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ECB, Commission and ESMA seek members for EU tokenisation standards group

EUSource: ESMA

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  • The ECB, the European Commission and ESMA are calling on wholesale financial industry stakeholders to express interest in joining the European Tokenisation Standards Group (ETSG), which will develop common standards for an interconnected tokenised financial ecosystem.
  • The group aims to set up a framework for monitoring compliance with the agreed standards and may recommend to EU authorities how to incentivise compliance; it will be chaired by industry participants, with the ECB, the Commission and ESMA as observers.
  • Applications are due by 27 November 2026.

Why it matters

Banks building tokenised securities, deposit or settlement services in the EU can apply to help write the common standards the ECB, Commission and ESMA will observe, and any compliance-monitoring framework the group sets up could shape how interoperable their DLT platforms need to be.

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More detail

Who is affected

Wholesale financial industry stakeholders, including EU associations, private entities, global institutions, fintech companies and technical providers working on tokenisation or DLT-based financial services.

Key dates

  • Call for nominations published
  • Deadline for ETSG applications

What remains uncertain

  • The release does not say when the group will start work or which standards it will tackle first.

Key facts

Event
Call for nominations
Jurisdiction
EU
Source
ESMA
Source tier
Tier 1 · Regulator / central bank
How we verified this

The source says

“The European Central Bank (ECB), together with the European Commission and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), is calling upon wholesale financial industry stakeholders to express their interest in joining the European Tokenisation Standards Group (ETSG).”

“The group will bring together industry stakeholders to develop common standards for an interconnected tokenised financial ecosystem.”

“To this end, the ETSG will be chaired by participants from the industry, with the ECB, the Commission and ESMA acting as observers.”

Governance

Verbatim from ESMA, matched word for word against the live page on 13 November 2026.

Sources

Evidence

Confidence
High Primary source (regulator / official record); quote string-matched against the live page.
Quote verified
2026-11-13 11:59 UTC
Archived snapshot
SHA-256 ff8a66e11a36b398… · fetched 2026-11-09 · Wayback Machine copy ↗
Source type
Primary ESMA ↗
Change log (1)
  1. 2026-11-09 Published

Full evidence record · How we label confidence

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