First launched in 2020, the Tokenized Assets & Digital Securities Awards ("TADS AWARDS") is the world's first annual international awards for the Tokenized Assets & Digital Securities sector. It celebrates these industries by recognizing and honoring significant contributions and distinguished achievements worldwide. Hosted annually, the TADS AWARDS brings together individuals and businesses to share the energy that tokenization brings to the financial sector. TADS AWARDS also aims to nurture the growth of these specific industries by jointly establishing "best practices" and setting "measuring standards" for high-quality tokenized assets and digitized securities, together with other industry leaders on the global market. The TADS Awards presents fifteen (15) awards and twelve (12) Rising-Star awards in total for the three (3) award categories :1) "BEST OF CLASS TADS" category --• Equity-Backed Token• Asset-Backed Token• Tokenized Debt Token• Income-Backed Token • Impact / ESG Token• TADS Rising Star 2) "ECO-SYSTEM EXCELLENCE" category --• KYC / Compliance Solution• Token Issuance Solution• Digital Custodian Solution• Brokerage & Liquidity Solution• Asset Management & DeFi Solution• Ecosystem Rising Star 3) "NFT INNOVATIONS" category --• Digital Art NFT • Content/IP NFT • Impact/ESG NFT• Phygital NFT • Metaverse NFT • NFT Rising Star