform (VATP) in Hong Kong, today announced the listing of its first tokenised security. The underlying asset is an equity fund, with technical support provided by a leading Hong Kong digital tokenisation service provider. This listing represents a significant breakthrough for EX.IO in compliant innovation within the tokenisation space and reflects the platform’s commitment to responding to the global trend of financial infrastructure migration to blockchain. Given that the underlying asset of this tokenised security – an equity fund – focuses on core growth industries in mainland China, this new product provides Hong Kong and international investors with a novel, compliant, and efficient pathway to invest in quality mainland Chinese assets. Looking ahead, EX.IO will accelerate the development of a diversified Real-World Assets (RWA) tokenisation product suite. The platform plans to launch over 10 tokenisation products within the coming months, with underlying assets spanning diverse popular asset classes including gold and bonds. The platform will continue to deepen its focus on niche segments, lead fintech innovation, and reinforce Hong Kong’s position as a global financial centre and innovation hub.
Tokenisation Technology: Redefining Asset Value Distribution
Tokenisation technology is ushering in a new era for the financial industry, and recent global RWA market developments have demonstrated its unstoppable growth momentum. According to data from RWA.xyz, the total value of global RWA issuance (excluding stablecoins and counting only decentralised assets) has surged to over USD 18 billion by the end of this year (as of 1 December 2025), representing an eight-fold year-on-year increase. Earlier, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) estimated that the global RWA market could reach approximately USD 16 trillion by 2030, fully demonstrating global investors’ expectations and enthusiasm for this model.
Compliance Aligned with Innovation: Unlocking a Multi-Trillion-Dollar Opportunity
As a licensed VATP in Hong Kong, EX.IO’s listing of this tokenised security carries three-fold strategic significance:
1. A Demonstrative Case of Compliant Innovation
EX.IO is among a select few licensed VATPs in Hong Kong to successfully list a tokenised security product under Hong Kong’s rigorous regulatory framework. Notably, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) released its regulatory roadmap “A-S-P-I-Re” in February this year, explicitly supporting licensed VATPs in expanding their product range. Furthermore, in June, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government issued the “Hong Kong Digital Asset Development Policy Statement 2.0,” which clearly sets out the intention to expand the range of tokenised products and welcomes secondary market trading of such tokenised Exchange-Traded Funds through licensed digital asset trading platforms. EX.IO’s listing of this tokenised security demonstrates proactive alignment with and active implementation of Hong Kong’s new regulatory requirements.
2. Facilitating High-Quality Asset-to-Capital Matching Between Different Regions
The underlying asset of this tokenised security has been carefully selected to capture benefits from economic growth across the Greater China region, targeting companies listed on mainland exchanges that contribute to core new productive capacity sectors such as biotechnology and semiconductors, with particular focus on enterprises with mainland China backgrounds. Through tokenisation, EX.IO has opened a new, compliant, and efficient pathway for international investors to invest in quality mainland Chinese assets. Compared to traditional cross-border investment, the tokenisation approach eliminates intermediary layers, reduces costs, and accelerates settlement – the core essence of “financial infrastructure migration to blockchain” that global regulators seek to promote.
3. Trust and Investor Protection
As a licensed VATP, EX.IO operates under direct supervision by the Hong Kong SFC, and investor interests are protected by Hong Kong’s robust regulatory framework. Against the backdrop of global regulators accelerating action, Hong Kong’s compliant licensed platforms have become the preferred channel for institutional investors.
Global Regulatory Green Light: From “Defensive Enforcement” to “Innovation Enablement”
In December 2025, global regulators have almost simultaneously accelerated their approach. These are not isolated events, but represent the final sprint of global financial infrastructure migration to blockchain. The global regulatory framework is transitioning from “defensive enforcement” to “innovation enablement,” providing clear pathways through specific policy initiatives and sandbox mechanisms to propel RWA from proof-of-concept to scaled deployment. Particularly noteworthy is the structural market shift occurring: Tether’s reserves now hold over USD 135 billion in U.S. Treasury securities, making it the 17th largest holder of U.S. debt globally, tangentially demonstrating that on-chain asset management has become an integral component of the global financial landscape.
Ms. Wu Chen, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of EX.IO, stated: “The global tokenisation sector is advancing at an unprecedented pace from the experimental phase to production-grade infrastructure. Today’s product launch embodies this very trend. More specifically, it is a vivid expression of the practical implementation of tokenised securities, marking another step towards a truly ‘borderless finance’ era. The platform will continue to contribute to Hong Kong’s and the world’s tokenisation ecosystem through financial innovation, and throughout 2026 we will continue to identify and list RWA products, enriching our product matrix and striving to offer investors an increasingly diverse range of investment options, continuously driving and leading innovation within the RWA and digital asset industries.”
The tokenised security product is now available on EX.IO’s Wealth section. This listing not only marks EX.IO’s leading position in the compliant digital asset space, but also underscores the enormous potential of tokenisation technology in reshaping the global financial landscape. Going forward, EX.IO will continue to expand partnerships with brokers, banks, and other traditional financial institutions, as well as enterprises holding quality real assets, to further enhance the mechanisms for compliant RWA tokenisation issuance, distribution, and settlement, deepen the application of tokenisation across the global financial system, and commit to reinforcing Hong Kong’s position as a global financial hub.
About EXIO Group Limited
EXIO Group is a leading global enterprise that connects the traditional finance (Web2) and Web3 ecosystems, providing innovative, compliant, and secure financial solutions. Headquartered in Hong Kong, the group operates through multiple subsidiaries, including EXIO Limited (a compliant Virtual Asset Trading Platform, VATP, regulated by the Hong Kong SFC) and EXIO FZCO (currently applying for a VASP license regulated by Dubai’s VARA). EXIO Group Limited’s mission is to empower global users with cutting-edge Web3 financial services, fusing compliant regulation, advanced technology, and deep banking partnerships to serve institutional, high-net-worth, and retail clients.
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