Opinion

Where to begin: from the asset to the token, without shortcuts

Pablo Marques2 min read

If you followed the previous texts, you already have the loose pieces: what tokenization is, what RWA is, CVM regulation, the backing, the vehicle, the technical rail. What is missing is the practical question everyone asks in the end: where do you begin? The short answer is that you begin with the asset, and almost never with the token.

This is the roadmap we follow. Not because it is the quickest to promise, but because it is the one that survives contact with reality.

The order that works

  1. The asset, before anything else. Is there a property, a receivable, a debt? Is it identified? Does it have verifiable backing? If the asset does not stand on its own, nothing that comes after fixes it.
  2. The legal structure. The vehicle is constituted, often an SPE, along with the contracts that anchor the holder's right. This is where the collateral stops being a promise.
  3. The framing. Depending on the size and form of the offering, the operation fits within CVM Resolutions 88 and 175. The regime comes before the token, not as a patch afterward.
  4. The rail. Only then does tokenization come in: the permissioned and auditable record that mirrors everything that was built above.

Note that the token is the fourth step, not the first. Whoever offers to begin with the technology is selling the roof before the foundation.

What we do not promise

We do not promise guaranteed liquidity, it depends on real demand. We do not promise return, because that would be dishonest and it is not ours to promise. We do not promise to circumvent regulation, because the goal is precisely to operate within it. What we offer is rigor in the right order: from the asset to the token, without shortcuts.

This content is informative and does not constitute an offer, a recommendation or investment advice. Each operation observes the applicable regulatory framing.

The starting point

In practice, beginning is simpler than it seems: describing the instrument and the size of the operation. From there, we indicate the appropriate framing and the structuring path, and we say frankly when an asset is not yet ready to tokenize.

To see what this turns into as concrete solutions, get to know what we build and the Regulatory page. And when you want to move from content to conversation, talk to us: it is where the roadmap above stops being theory.

Notice

Forward Factory is an infrastructure platform for asset tokenization and does not provide investment advice, recommendations or counseling. The solutions described here do not constitute a public offering of securities. When a token represents a security, it observes the corresponding regulation, and the structuring of issuances adopts know-your-customer and anti-money-laundering (KYC/AML) procedures. Any offerings observe the applicable regulation of the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM), including CVM Resolutions No. 88 and No. 175. Past performance is no guarantee of future results; investments involve risk.

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