Morning Edition · Saturday, July 25, 2026Published at 1:44 AM EDT · New York
Brazilian Dairy Farmers Tokenize Their Cows to Borrow Around Bank Lending Limits
Smart collars stream herd-health data on-chain to deter fraud, letting local agricultural businesses secure livestock-backed loans that traditional credit limits would block.
In Brazil, dairy farmers have begun tokenizing their cattle to obtain loans they could not get through conventional bank channels. Each animal is represented by an on-chain token, and smart collars monitor herd health in real time, a data f…
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Real-World-Asset Tokenization Expands On-Chain Credit
Tokenization of physical assets, verified by sensor and oracle data, increasingly opens on-chain credit to borrowers the traditional banking system underserves, moving real-world assets onto public chains as working collateral.
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