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How Murex and Quant Network are Tackling the Tokenisation Operationalisation Gap
Tokenisation of real-world assets has crossed the $100 billion mark. DTCC has received SEC approval to tokenise real-world assets from mid-2026. BlackRock, Franklin Templeton and JPMorgan have live tokenised funds. The New York Stock Exchange is developing a blockchain-based venue for 24/7 trading of tokenised securities. And in the UK, a consortium of six major…
Nasdaq Positions Calypso as the Institutional Bridge for On-Chain/Off-Chain Collateral Convergence
Nasdaq is building a modular infrastructure ecosystem around its Calypso platform, positioning it as the institutional bridge between traditional and digital asset collateral workflows. A partnership with digital asset infrastructure provider Talos, announced in March, is the most recent in a sequence of coordinated initiatives – including a live integration with the Canton network and…
Tokenisation’s Real Barrier Is Perception, Not Regulation, Summit Panel Argues
Stablecoins account for roughly $300 billion of tokenised value, intraday repo products are running at billions per day on distributed ledger infrastructure, and at least one retail venue has processed $25 billion in tokenised equity trading. Yet institutional adoption remains sluggish, held back, a panel at A-Team Group’s TradingTech Summit London 2026 argued, less by…
BitGo and Susquehanna Build First Institutional OTC On-Ramp to Prediction Markets
Prediction markets have attracted growing institutional interest as tools for price discovery around political, economic, and event-driven outcomes, but participation has remained largely confined to retail platforms with workflows that most institutional trading desks cannot operationally support. BitGo and Susquehanna Crypto are now attempting to close that gap with what they describe as the first…
DTCC Expands Board with Senior Market Structure, Treasury and Operations Leaders
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has appointed four senior financial services executives to its Board of Directors, reinforcing governance oversight across market infrastructure, risk, and post-trade operations. The new appointees – Roland Chai (Nasdaq), Massimiliano Ciardi (Citadel), Stephen Hood (Marex), and Georges Lauchard (Barclays) – bring experience spanning exchange operations, treasury and funding,…
Flow Traders Extends ETF Market-Making Playbook to 24/7 Tokenised Asset Liquidity
Flow Traders, the Amsterdam-headquartered global trading firm, has launched an OTC platform offering 24/7 two-way proprietary liquidity for tokenised money-market funds, equities and commodities. The offering, delivered through the firm’s Digital Asset OTC platform, covers assets including Franklin Templeton’s BENJI tokenised money-market fund and Tether Gold (XAUT), with institutional counterparties able to access liquidity via…
Sphinx Targets 24/7 Energy Markets with Blockchain-Enabled Derivatives Exchange
A new entrant to the energy derivatives landscape is preparing to test whether modern trading infrastructure can reshape how energy risk is managed. Sphinx, a startup exchange operator, is developing a platform designed for continuous trading and near-instant settlement in energy derivatives, initially targeting U.S. natural gas and electricity markets. The Sphinx Global Commodity Exchange…
Bloomberg and Kaiko Move to Extend Licensed Market Data into Tokenised Environments
Bloomberg and Kaiko have announced a collaboration aimed at enabling Bloomberg’s reference and pricing data to be accessed within blockchain-based tokenised market infrastructures. The initial focus is on tokenised U.S. Treasuries and repo use cases on the Canton Network. Under the arrangement, Bloomberg Data License content will be made available on-chain through Kaiko’s infrastructure, with…
Bloomberg and Kaiko Target On-Chain Data Integration for Tokenised Institutional Markets
Bloomberg and Kaiko have announced a collaboration to provide access to Bloomberg’s reference and pricing data within blockchain-based tokenised market environments. The initiative will initially support tokenised U.S. Treasuries and repo use cases on the Canton Network. Bloomberg Data License content will be delivered on-chain through Kaiko’s infrastructure, with access governed by existing licensing and…
STS Digital Secures $30m Strategic Investment to Scale Institutional Crypto Options Platform
STS Digital, the digital-asset derivatives trading firm and market access provider, has closed a $30 million strategic funding round led by CMT Digital, with participation from Payward (the financial infrastructure platform behind cryptocurrency exchange Kraken), Strobe Ventures, Arrington Capital, F-Prime (Fidelity) and BitRock Capital, as the firm looks to accelerate the growth of its crypto…