Inside Digital Assets - Tokenization, Digital Assets and new market infrastructures

Solving the Digital Islands Problem - a conversation with Frank Frank Seibold, Chainlink [EN]


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Chainlink’s Frank Seibold on tokenized assets, trusted data, interoperability and digital market infrastructure.

In this episode of Inside Digital Assets, Lidia Kurt (CEO BX Digtial/Seturion) speaks with Frank Seibold (Managing Director and Global Head of Banking and Capital Markets at Chainlink).

The discussion focuses on how tokenized assets can move beyond digital representation and become usable within institutional capital markets. The episode covers trusted data, interoperability, smart contracts, settlement, corporate actions and the convergence between traditional finance and blockchain-based infrastructure.

In this episode

Why tokenized assets need utility beyond representation
How trusted data is brought into smart contracts
What the oracle problem means for blockchain-based capital markets
Why real-time data matters for tokenized assets and digital securities
How smart NAV can support a shared source of truth for asset management data
Why corporate actions remain a complex data coordination challenge
How interoperability can connect fragmented blockchain ecosystems
Why traditional finance and on-chain systems are likely to coexist
What reliable infrastructure means for regulated digital market infrastructure

Key themes:

Tokenized assets and utility: Frank Seibold discusses why tokenization alone does not create value for capital markets. The decisive question is what can be done with a tokenized asset once it exists: how it can be priced, transferred, settled and used efficiently.

Trusted data and the oracle problem: The episode explains the importance of reliable data for smart contracts. In blockchain-based systems, external data such as prices or net asset values must be provided in a way that is accurate, verifiable and suitable for automated execution.

Interoperability and market infrastructure: The conversation also looks at the need to connect different blockchain networks, traditional financial systems and on-chain environments. Instead of replacing existing infrastructure overnight, the discussion points to a gradual convergence between traditional finance and distributed ledger technology.

Regulated digital market infrastructure: For BX Digital, the topics discussed in this episode are closely linked to the development of regulated market infrastructure for digital assets and tokenized assets. Reliable data, interoperability, settlement and compliance are important foundations for institutional adoption.

Links

BX Digital: https://bxdigital.ch/en/home/
Seturion: https://group.boerse-stuttgart.com/en/seturion
Chainlink: https://chain.link/

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Inside Digital Assets - Tokenization, Digital Assets and new market infrastructuresBy BX Digital und Seturion