A Money Market Fund Assessment (MMF) is an opinion of the investment quality of shares in mutual funds and similar investment vehicles that principally invest in short-term fixed income obligations.
Our MMF assessment framework extends to tokenized funds by evaluating both the quality of the underlying portfolio and the operational and technological considerations introduced by tokenization. This approach enables the application of a consistent assessment framework to both traditional and tokenized fund structures, incorporating analysis of underlying portfolio quality alongside operational and technological considerations.
The first such framework for assigning deposit ratings to fiat-backed stablecoins, evaluating reserve asset quality, segregation, and liquidity globally.
A network-agnostic capability connecting Moody's institutional-grade credit ratings and data to the expanding universe of tokenized assets and blockchains.
Digital issuances rated1
Digital issuances rated1
Digital Economy research reports published2
Reads of Digital Economy content2
1. Digital issuance refers to Digital Bonds and Tokenized Funds. The metric is calculated based on the number of issuances.
The figures cover the period from 1 January 2018 through 2 February 2026. Source: Moody’s Ratings
2. The figures cover reports on artificial intelligence, cyber risk and digital transformation topics published as of 5 February 2026.
Source: Moody’s Ratings
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Shared new digital technology is driving convergence among once distinct areas of finance. As financial rails have been updated for blockchain based systems as well as AI tools, the growth of tokenized credit, the digitalization of sustainability-linked instruments, and the emergence of stablecoins as settlement tools have helped to erase boundaries among areas such as transition finance, emerging markets finance and private credit.
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