Plume, Ripple and SMBC executives to share RWA panel in Singapore

The session

Plume Network CEO Chris Yin will appear on a panel with executives from Ripple and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) at the Singapore FinTech Festival, according to the event's official program. The session, titled 'RWA Tokenization: From Products to Liquid Markets', is scheduled for 19 November 2026, from 14:10 to 14:40 Singapore time, on the FutureMatters stage at Singapore EXPO.

The festival runs from 18 to 20 November 2026. Joining Yin are Fiona Murray, Ripple's Asia-Pacific vice president and managing director, and Kazuya Ikeda, a senior SMBC executive. Delane Foo, Asia-Pacific managing director at Nethermind, moderates.

What the panel covers

The program puts three different kinds of participant on one stage: Plume builds blockchain infrastructure for real-world assets (RWA, meaning traditional holdings such as bonds, funds, property or private credit represented as tokens on a blockchain), Ripple develops enterprise blockchain and payment products, and SMBC represents conventional banking.

The discussion is set to cover how tokenized assets can be used in actual financial markets, the liquidity problems the sector faces, and what institutional investors expect. The organizers also plan to look at which asset classes have working use cases and which remain at the pilot stage, and at how much efficiency blockchain infrastructure adds to financial transactions.

Further topics listed are the use of tokenized assets as collateral, faster trade settlement, and the conditions institutions need before entering these markets.

Tokens and markets

A central question for the session is whether moving assets onto a blockchain is enough, or whether the value lies in building liquid markets where those assets can trade. Tokenizing an asset does not by itself create buyers and sellers: a fund represented on-chain does not guarantee that investors can buy or sell their shares at any moment. Trading requires enough market participants, a suitable legal framework and working liquidity mechanisms.

According to Plume's documentation, the network aims to let tokenized assets be used not only for custody and transfer but also for lending, borrowing, swaps and staking.

No deal announced

Sharing a panel does not mean the three organizations have formed a commercial partnership. The event program contains no verified information about a new integration, an investment agreement or a joint product announcement between Plume, Ripple and SMBC.

Nor is there a basis to say the appearance points to a rise in the price of PLUME, new institutional investment or a commercial deal.