Quick answer: In Overledger release 2.2.9, Quant introduced Tokenise as a beta feature that lets users create and deploy QRC20 tokens (which Quant describes as backwards-compatible with ERC20) onto the Ethereum, Polygon, and XDC mainnets. Quant’s own release notes call it a beta and say new capabilities would be added later that year, so this was an early-stage roadmap milestone, not evidence of production-scale token issuance on XDC.
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Updated 07/17/2026. By Jake Claver. Educational content, not investment advice.
Tokenization headlines tend to compress a lot of nuance into a single word. A protocol adds a tokenization API and the story becomes “institutional adoption is here.” The Quant Overledger Tokenise release is a good example of why the release stage matters as much as the feature itself. This is what Quant actually shipped, drawn from its own announcement and release notes.
Quant is a UK-based interoperability company. Its Overledger platform is not a blockchain; it is a layer that lets one application interact with several blockchains through a single set of APIs instead of building a separate integration for each chain. That framing is the key to reading everything below.
What Tokenise added in Overledger 2.2.9
According to Quant’s Overledger 2.2.9 announcement, Tokenise is a premium API for creating and deploying interoperable tokens onto the Ethereum, Polygon, and XDC mainnets. The tokens it produces are QRC20 tokens, which Quant says have built-in backwards compatibility with legacy ERC20 tokens without additional coding. In practice that means a token created through Tokenise is meant to behave like a standard ERC20 asset that existing wallets and tooling already understand.
The release also connected Overledger to XDC mainnet and extended Bitcoin support. Details are set out in the full 2.2.9 release notes PDF. The notes describe Ethereum-based Overledger functions such as searching for a transaction, monitoring activity on an address, and invoking a smart contract being available on XDC.
Why the beta label is the whole story
Quant labelled Tokenise a beta and stated that it would be enhanced later that year with new capabilities for QRC20 tokens and other digital assets. That is not marketing hedging; it is a description of maturity. A beta API means the feature was released for early testing and iteration, not that meaningful token volume was already flowing through it. The honest read is: a capability was made available, and its production track record still had to be built.
Why XDC support specifically
XDC was not a random addition. An earlier Overledger release, 2.2.8, had already added XDC before Tokenise existed, and Quant’s notes describe XDC as a hybrid network designed for enterprise use. That lines up with how the XDC Network positions itself: an enterprise-grade, EVM-compatible protocol aimed at trade finance and real-world-asset tokenization rather than general consumer applications. Adding a tokenization tool that reaches XDC alongside Ethereum and Polygon is consistent with Quant targeting enterprise issuers who care about that kind of network.
What Overledger interoperability actually buys you
The reason a multi-chain tokenization tool matters is the interoperability thesis behind Overledger. Instead of committing to one chain, a platform can, in principle, manage tokenized assets across Ethereum, Polygon, and XDC through one interface. For an issuer that does not want to be locked into a single network, or that has counterparties on different chains, that is the practical draw. The feature does not remove the underlying differences between chains; it standardizes how an application talks to them.
Where this sits in the regulated-markets picture
Tokenization of real-world assets is a live topic among regulators and market infrastructure firms, and it is worth separating the tooling story from the regulatory one. In the United States, digital-asset market oversight and fraud warnings sit with bodies like the CFTC’s digital assets program, while post-trade infrastructure players such as the DTCC have run their own tokenized-asset processing. A tokenization API existing is not the same thing as tokens being issued into a regulated market. Those are separate steps, and a developer tool clearing the first does not clear the second.
Why this matters
If you are tracking XDC, Quant, or tokenization broadly, the useful takeaway is precision. Overledger Tokenise gave developers a way to deploy interoperable, ERC20-compatible tokens across three named networks, including XDC, from one platform. That is a genuine capability. It is also, by Quant’s own words, a beta that was slated for further work. Treat it as a roadmap milestone to follow, not as proof that large-scale, regulated token issuance was already happening on XDC through this specific tool.
Common questions
What is Overledger Tokenise?
Tokenise is a premium Quant API, introduced as a beta in Overledger 2.2.9, for creating and deploying interoperable QRC20 tokens onto the Ethereum, Polygon, and XDC mainnets.
What is a QRC20 token?
QRC20 is Quant’s token format. Quant says QRC20 tokens have built-in backwards compatibility with legacy ERC20 tokens, so they are meant to work with existing ERC20 tooling without additional coding.
Does Overledger Tokenise support XDC?
Yes. Release 2.2.9 supports deploying tokens to XDC mainnet alongside Ethereum and Polygon, and XDC support had already been added to Overledger in the earlier 2.2.8 release.
Was this a full production launch?
No. Quant’s release notes describe Tokenise as a beta and say it would be extended later that year with new capabilities, which indicates an early-stage feature rather than a finished, production-scale product.
Does this mean tokenized assets are trading in regulated markets on XDC?
Not on its own. A tokenization API is developer tooling. Issuing tokens into regulated markets is a separate process governed by law and market infrastructure, and the existence of the tool does not establish that regulated issuance was occurring through it.
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