- kTW50 brings a Taiwan large-cap equity fund strategy on-chain, giving Web3-native investors regulated, auditable access to Taiwan’s technology and electronics market.
- It marks a step in the broadening of tokenised RWAs from digital cash and short-duration instruments into growth-oriented, equity-linked exposure.
- The launch extends Web3 portfolios beyond the software and agent layer of the AI story into its physical infrastructure — the companies that design, fabricate and assemble the hardware AI runs on.
DigiFT, a regulated digital asset exchange for institutional-grade real-world assets (“RWAs”), and KGI, a leading Asia Pacific Financial group, today announced the launch of the KGI Taiwan TOP 50 Fund Token (“kTW50”) — a token providing accredited and institutional investors with on-chain access to a Taiwan large-cap equity fund strategy managed by KGI Securities Investment Trust (“KGI SITE”). The launch is significant for Web3-native market participants it gives portfolios a regulated route to the physical infrastructure layer of the AI story — the listed Taiwanese companies that design, fabricate and assemble the hardware AI runs on.
On-chain markets have so far been shaped primarily by digital cash, BTC and ETH, and a fast-growing RWA segment led by cash-management, government-securities and credit products. kTW50 adds a different market narrative: a regulated on-chain route to Taiwan large-cap equity exposure, linked to the physical infrastructure behind AI. The launch reflects the broadening of tokenised RWAs beyond cash-management and fixed-income strategies into more diverse institutional market exposures.
Index-based vehicles are, by design, built to assemble a defined basket of exposures through a rules-based methodology, rather than requiring investors to replicate that exposure position by position; bringing that structure on-chain extends the same long-established mechanism to Web3-native portfolios. Unlike the underlying listed securities, which trade only during Taiwan Stock Exchange hours, kTW50 can be transferred between authorised holders around the clock and is designed to be composable with the broader on-chain ecosystem over time.
Tokenisation is increasingly used across capital markets to extend a listed strategy’s distribution beyond the market infrastructure it was originally issued into — moving exposure that was once confined to a single exchange’s domestic settlement and brokerage rails toward a broader pool of investors who can hold it through shared, regulated on-chain infrastructure. kTW50 reflects that pattern: a Taiwan-listed strategy represented on-chain, without changing the underlying investment strategy or its governance.
This transaction reflects a wider, global shift across financial markets, with leading market infrastructure providers and global asset managers signalling plans to tokenise stocks and Treasurys1 in a bid to move regulated capital markets activity on-chain.
Henry Zhang, Founder and Group CEO of DigiFT, said: “Every mature market is built in layers — cash, income and growth. On-chain finance has had the first two for years. kTW50 adds the third: a regulated route to growth exposure, sitting alongside the cash and yield instruments already there. This is how institutional portfolios have always been built, and it’s how on-chain portfolios will be too.”
Wayne Hsu, Executive Vice President, KGI Financial Holding Co., Ltd. said: “Taiwan has established itself as a global AI powerhouse, with world-leading capabilities spanning semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, and AI infrastructure. The KGI Taiwan Top 50 ETF brings together many of Taiwan’s most influential companies, offering international investors a unique opportunity to participate in the long-term growth driven by the AI revolution. As we continue to expand our presence in the Web3 ecosystem, our goal is to serve as a critical bridge between traditional finance and tokenized finance. We believe tokenization has the potential to transform capital markets by enhancing accessibility, efficiency, and transparency for investors worldwide. We are excited to partner with DigiFT to bring the KGI Taiwan Top 50 ETF on-chain and introduce the world’s first kTW50 RWA token. This landmark initiative provides accredited and institutional investors with a new on-chain gateway to access Taiwan’s AI growth story, while demonstrating how regulated financial assets can seamlessly connect with global digital capital markets. We believe this is an important step toward shaping the future of finance and accelerating the convergence of traditional and digital asset ecosystems.”
kTW50 adds to a growing roster of DigiFT partnerships with global and regional asset managers, each bringing a different institutional strategy on-chain. Taken together, these launches reflect a broader pattern: Web3-native portfolios gaining access to a widening range of regulated, institutional-grade instruments across asset classes and markets.
References
1. The Wall Street Journal (2026) JPMorgan, BlackRock and Goldman to Tokenize Stocks, Treasurys. Available at: https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/jpmorgan-blackrock-and-goldman-to-tokenize-stocks-treasurys-0a776ba7 (Accessed: 16 July 2026).
About kTW50
kTW50 provides on-chain access to a Taiwan large-cap equity fund strategy managed by KGI Securities Investment Trust (KGI SITE). [Confirm final product description, legal structure and blockchain before release.] kTW50 is available exclusively to eligible institutional and accredited investors as defined under Singapore’s Securities and Futures Act.
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