BVI: a natural home for tokenised real-world asset issuers

Introduction

Tokenisation of real-world assets (RWAs) is moving from concept to market reality. Treasuries, private credit, fixed income instruments, commodity-backed products and fund interests are increasingly being issued and distributed on-chain.

Jurisdictional choice matters. Issuers need legal certainty, enforceable investor rights, regulatory clarity and flexible corporate structuring. In this context, the British Virgin Islands (BVI) is increasingly being used for tokenised RWA issuance because of the interaction between the Virtual Assets Service Providers Act, 2022, the Securities and Investment Business Act (as revised), the BVI funds regime and flexible corporate law.

Background and context

Market commentary has identified tokenised assets as a growing segment of capital markets activity, with tokenisation expected to extend across sovereign debt, public equities, bank deposits, private credit, corporate debt, commodities and real assets.

As tokenisation expands, jurisdictions able to support scalable issuance structures across debt products, fund interests and other RWA strategies are likely to become increasingly important. The BVI is well placed to support this development because it combines a targeted virtual assets regime with an established securities and funds framework.

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