[WDAF 2026] Tokenized assets must be put to work: Evernorth

Tokenized assets must move beyond digital recordkeeping to become actively traded, used as collateral and deployed to generate returns if blockchain technology is to transform financial markets, an industry executive said Monday. "The first phase was about getting assets onchain. What we're excited for is the next era where these assets that are sitting onchain become productive," said Sagar Shah, chief business officer of Evernorth, at the World Digital Assets Forum 2026 in Seoul. Shah said the