Ex-SEC Lawyer Breaks Down the Compliance Playbook for Tokenized RWAs

Former SEC counsel Ashley Ebersole argues that regulatory engagement, not technology, has been the principal bottleneck to making Real-World Assets (RWAs) compliant, and that recent shifts in U.S. regulatory posture are opening a realistic path for fully regulated tokenization. RWA models that satisfy securities requirements now turn on custody-and-contract architectures that clearly confer beneficial ownership […]