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ARTICLE · 03 JUNE 2026

Tokenization’s New Rulebook: Why It Matters For Israelis In 2026

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US regulators are establishing clearer frameworks for tokenization, moving beyond treating it as speculative crypto toward practical financial infrastructure redesign. Israeli clients need to understand how these regulatory developments will impact digital asset systems, focusing on buyer protections, compliance requirements, and operational reliability rather than simply adding token labels to existing assets.

IsraelFinance and Banking
Guy Ben-Ami
Guy Ben-Ami

Partner, Guy Ben-Ami, Co-Chair of Israeli Cross Border Practice and Chair of Crypto, Digital Assets, and Blockchain writes for NISHLIS about Tokenization’s New Rulebook.

The article was originally published in The US-Israel Legal Review 2024/25, published by Global Legal Media and Nishlis Legal Marketing.

Israeli clients should not read the latest US moves on tokenization as just another crypto debate. They are better understood as an early attempt by a large financial system to move assets, ownership records, and parts of market activity onto digital rails.

US regulators are also becoming more organized. Instead of treating each new product as a one-off, they are starting to sort digital assets into clearer categories, explain when older rules still control, and adapt safety rules to digital markets. For Israel, the lesson is simple: success will not come from adding a token label to an asset. It will come from building systems that protect the buyer’s rights, satisfy

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