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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…
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…
Collateral Management Winner for Tokenisation Use Cases in UK Survey
Collateral management was the winning use case cited by respondents to the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Bank of England call for input survey, titled “The future of tokenisation: A joint vision from the authorities for UK wholesale financial markets.” With the survey garnering 123 responses, the results report notes that “Collateral was by…
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…
Tokenovate Executes CDM-Native Intraday Repo on Canton Network
Tokenovate has executed and settled an intraday repo transaction on the Canton Network using the FINOS Common Domain Model (CDM), with the cash leg settled in Circle-issued USDC expressed as USDCx Reserve on Canton. The transaction used CDM-native event and state management across the full repo lifecycle, covering trade representation, lifecycle processing, collateral movements and…