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# 4.7 - RWA Issuance, Lifecycle & DvP Settlement

Real-world assets are represented on Polarischain as **Compliance-Bound Asset Registry Entries (CBAREs)**. Each entry contains asset identifiers, legal descriptions, issuer/jurisdiction metadata, embedded transfer rules, compliance oracle attestation hashes, and custodian signatures.

**Issuance Workflow**

1. **Legal Structuring:** Issuer finalizes off-chain legal framework (SPV, trust, or custodial agreement).
2. **Compliance Verification:** Accredited oracle validates KYC/AML status and jurisdictional eligibility.
3. **Native Registration:** Issuer submits CBARE transaction. Validators verify signatures, compliance hashes, and policy constraints.
4. **Active Registry:** Asset becomes transferable under protocol-enforced rules. All subsequent transfers inherit the same compliance envelope.

**Delivery vs. Payment (DvP) Settlement**

Polarischain enables atomic **DvP settlement** within a single consensus wave. Both the asset transfer and corresponding payment are packaged as linked transactions, referenced to a common parent vertex, and finalized simultaneously upon quorum certification.

* **Counterparty Risk Elimination:** Neither leg settles unless both pass compliance, balance, and signature validation.
* **Deterministic Finality:** Sub-second BFT finality applies to both legs; no probabilistic confirmations.
* **Multi-Asset Routing:** Supports native `$POL`, tokenized fiat, or other registered RWAs within the same DvP envelope.

This architecture mirrors institutional payment-versus-delivery systems used in traditional securities settlement, but operates on a public, cryptographically verifiable ledger with quantum-resistant authentication.


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