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# Layer 1: Tokenisation Infrastructure

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**What it is:** The Tokenisation Infrastructure Layer provides the foundational capabilities required to represent structured financial products on-chain.
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### Primary function

> * Create a **standardised on-chain representation** of structured financial products.
> * Support **asset lifecycle operations** end-to-end.

### What it supports

> * **Issuance:** minting/creating tokenised instruments under defined terms.
> * **Transfers:** movement of ownership interests between parties.
> * **Redemptions:** lifecycle completion flows (e.g., maturity, exit, settlement).
> * **Institutional-aligned contract frameworks:** standardised structures designed to match institutional workflows.

### Key design properties

> * **Asset-agnostic:** works across multiple institutional asset types (e.g., funds, treasury instruments, private credit).
> * **Neutral middleware:** enables tokenisation without prescribing distribution, trading, or liquidity.

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### What it does <mark style="color:red;">not</mark> do

* Does not assume a specific **liquidity venue**, **trading model**, or **access model**.
* Does not embed **distribution or end-user assumptions** into the core protocol.
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