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Broadridge’s Distributed Ledger Repo Platform Records $7.3 Trillion in Monthly Volume
Broadridge Financial Solutions has reported a significant surge in activity on its Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) platform, processing a daily average of $365 billion in transactions throughout January 2026. Total monthly volumes reached $7.3 trillion, representing a 508% year-over-year increase compared to January 2025. This growth highlights the accelerating institutional adoption of tokenised real-asset settlement…
LSEG to Launch Digital Securities Depository for On-Chain Settlement
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has announced plans to develop the LSEG Digital Securities Depository (DSD), an on-chain settlement capability designed for institutional market participants. Scheduled for a 2026 launch subject to regulatory approval, the DSD will function as a fully interoperable infrastructure. It aims to bridge traditional and digital markets by supporting multiple blockchains…
LSEG Partners with Apex Group to Connect Private Funds to Digital Markets Infrastructure
London Stock Exchange Group and Apex Group have announced a collaboration to connect private funds to LSEG’s Digital Markets Infrastructure (DMI), in a move aimed at creating an end-to-end digital distribution network for private markets. The initiative is designed to streamline how fund managers access capital and how investors discover and invest in private funds…
Hex Trust and Haruko Integrate to Provide Real-Time Risk Governance for Institutional Digital Assets
Hex Trust, the digital assets financial services provider, has announced a strategic integration with the technology platform Haruko. This collaboration allows institutional clients to consolidate their regulated custody data, market activity, and staking performance into a single interface. By connecting Hex Trust’s multi-jurisdictional custody infrastructure with Haruko’s aggregation engine, the partnership aims to eliminate the…
Sage Capital Management Positions Integrated Trading Platform as Operating System for Institutional Digital Assets
Sage Capital Management has expanded its institutional digital-asset offering with the launch of a private banking service, positioning the move as part of a broader, platform-centric strategy to deliver integrated financial infrastructure for digital assets. At the centre of the proposition is the Sage platform, which the firm describes as a unified operating system designed…
LMAX Group and Ripple Partner to Embed Stablecoins at the Core of Institutional Cross-Asset Trading
LMAX Group has entered into a multi-year strategic partnership with Ripple, integrating Ripple’s USD-backed stablecoin, Ripple USD (RLUSD), as a core collateral asset across its institutional trading infrastructure. Under the agreement, RLUSD will be embedded across margining, collateralisation, custody and settlement workflows, supporting trading activity across spot crypto, perpetual futures and CFDs. Ripple will also…
NYSE Unveils Tokenised Securities Platform, Putting 24/7 Blockchain Trading Within Reach
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), a unit of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE), has launched the development of a blockchain-enabled tokenised securities platform designed to support continuous trading and on-chain settlement of U.S. listed equities and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The initiative is subject to regulatory approval and forms a central pillar of ICE’s broader strategy…
Chainlink Brings 24/5 U.S. Equities Data Onchain, Targeting Always-On Equity Markets
Chainlink, the blockchain technology company, has launched 24/5 U.S. Equities Streams, a new market-data service designed to support continuous, onchain trading of U.S. stocks and ETFs beyond standard market hours. The service provides sub-second equity pricing across regular, pre-market, post-market and overnight sessions, addressing a longstanding structural mismatch between always-on blockchain-based markets and time-bound U.S….
Tokenised Deposits Edge Closer to Production Settlement Workflows
Recent initiatives from Lloyds Bank and London Stock Exchange Group highlight how tokenised commercial bank money is being positioned for regulated post-trade and settlement use cases. Two closely timed announcements from the UK market point to a maturing approach to tokenised cash and its role in regulated financial market infrastructure. Lloyds Banking Group has completed…
BridgePort Launches BridgePort Analytics with AI-Driven Exchange Intelligence Assistant
BridgePort, the middleware coordination layer for off-exchange settlement (OES) in institutional crypto, has launched BridgePort Analytics, an exchange intelligence platform designed to support institutional trading firms operating in OES environments. The platform includes Bridget, an AI-powered assistant that allows users to query execution and venue data using natural language. According to the company, BridgePort Analytics…