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Upcoming Webinar: Unpacking Stablecoin Challenges for Financial Institutions
18 November 2025 10:00am ET | 3:00pm London | 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 Minutes The stablecoin market is experiencing unprecedented growth, driven by emerging regulatory clarity, technological maturity, and rising global demand for a faster, more secure financial infrastructure. But with opportunity comes complexity, and a host of challenges that financial institutions need to address…
tZERO Launches tZERO Connect to Offer API Access to Regulated Digital Asset Infrastructure
tZERO Group, Inc. has launched tZERO Connect, a new initiative providing institutions and fintech partners with direct, programmable API access. This connects partners to tZERO’s regulated infrastructure for digital securities and tokenised real-world assets (RWAs), supporting the firm’s B2B and B2B2C strategic priorities. The initiative unifies tZERO’s API suite and global partnership network, enabling banks,…
Tokenovate Launches Novat Protocol to Streamline Tokenised Asset Settlement
UK fintech Tokenovate has launched the Novat, a new programmable settlement protocol for tokenised assets. The solution is designed to streamline post-trade operations, unlock liquidity, and reduce systemic risk in global capital markets. It addresses the fragmentation and reconciliation delays common in legacy workflows, which are under increasing pressure from the shift to T+1 settlement…
GDF Report Assesses Legal Certainty of Tokenised Money Market Funds in UK, Ireland, and Luxembourg
Global Digital Finance (GDF) has announced findings from a working group report assessing the legal certainty and collateral mobility of Tokenised Money Market Funds (TMMFs) in Luxembourg, Ireland, and the UK. These jurisdictions are critical as Ireland and Luxembourg host over 80% of Europe’s MMFs. The working group included over 70 firms, such as JP…
BitGo Becomes First U.S. Qualified Custodian for Canton Network’s Canton Coin (CC)
Digital asset infrastructure company BitGo has announced custody support for Canton Coin (CC), the native token of the Canton Network. The Canton Network is designed for regulated financial markets, enabling participants to build interoperable applications connecting real-world assets and payments. This integration marks the first time institutions can hold CC with a U.S-based qualified custodian….
Broadridge Survey Finds Custodians Leading Rapid Tokenisation Adoption
Tokenisation of assets is shifting rapidly from theory to practice, according to a new whitepaper from Broadridge Financial Solutions. The report, “Next-gen markets: The rise and reality of tokenization,” is based on a survey of 300 financial institutions in North America and Europe. It reveals that custodians are leading this adoption, with 63% already offering…
The Build and Buy Evolution
On this episode of FinTech Focus TV recorded at A-Team Group’s Buy AND Build Summit, Toby Babb of Harrington Starr sits down with Richard Bell, Head of Engineering at CoinShares, to explore how innovation, modular design, and the convergence of TradFi and DeFi are reshaping the digital asset landscape. From $10B under management to CoinShares’…
Hamilton Lane’s Senior Credit Opportunities Fund Now Accessible via KAIO on Sei Network
KAIO, the onchain infrastructure for regulated real-world assets (RWAs), has expanded its tokenized fund offerings on the Sei Network, by bringing access to Hamilton Lane’s Senior Credit Opportunities Fund (SCOPE) onchain via the HL SCOPE Access Fund, targeting institutional and accredited investors. This integration provides users on the Sei Network with expanded, crypto-native access to…
Crypto’s Cambrian Moment: How Institutional Adoption of Stablecoins Might Just Change the World
By Simon Forster, Managing Director, Global Co-Head of Digital Assets at TP ICAP. Whisper it quietly, but crypto is growing up. Bitcoin has emerged as the best-performing asset of the decade, now even forming part of a US strategic reserve – unthinkable just a year ago. The GENIUS Act, the most significant piece of financial…
Deutsche Börse Taps Chainlink to Bring Market Data On-Chain, Deepening TradFi-DeFi Integration
Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services has announced a strategic partnership with Chainlink to provide its regulated market data to blockchain applications, a landmark move in connecting traditional financial infrastructure with the burgeoning world of decentralised finance (DeFi). For the first time, real-time data from Deutsche Börse’s key trading venues, including Xetra, Eurex, 360T, and…