MetaWealth, a tokenised real estate investment platform, has been granted a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license from the Bank of Lithuania, enabling the fintech start-up to expand the features of its platform.
Receiving a full VASP license will allow the company to expand on its digital assets offerings and introduce a compliant, secondary market for its real-world assets and real estate tokens.
Launched in 2023, with registered offices in Vilnius, Dublin, Bucharest and Marbella, MetaWealth’s real estate investment platform tokenises international-grade investments in property developments, bringing greater liquidity and accessibility to a slow and costly transaction process.
Each token represents fractional ownership, dividing properties into many smaller assets available for purchase on the MetaWealth platform, recorded on the Solana blockchain. This approach to investing enables investors to purchase, sell or transfer real estate assets in seconds, the platform claims, rather than the weeks or months required by traditional property markets.
Since launch, MetaWealth has listed properties in Romania, Spain, Greece and Italy, and has facilitated over $35 million in tokenised real estate investments. The company claims it has been profitable since its first year and continues to expand its presence across Europe, with investors from 23 countries using the MetaWealth platform.
“High standards of compliance are a fundamental part of MetaWealth’s journey as we further adoption of tokenisation. Receiving a full VASP license is an important milestone for MetaWealth, enabling us to add new features to our platform with full regulatory compliance,” said Amr Adawi, CEO and co-founder of MetaWealth.
MetaWealth is also preparing its MiCAR (Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation) submission. When granted by the Bank of Lithuania, the MiCAR will enable MetaWealth to expand its secondary market for crypto assets and further its innovation in the tokenisation of real-world assets.
