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Where Tokenisation Actually Delivers Value: The Question the Institutional Market Still Can’t agree On
At a panel session on the convergence of traditional and digital market infrastructure at A-Team Group’s inaugural ExchangeTech Summit in London earlier this month, an audience poll set the framing for the discussion that followed. Asked where their firm sat today on tokenisation and DLT-based market infrastructure, the largest single response from a room of…
DTCC Quantifies the Capital Case for Tokenised Collateral as AppChain Nears Q4 Launch
DTCC’s new research paper on tokenised collateral, published this week with consultancy Finadium, arrives as the business-case companion to a product rollout already well under way. A day earlier, DTCC confirmed that Chainlink’s Runtime Environment would provide the data and orchestration layer for its forthcoming Collateral AppChain. The paper now supplies the balance-sheet case institutions…
STS Digital Ltd. Secures Full Digital Asset Business Licence from Bermuda Monetary Authority
STS Digital Ltd. has been granted a Full ‘F’ Licence by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) under the Digital Asset Business Act 2018. This represents the highest level of regulatory authorisation in the jurisdiction, placing the firm alongside major institutional entities such as Circle, Coinbase International, and Payward. The milestone marks the final stage of…
DTCC to Integrate Chainlink Technology into Digitally Native Collateral AppChain
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has announced it will leverage the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) and Chainlink’s data standards to power its new Collateral AppChain platform. This shared infrastructure is designed to modernise collateral mobility and improve capital efficiency across the global financial services industry. By integrating the CRE, the platform will gain…
LMAX Group Launches Kiosk to Facilitate Institutional Digital Asset Collateral
LMAX Group has introduced Kiosk, a fully hosted interface designed to help institutional clients manage digital assets as cross-asset collateral. The portal allows users to deposit assets directly into LMAX Custody, where they can be instantly deployed to trade a variety of instruments, including spot FX, precious metals, digital assets, CFDs, and perpetual futures. By…
Jito Labs Launches JTX Self-Custodial Trading Platform on Solana
Jito Labs, the team behind JitoSOL and the Jito Block Engine, has announced the launch of JTX, a self-custodial trading platform designed for the Solana network. Unveiled by CEO Lucas Bruder at Solana Accelerate in Miami, JTX aims to provide professional-grade execution and order types on-chain. The platform allows users to maintain full custody of…
SIX Receives FINMA Approval to Integrate Digital Asset Services and Launch Crypto Custody
The Swiss financial infrastructure provider, SIX, has secured approval from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) to merge its digital central securities depository, SIX Digital Exchange AG, into SIX SIS AG. This strategic consolidation integrates digital and traditional asset services into a single legal entity, establishing a unified foundation for post-trade services across diverse…
Recorded Webinar: From 24/7 to Event-Driven: Engineering the Next-Generation Exchange Platform
What digital asset and prediction markets are teaching traditional exchanges about availability, agility and time-to-market. New market structures and regulatory changes are forcing exchange operators to rethink the foundations of their technology stacks. Digital asset exchanges, prediction markets and retail-driven platforms have normalised 24/7 trading, continuous availability and rapid product iteration. In contrast, many traditional…
HQLAX Secures Strategic Funding from Broadridge and Digital Asset
HQLAX, a digital collateral mobility specialist, has secured strategic minority investments from Broadridge Financial Solutions and Digital Asset as part of its Series C–1 funding round. This capital injection is intended to accelerate the company’s growth and facilitate the ongoing development of its technology platform. As part of the transaction, representatives from both investing firms…
Clearstream Pulls Tokenised Securities into the Institutional Collateral Stack
The Deutsche Börse Group CSD’s partnership with Ondo Finance and 360X places tokenised equities and ETFs inside regulated European post-trade infrastructure, starting with US names – and sets up a two-way bridge between traditional collateral pools and on-chain venues. Clearstream has taken a visible step towards integrating public-blockchain assets into its institutional post-trade infrastructure, partnering…