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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…
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…
S&P Global Acquires Smart Contract Security Leader OpenZeppelin
S&P Global has announced the acquisition of OpenZeppelin, a prominent smart contract and blockchain security specialist. The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. According to the companies, the acquisition is intended to integrate OpenZeppelin’s security and development services into S&P Global’s digital asset capabilities, focusing on the creation of future on-chain security assessments and…
SEC Introduces “Innovation Exception” to Allow Regulated Trading of Tokenised Securities
In a landmark move that significantly advances the implementation of a regulated tokenised securities marketplace in the US, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has granted a temporary and conditional “exemption” to allow new Tokenised Securities Venues (TSVs) to operate and trade tokenised National Market System (NMS) stocks without registering as a traditional exchange. The…
tZERO Announces New Funding; Working Towards Strategic Transaction
Blockchain financial infrastructure provider tZERO Group has announced a new funding round led by prominent investors Marc and Max Cohodes and including participation from existing investors Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and Bill Fleckenstein, alongside support from its partner Dinari and other contributors. Additionally, Neighborhood Intelligence has committed to funding its portion of the financing once tZERO announces…
Broadridge Launches DLX Digital Asset Infrastructure for Full Lifecycle Tokenisation
Building on its established Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) capability for collateral mobility and securities financing, Broadridge Financial Solutions has launched DLX, an integrated, end-to-end tokenisation and digital asset infrastructure platform for financial institutions. DLR, which recently broadened its support for different assets, processes more than $350 billion in daily activity across thousands of transactions. DLX…
Nasdaq Invests in Payward, Continues Collaboration on NET Framework
Exchange technology group Nasdaq has announced a $100 million strategic investment in Payward, the parent company of the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, to expand their collaborative work on tokenised market infrastructure. Facilitated through its investment arm, Nasdaq Ventures, the transaction includes a capital infusion, a market surveillance agreement and continued joint development of the proposed Nasdaq Equity Token (NET) framework. Founded in…