Ripple × TWEX · Panel Prep Call

Tokenizing
Real-World Assets

A 45-minute panel, built around one everyday scenario — so the audience leaves with something concrete.

30 July 2026
Le Meridien Taipei
Moderator: Ming-En Hsu
Mandarin-led, English summaries
Today's call

What we'll go through

I'll keep this short — the goal is to spend most of our time on your reactions, not on me talking.

01 Your input

What I'd most like from this call

Before I walk through anything — here's what I'm hoping to get out of the next 30 minutes, so you know what to listen for. You know this space better than the room will. Push back freely, and I'll update the doc right after.

Is there anything you'd rather not be asked?

Anything you'd want reframed — or swapped with another panelist?

Anything missing that this particular audience needs to hear?

Is the level right — too technical, or not technical enough?

02 The frame

One scenario, not an abstract topic

Most RWA panels stay abstract. Everyone agrees it matters — and nobody leaves with anything they can use. So the entire panel is anchored to a single flow, and every question comes back to it.

Moving money between a stock
and a fund — and back.
Sell Taiwan-listed shares  →  hold New Taiwan Dollars  →  subscribe to a fund  →  reverse it

Today that round trip takes about a week

Sell stock
T+2
Subscribe to fund
T+3–5
Redeem fund
T+3–10
For most of that week, the money is simply frozen mid-transfer.

Three legs — each at a different stage in Taiwan

That's what makes this a useful frame: one flow, three separate tokenization problems.

The fund

Proof-of-concept work already underway — FSC, TDCC and nine institutions.

Proof of concept

The stock

Runs into securities regulation and the legacy STO framework.

Regulatory

The New Taiwan Dollar

A stablecoin question — sits with the central bank and licensing.

Central bank
03 The format

One continuous thread

Each panelist speaks to one segment of the same flow, so the audience follows a single argument rather than four separate talks.

~45

minutes total

4

panelists, ~10 min each

1 + 1

main question + follow-up

Does this problem matter?
What works globally?
What actually changed?
Where does Taiwan stand?
04 Your questions

Who covers what

Full wording is in the doc — here's the shape of each segment.

1
Chris ChenPartner, Deloitte Taiwan
Does this problem matter?

Q1  From the banks and asset managers you advise — is that week-long round trip a real pain point, or just friction everyone has accepted?

Q2  When the tokenization decision reaches the boardroom, where does it most often stall — and why?

2
Adam PopatCEO, SettleMint
What does "running" look like globally?

Q1  Globally, what does a working end-to-end version of this flow look like — issuance, settlement, redemption? What's current best practice for stitching those together?

Q2  Which step is most often underestimated — where a project succeeds as a pilot but never becomes a production platform?

3
Ross EdwardsRipple
First-hand: what actually changed?

Q1  RLUSD is wired into Franklin Templeton's BENJI and BlackRock's BUIDL. Once that ran in production, what concretely changed — whose work changed, which roles got redefined?

Q2  Anything that surprised you — something you expected to change that didn't, or something nobody anticipated?

4
Eddie HsiungPartner, Lee and Li
Where does Taiwan actually stand?

Q1  Taiwan's RWA rules still rest largely on the original STO framework. Applied to this flow — which parts still hold up, and which don't?

Q2  STO only reaches the stock leg. Putting the fund and the NTD alongside it — how far along is Taiwan's progress bar, really?

Lightning round — if time permits

One sentence each: what's the single thing that most often kills a promising RWA pilot before it becomes a platform?

05 Logistics

Before the 30th

Bilingual format

I'll moderate in Mandarin for the local audience, and summarise in English between segments so everyone can follow the thread. Please answer in either English or Mandarin — whichever you prefer — and keep it tight, since the summaries eat into the time.

Slides — Wed 29 July, COB

If you want anything on screen during the panel, send it to Sharon by then to be included.

Speakers' lunch, 12:00

Private lunch hosted by Ripple before the event. Please accept or decline the invite so Sharon can book.

The event

30 July 2026 at Le Meridien Taipei. Panel runs ~45 minutes.