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BitGo Europe Secures BaFin Approval to Launch Regulated Crypto Trading Services
BitGo Europe GmbH, the digital asset infrastructure company, has received an extension of its licence from Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). The approval allows BitGo Europe to expand its regulated offering to include crypto trading services from Frankfurt, enabling European institutional investors to access spot trading across a wide range of digital assets and…
Monaco Launches Institutional-Grade Decentralised Trading Infrastructure on Sei Blockchain
Monaco, the decentralised trading protocol developed by Sei Labs and Monaco Research, has launched its central limit order book (CLOB) infrastructure on the Sei blockchain. The platform is designed to deliver Wall Street-level execution speeds within a decentralised framework, with the aim of capturing part of the projected $30 trillion tokenised asset market by 2034….
LSEG Launches Digital Asset Platform to Modernise Private Funds Market
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has officially entered the digital asset space with the launch of its new Digital Markets Infrastructure (DMI) platform. The platform, developed in collaboration with Microsoft, aims to revolutionise the private funds market by leveraging blockchain technology to streamline the entire asset lifecycle. The DMI platform will support tokenisation, issuance,…
BNP Paribas and HSBC Join Canton Foundation to Advance Decentralised Financial Infrastructure
BNP Paribas and HSBC have become the newest members of The Canton Foundation, strengthening the growing institutional support for the Canton Network. Their participation follows the recent additions of Goldman Sachs, Hong Kong FMI Services Limited and Moody’s Ratings, underscoring the increasing strategic role of the network in the future of global financial infrastructure. The…
BlockFills and QIS Risk Partner to Enhance Institutional Portfolio Visibility and Risk Analysis
BlockFills, the digital asset trading and market technology provider, has partnered with QIS Risk, a portfolio monitoring solution for institutional crypto investors, to expand risk and performance analysis capabilities for their shared clients. The collaboration allows investors to gain a unified view of their portfolios across all asset classes, counterparties, investment types, and blockchain networks….
Gemini Space Station Files for IPO on Nasdaq Under Ticker “GEMI”
Gemini Space Station, Inc., the global crypto platform, has announced the launch of its initial public offering (IPO) of 16,666,667 shares of Class A common stock. The company has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The offering price is expected to be between $17.00 and $19.00 per share, with…
SBI Group and Chainlink Form Strategic Partnership to Advance Digital Asset Adoption in Japan and APAC
SBI Group, one of Japan’s largest financial conglomerates, has announced a strategic partnership with Chainlink to accelerate blockchain and digital asset adoption across global markets, starting with Japan and the wider Asia-Pacific region. The collaboration aims to combine SBI’s market expertise with Chainlink’s secure oracle and interoperability infrastructure, already widely used by financial institutions and…
Archax Secures Strategic Investment from Stellar Development Foundation to Advance RWA Tokenisation
Archax, the UK-regulated digital asset exchange, broker and custodian, has formed a strategic partnership with the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), which includes a direct investment from SDF. The collaboration aims to strengthen Archax’s mission of bridging traditional finance with blockchain, leveraging Stellar’s layer-one network to expand tokenisation opportunities. Archax has already integrated Stellar into its…
Monaco Protocol Launches With Hybrid Architecture to Bring “Wall Street-Grade” Execution to DeFi
Monaco, a new decentralised trading protocol, has officially launched on the Sei blockchain, aiming to provide institutional-grade infrastructure for the burgeoning tokenised asset market, which is projected to reach $30 trillion by 2034. The protocol, incubated by Sei Labs and Monaco Research, introduces a hybrid trading model it claims can achieve “microsecond execution” on par…
Digital Asset and Consortium Claim Industry First with 24/7 On-Chain Treasury Financing
Digital Asset, alongside a powerful consortium of financial institutions including Bank of America, Citadel Securities, and DTCC, has announced the successful completion of what it calls a ground-breaking, fully on-chain financing transaction. The trade, executed on Tradeweb, involved the real-time financing of tokenised U.S. Treasuries (UST) against the USDC stablecoin on the Canton Network. Conducted…