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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…
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…
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…
Following Restructuring, ConsenSys Focuses on ZK Layer 2 Network
A major corporate restructuring at Consensys Software, leading to the spin out of its consumer-focused MataMask wallet business, has also established a distinct entity (still called ConsenSys) focused entirely on institutional infrastructure based on the Linea zkEVM Layer 2 network. Linea’s design features full Ethereum equivalence, allowing smart contracts, decentralised applications, and existing enterprise tools built for…
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…
SEC Proposes New Transfer Agent Rules to Allow DLTs to Host Official Ownership Records
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has continued its push to accommodate digital assets and DLT platforms within the legal framework for securities trading with a proposal that formally allows for DLT platforms to be used by transfer agents as a primary record keeper. The proposal represents a plan for the first major overhaul…
Archax Launches US Digital Broker-Dealer; Taps tZERO for Custody, Clearing and Secondary Trading
Archax Group, which already operates a regulated digital asset platform in the UK and EU, has received approval from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), completing its registration as a US digital broker-dealer with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It has also arranged for tZERO Group units to give Archax clients access to a…