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tZERO Plans Public Listing via SPAC
Tokenisation infrastructure-as-a-service pioneer tZERO Group is listing as a public company via a merger with FG Imperii Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company. The transaction values tZERO at a pre-money equity valuation of $350 million. The combined entity plans to list on the NYSE American exchange under the ticker “TZRO”. Existing shareholders will roll…
S&P Global Ratings Taps Chainlink for Vault Risk Service
S&P Global Ratings has partnered with blockchain oracle Chainlink to make S&P Global Vault Risk Assessment data available on chain. The integration gives institutions and investors direct access to independent vault risk analysis, enabling market participants to evaluate lending vault risks and make more informed decisions about where to deploy capital on chain. The integration…
Ahead of Tokenised Securities Trading, NYSE Expands Roster of Authorised Transfer Agents
In preparation for the launch of its tokenised security trading platform and affiliate venue, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has expanded the roster of companies authorised to provide transfer agent services for digital assets. Joining Securitize and tZERO, which have already entered into agreements with the NYSE, are Broadridge Financial Solutions, Computershare, Equiniti and…
Securitize and Stellar Plan Integration to Support Regulated Financial Transactions
Tokenisation platform Securitize plans to integrate with the Stellar network, making it the 17th blockchain ecosystem that it supports. Stellar joins prominent financial markets networks including Ethereum, Solana, and Avalanche – and adds regulated, SEC-registered transfer agent infrastructure to Stellar’s increasingly popular financial rails. As a result, the partnership will offer global asset managers a…
Standard Chartered to Acquire Zodia Custody; Spin Out Zodia Solutions
Standard Chartered has entered into definitive agreements to acquire Zodia Custody, including 100% of Zodia Custody UK Limited, the parent company of its regulated operating entities in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, the United Arab Emirates and Luxembourg. Post completion, Zodia Custody’s regulated digital asset custody business will be integrated into Standard Chartered’s existing digital asset…
Ripple and BNY Expand Partnership to New Blockchain Use Cases, Including Tokenised Trade Finance
Ripple and BNY have expanded their strategic partnership to broaden institutional digital asset custody capabilities and explore new blockchain use cases, including tokenised trade finance. Building on BNY’s existing role as the primary reserve custodian for Ripple’s stablecoin (RLUSD), BNY’s Digital Asset Custody platform now supports both XRP and RLUSD. This integration allows eligible institutional…
Chainlink’s CustodySync Boosts TradFi Custody with DeFi Lending
Chainlink Labs has launched Chainlink CustodySync to synchronise regulated digital asset custodians with decentralised finance (DeFi) lending markets. The platform aims to bridge the gap between approximately $700 billion in digital assets held under custody and the more than $80 billion available in DeFi deposits, allowing institutions to access on-chain liquidity without moving assets out…
Texture, Obsidian Announce Tradecraft ATS on Canton Network
Broker-dealer Texture Capital and financial systems developer Obsidian Systems have announced the development of Tradecraft ATS, which is set to become the first US-regulated trading platform for tokenised securities built on the Canton Network. While Canton already supports asset issuance and settlement, this new venture introduces a fully regulated venue specifically designed for trading. Tradecraft…
J.P. Morgan’s Kinexys Expands JPM Coin to Ethereum
J.P. Morgan has officially launched its JPM Coin on Ethereum , expanding the availability of its digital cash solution to the world’s largest Layer 1 public blockchain network. The expansion is spearheaded by Kinexys by J.P. Morgan, the banking giant’s dedicated blockchain business unit, and T=the move aims to provide institutional clients with broader, native on-chain cash liquidity that…
DTCC Whispers Availability of Production Tokenisation Service, Outlines 2027 Roadmap
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) will this month launch its highly anticipated DTCC Tokenization Service, introducing on-chain capabilities to an asset pool valued at approximately $30 trillion. According to an update shared via X on 16th October, the initiative will debut with 25 initial securities available for tokenisation, each backed 1:1 by traditional…