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Fiserv Launches Digital Asset Platform and Support for Roughrider Coin
Global payments provider Fiserv has officially launched its Digital Asset Platform (DAP) with financial institution clients, marking the initial commercialisation of stablecoin-enabled banking and payments for the vendor. The platform’s first live deployment supports Roughrider Coin, a US dollar-backed stablecoin developed for the Bank of North Dakota. This digital currency is specifically designed to optimise and accelerate…
OpenAssets and Sui Advance Institutional Tokenisation Standards Under Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust
Digital Assets infrastructure provider OpenAssets is collaborating with blockchain project Sui to advance the development of the Open Tokenised Asset Standard (OTAS) within the Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust (LFDT) organization. OTAS is designed as a neutral, auditable foundation for identity, compliance, asset representation, and reporting, that institutions can build on rather than adopting wholesale. The…
OKXICE Joint Venture to Launch TSV for US-listed Equities
OKXICE, the recently formed 50-50 joint venture between Intercontinental Exchange and crypto market OKX, has filed to launch a round-the-clock Tokenised Securities Venue (TSV) under the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s new five-year “Innovation Exemption.” When authorized, the platform will list more than 60 major US-listed equities, distinguishing itself by offering tokens designed to represent direct…
Open USD is Live: Consortia-managed Stablecoin Looks to Remake Internet Finance
The Open USD (OUSD) stablecoin is officially live as of September 30, marking a shift in the digital asset landscape by introducing an open-architecture stablecoin designed to compete directly with traditional, single-issuer models, such as Tether and Circle. Announced earlier this year,  OUSD is issued by Stripe’s Bridge unit and is operated by the independent Open Standard…
WisdomTree Rebrands Digital Assets Business
Asset manager WisdomTree has rebranded its digital assets business – formed in 2021 – to WisdomTree Onchain. It encompasses the WisdomTree Connect, WisdomTree Prime, Onchain Transfer Agency and Onchain Markets activities, as well as collaboration with MoonPay and minority investments in businesses, such as Fnality and a financial-institution-led global stablecoin project. The business continues to…
Citadel Securities Chooses Fireblocks for Digital Assets Infrastructure
Citadel Securities has selected Fireblocks to provide digital asset infrastructure to support its tokenisation initiatives. The decision follows a successful live demonstration on 15 July, during which Citadel deployed Fireblocks technology to participate in a pilot that was led by the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC). The demonstration served as a precursor to the…
NYSE Partners with Blockchain.com to Boost On-chain Trading Platform
In a strategic move to support its embryonic digital assets initiatives, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is partnering with crypto infrastructure powerhouse Blockchain.com to make tokenised equities and ETFs available to the latter’s 44 million verified retail users across 70+ jurisdictions. The tokenised products will be traded on the NYSE’s upcoming digital assets ATS, which…
ClearToken Gains UK Regulatory Approval to Operate Digital Securities Depository
Post-trade infrastructure provider ClearToken CSD has secured regulatory approval from the Bank of England to operate a Digital Securities Depository (DSD) within the UK’s Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS). The regulatory milestone, known as “Gate 2,” grants ClearToken the authority to issue and settle tokenised versions of existing financial securities under central bank supervision, subject to specific operational…
Circle’s Arc Layer 1 Blockchain Goes Live
Circle has executed the public mainnet launch of Arc, an open Layer 1 blockchain specifically engineered for financial markets, real-time money movement, and AI-driven economic activity. The new platform debuts with native integration into Circle’s full-stack infrastructure, which features the USDC stablecoin. Arc distinguishes itself from traditional blockchains through several core design choices intended to power…
Standard Chartered and LMAX Group Expand Partnership to Include Digital Asset Custody in Luxembourg and DIFC
Standard Chartered Bank has expanded its partnership with LMAX Group to deliver digital asset custody and settlement services across Europe and the Middle East. Under the dual-jurisdiction agreement, the bank will provide secure custody infrastructure through its Dubai Financial Services Authority-regulated branch in the Dubai International Financial Centre and Standard Chartered Luxembourg. This expansion allows…