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New research shows how leading firms are modernizing their collateral workflows.
Real-Time Collateral. Real Impact. See What's Changing in 2026
Institutional firms active in futures, options, and centrally cleared derivatives are reassessing collateral and margin strategies, as requirements rise and settlement certainty becomes more critical.
This is increasing demand for solutions that address excess buffers to capital efficiency and reduce operational friction.
Our latest research, produced with ValueExchange, shows that 52% of firms expect to adopt tokenized collateral by the end of 2026, reflecting a growing urgency for tokenization as a real way to optimize collateral management.
What's Driving Adoption?
Market participants are looking toward collateral tokenization to:
Reduce margin and settlement friction via real-time collateral movements
Free trapped capital by lowering excess margin buffers
Enhance intraday liquiditymanagement across cleared OTC and ETD positions
Automate post-trade processes to cut manual effort and operating costs
Enable real-time collateral mobilization, rather than rely on end-of-day batch processing
For Collateral, Treasury, Risk, Clearing, Trading, and Middle & Back Office teams, the move toward real-time and automated collateral workflows is now a clear, strategic priority.
Download the full report to explore tokenized collateral—and how firms can benefit as adoption expands.
How Tokenized Collateral Could Reshape Cleared Derivatives & Margin Management
As tokenized collateral moves from early pilots to real-world adoption, cleared derivatives markets are positioned to gain from greater collateral mobility, lower settlement-related frictions, and operational resilience. This article explores how tokenization could reshape margin optimization over the next 3-5 years.
Tokenized Collateral: How Collateral Management Fuels Institutionalization in Digital Assets Markets
Institutional adoption of digital asset trading is accelerating, and tokenized collateral is at the center of this shift. This webinar explores practical strategies and frameworks for optimizing collateral management to support institutional participation in crypto trading.
AI and Tokenization: Driving Collateral Mobility, Market Efficiency and Digital Integration
In this video, Sophie Marnhier-Foy, Head of Digital Asset Solutions, explains how tokenization enables firms to connect their full collateral inventory and manage collateral intraday, almost in real time. She highlights how combining tokenized assets with AI helps automate repetitive tasks, accelerate risk calculations and modernize mission-critical capital markets operations.
