TRUST not TECH & WHY EUROPE LEADS
In the Tokenised Economy, Trust May Be Europe’s Greatest Export July 19, 2026 By Eric Piscini As tokenization matures, Europe’s governance and regulatory strengths become its competitive advantage. This is because trust, not technological prowess, will determine who captures the market. Banks, asset managers, and governments are exploring tokenized assets at scale. However, as the technology matures, many commentators are still getting the debate wrong. Too often the focus is on the speed of blockchains rather than the trusted infrastructure that underpins them. The jurisdictions that combine innovation with legal certainty , robust governance , and institutional credibility will be best placed to shape the next generation of global capital markets. Most conversations about tokenization used to start with the same nervous question: will this actually work? Engineers have answered that one. Settlement that took days now takes minutes, fractional ownership t...