Funds in 15 Minutes Podcast with Stephan Dreyer on Tokenized Funds Need Names: ISIN, DTI & the Standards Layer

Tokenized fund units promise faster issuance, broader distribution, and new rails for ownership—but only if the market can still answer a basic question: what exactly is this instrument? In this episode of Funds in 15 Minutes Podcast with David Eckner, Stephan Dreyer (ANNA) explains why identifiers like ISINs are far more than regulatory box-ticking. They are the backbone of distribution, reporting, risk systems, and operational controls across the entire fund value chain. We unpack how ISINs, DTIs, and concepts such as XT-ISINs can work together in tokenized scenarios, where the ISIN should remain the “anchor of identity,” and where additional identifiers become essential, especially in multi-chain and wrapped-token setups. Finally, we look ahead to 2026: what signal would show tokenized funds have moved from pilots to business-as-usual, and why standards and governance are the quiet enablers of scale.

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