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Upcoming Webinar: From Monolith to Modular: Architecting Equity Trading Platforms for 24/5 and Beyond
Date: 14 October 2026 Time: 10:00am ET / 3:00pm London / 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 minutes Equities markets are entering a more distributed, always-on phase. Liquidity is fragmenting across venues and geographies, trading hours are extending toward 24/5 and beyond, and market data volumes, investor expectations and competitive pressure are all rising at once. Many…
Tokenovate Executes CDM-Native Intraday Repo on Canton Network
Tokenovate has executed and settled an intraday repo transaction on the Canton Network using the FINOS Common Domain Model (CDM), with the cash leg settled in Circle-issued USDC expressed as USDCx Reserve on Canton. The transaction used CDM-native event and state management across the full repo lifecycle, covering trade representation, lifecycle processing, collateral movements and…
S&P Global Leads Investment in Kaiko as Series B Reaches $110 Million
S&P Global has led a strategic investment in digital asset data provider Kaiko, extending the company’s Series B funding to $110 million as it expands its data infrastructure for tokenised markets. The round also includes BNP Paribas, Bpifrance, Broadridge, Canton Foundation, Coinbase Ventures, DRW Venture Capital, Nasdaq Ventures, Royal Bank of Canada, Stellar and Susquehanna…
Digital Assets Move Closer to the Institutional Trading Stack as Caplin Launches Hosted Platform
Institutional digital asset trading is beginning to confront a familiar problem: as the market grows, the technology supporting it has to move beyond specialist systems and manual workflows towards the kind of integrated infrastructure already established in markets such as FX. That shift is behind the launch of a new hosted, white-label digital asset trading…
London Stock Exchange Pushes Tokenisation into Public Equity Market Infrastructure
The London Stock Exchange is taking a significant step towards bringing tokenisation into mainstream equity market infrastructure, with plans for a UK tokenised equity structure and a partnership with Payward that could eventually connect blockchain-based distribution with regulated public markets. The initiative is intended to explore a model that broadens access to UK equities while…
LayerZero Announces ATLAS, a Universal Blockchain-based Headless Exchange
Financial markets infrastructure developer LayerZero has announced ATLAS (for Aggregated Trading Liquidity and Settlement), a universal “headless exchange” built to power “the future of global markets.” Based on the company’s Zero blockchain, it combines matching, clearing, settlement and risk into a single integrated technology stack and provides the performance and fairness of a traditional exchange…
The institutional adoption of stablecoins: Strategic value, challenges, and implementation frameworks
Driven by regulatory developments such as the GENIUS Act in the United States and MiCA in Europe, Institutional interest in stablecoins is surging. With more than $300 billion in circulation globally, stablecoins have evolved from a crypto-native payment tool into an increasingly important component of financial market infrastructure. For financial institutions, stablecoins offer a compelling…
BridgePort Pilots Digital Asset Master Agreement to Streamline Off-Exchange Settlement Onboarding
Institutional digital-asset firms may be able to trade without placing assets directly on an exchange, but establishing the legal relationships behind that model can remain a lengthy process. BridgePort is seeking to reduce that friction with a common contractual framework for off-exchange settlement arrangements involving trading firms, custodians and execution venues. The company is piloting…
A-Team Group Announces Capital Markets Technology APAC Awards 2026 Winners and Launches ‘State of the Market’ Report
A-Team Group today announced the highly anticipated winners of the Capital Markets Technology APAC Awards 2026. These prestigious awards celebrate the most innovative solution providers and financial institutions that are reshaping the capital markets technology landscape across the dynamic Asia Pacific region. In conjunction with the awards, A-Team Group has also launched the “State of…
Clearstream Unveils Next-Generation Hybrid Digital Securities Infrastructure
Clearstream, the post-trade business of Deutsche Börse Group, has announced a next-generation digital securities infrastructure designed to integrate traditional and tokenised asset markets. The hybrid platform will enable market participants to combine traditional securities, digital assets, and various cash forms within a single portfolio. Operating across Europe and connecting 60 global markets, the initiative aims…