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From digital payments to digital assets: Where blockchains could add value
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Fusion42 · 5 October 2026 · Fusion42 review
India is pioneering a sovereign blockchain infrastructure for tokenised corporate bonds and expects to scale this system to equities, mutual funds, and gold, integrating wholesale digital rupee settlements for instantaneous, risk-reduced transactions. Public blockchains are viewed as suitable for post-digitisation asset movements across institutions and borders, with a focus on balancing innovation with sovereign financial stability.
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Your fintech offering can now leverage India's unified blockchain market infrastructure connecting tokenised bonds and wholesale CBDC, opening opportunities to cut settlement times and reduce capital locks one step further than traditional UPI messaging. Competition will soon come from established institutions expanding digital asset classes and cross-border public blockchain networks that bypass legacy corridors.
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