REAL, an institutional-focused Layer 1 blockchain for real-world assets (RWAs), has joined Blockchain for Europe (BC4EU), expanding its role in policy discussions around tokenized assets and digital asset regulation across the European Union.
The membership, announced on Wednesday, allows REAL to contribute technical and operational insights as European policymakers continue developing rules governing tokenized securities, stablecoins, and blockchain-based financial infrastructure.
REAL joins EU digital asset policy discussions
Blockchain for Europe is a Brussels-based industry association that works with policymakers, academics, and blockchain companies to help shape the European Union’s regulatory framework for digital assets.
Through its membership, REAL plans to provide input on areas including real-world asset tokenization, asset lifecycle management, settlement infrastructure, validator participation, compliance, and institutional adoption of blockchain technology.
The company said its experience working with financial institutions, custodians, tokenization platforms, issuers, validators, and liquidity providers gives it insight into the infrastructure requirements needed for institutional adoption.
Focus remains on institutional tokenization
REAL said its participation in BC4EU comes as tokenization gains traction among financial institutions seeking to bring traditional assets onto blockchain networks.
The company intends to contribute to discussions on how tokenized assets can operate within existing regulatory frameworks while supporting compliance, risk management, liquidity, and secondary market activity.
Brandon Kazakoff, Vice President at REAL, commented on the development, stating “Europe has an opportunity to become a global leader in institutional tokenisation, but that requires policy frameworks informed by practical market infrastructure.”
He added, “REAL is joining Blockchain for Europe to contribute a full lifecycle perspective on tokenised assets, from issuance and compliance to risk visibility, settlement, servicing, and secondary market readiness. Our goal is to support policy discussions that enable responsible digital asset innovation and real institutional adoption across the EU.”
Blockchain for Europe expands industry representation
Blockchain for Europe said REAL’s experience in real-world asset tokenization will add practical expertise to ongoing discussions with European regulators. The association’s policy work spans several areas of digital asset regulation, including the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), anti-money laundering rules, decentralized finance (DeFi), digital asset taxation, artificial intelligence, and self-sovereign identity.
The addition of REAL comes as the EU continues refining its regulatory approach to digital assets while exploring broader institutional adoption of blockchain technology.
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