5-year total cost of ownership (TCO) comparison for tokenizing real-world assets vs. traditional settlement. Model bond, money-market fund, repo, real estate, and trade receivable tokenization costs across Corda, Canton, Hyperledger Fabric, and public EVM chains. Break-even volume analysis included.
Cost benchmarks: Issuance and development cost ranges derived from BIS working papers, IOSCO tokenization reports, World Economic Forum tokenization cost studies, and IDC enterprise blockchain deployment benchmarks ($160K–$580K, IDC 2024). Platform-specific data informed by publicly available information from R3/Digital Asset/Linux Foundation ecosystem reports.
Traditional baseline: DTC/DTCC settlement fees ($0.82–$6.50/transaction by asset type), Euroclear/Clearstream custody (1–3bps/yr on notional), SWIFT messaging ($0.20–$3.00/message). Sourced from public regulatory disclosures and industry cost surveys.
Terminology: This tool avoids "blockchain" and "smart contract." It uses "programmable settlement logic" and "self-executing settlement" throughout. References to Canton and Corda draw on publicly available Post Oak Labs A2A architecture documentation.
Limitations: All figures are estimates based on public benchmarks. Actual TCO will vary significantly based on implementation scope, team experience, and vendor negotiations. Use as directional input to business case preparation, not as a final procurement figure.
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