Libeara, one of the largest global real-world asset tokenisation platforms, has received its licence to provide additional, regulated services (dealing in tokenised capital markets products).
SINGAPORE, 13 MAR 2026 – Libeara, incubated by SC Ventures to help institutions issue and manage their tokenised real-world assets (RWA) on chain, has been granted its Capital Markets Services (CMS) licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The CMS licence covers dealing in Collective Investment Schemes (CIS) and Securities. It also represents a significant regulatory milestone for Libeara by enabling Libeara to offer additional, regulated services and support for institutional clients in the distribution of tokenised capital markets products. Libeara is one of the largest global RWA tokenisation platforms, by tokenised RWA market capitalization.
This milestone follows the In-Principle Approval (IPA) received in July 2025 and marks Libeara’s transition to a regulated financial institution in Singapore.
“The licence is validation of our compliance-first ethos and our vision of bringing institutional-grade integrity to the digital asset market,” said Aaron Gwak, Founder and CEO of Libeara. “We can now seamlessly connect regulated fund structures with the growing liquidity of the digital asset ecosystem, ensuring that institutional-grade yield is accessible to all participants in this new financial landscape,” he added.
To date, Libeara’s infrastructure has supported the tokenisation of more than US$1 billion in regulated assets – including a top-rated tokenised U.S. Treasury fund and Asia’s first tokenised retail money market fund – and has been utilised by fund managers such as Wellington Management and FundBridge Capital.
Alex Manson, CEO, SC Ventures said “Libeara’s license is a critical step in bringing tokenised assets to the core of the financial system, building the trust and transparency required for institutional adoption at scale, and driving real world utility”.
“This regulatory milestone proves the robustness of Libeara’s framework. At Standard Chartered, we believe that clear regulatory pathways like this are the cornerstone of building trust and enabling the safe and scalable development of the tokenised securities ecosystem,” said Margaret Harwood-Jones, Global Head of Financing and Securities Services at Standard Chartered.
Harald Eltvedt, Chairman of the Board, Libeara said: “With the CMS Licence, Libeara will be able to provide additional, regulated services, namely dealing in tokenised securities and CIS for accredited and institutional investors in Singapore. We see this as a great validation of our incubation model at SC Ventures, that brings institutional grade capabilities to market”.
About Libeara
Libeara is rebuilding capital markets on-chain through its compliance-first approach to the tokenisation of real-world assets. The company is backed by the innovation arm of Standard Chartered, SC Ventures, whose mission is to rewire the DNA of banking. To date, Libeara’s infrastructure has supported the tokenisation of more than US$1 billion in regulated assets —including a top-rated tokenised U.S. Treasury fund and the first tokenised retail money market fund in Asia. With multi-chain interoperability and institutional-grade security and governance, Libeara is scaling access to real-world assets the right way – transparent, regulated, and on-chain.
For more information, visit https://www.libeara.com.
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