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Polymath is Going Public via Reverse Acquisition
Canadian tokenisation technology company Polymath is going public via a reverse acquisition with TruGolf Holdings. Focused on token issuance, compliance and lifecycle management of digital assets, Polymath recently acquired the Polymesh Layer-1 blockchain. Polymesh is built specifically for regulated assets, embedding compliance, identity verification and governance into the base layer. Trugolf is a sports simulation…
Taurus Completes Hedera DLT Integration; Offers Custody, Issuance of Tokenised Assets
Swiss-headquartered digital asset infrastructure provider Taurus, which works with banks and regulated financial institutions, is now offering Hedera’s complete DLT stack, providing functionality for the custody and issuance of tokenised assets. Taurus is used by more than 40 banks and regulated financial institutions worldwide, including Deutsche Bank, CACEIS and State Street. It has built out…
Ondo Finance Backs SEC’s Proposed Rollback of Reg NMS Trade Through Rule
Ondo Finance – which operates a transaction platform for tokenised assets – has added its support to a Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) proposal to roll back the long-standing ‘trade through rule” related to Regulation NMS. The SEC’s motivation is that it now believes the rule leads to market fragmentation and increased costs, while Ondo is…
Token Tech: ERC Tokens and Why They Important to the Financial Markets
When a tokenisation platform creates a token to represent a real-world asset (RWA) it is more than likely that the token will be created to conform with an ERC standard. ERC stands for Ethereum Request for Comment. It is a formal design and umbrella technical standard used by developers to create smart contracts, tokens, wallets…
Circle Names Founding Validators for Arc Blockchain, Due 16th September
Stablecoin Issuer Circle has set 16th September as the launch date for its public Arc blockchain, and has named a set of blue chip digital assets players to be the first to run validators to secure the network. In addition to Circle itself, BlackRock, DTCC, Galaxy Digital, Global Payments, ICE, Mastercard, MoneyGram, SBI Group, Standard…
Spotex and BitGo Partner to offer Regulated Custody and Prime Brokerage for Institutional Digital Asset Trading
Institutional trading venue Spotex has integrated with infrastructure provider BitGo to provide regulated custody to its digital asset customers via the latter’s GO Network. As a result, Spotex customers allocate assets held in regulated BitGo custody wallets for trading on Spotex while the underlying assets remain with BitGo throughout the trading lifecycle. Spotex operates solely…
BSO Rolls Out Crypto Connect Plus for Latency-Sensitive Trading
Infrastructure and connectivity provider BSO has launched Crypto Connect Plus, which allows trading firms to spin up optimised cloud infrastructure in 10 minutes instead of requiring much longer lead times for manual provisioning. Crypto Connect plus is aimed at market makers, HFT firms, crypto prop trading desks, digital assets platforms and liquidity providers. As well…
Broadridge and Payward Add Shareholder Communications and Proxy Voting to xStocks
Broadridge Financial Solutions is adding shareholder communications and proxy voting to its unified governance platform to support eligible holders of xStocks, a leading tokenised equities framework developed by Payward Services. “As tokenised securities continue to reshape global capital markets, investors should not have to choose between blockchain innovation and shareholder rights,” says Doug DeSchutter, President of Broadridge’s…
Ripple Investments in ZILO and Licuido Expand Transfer Agency, Tokenisation Capabilities
With a focus on providing additional services in the capital markets, payments and liquidity infrastructure provider Ripple has made strategic investments into two companies: ZILO, which provides transfer agency asset technology, and Licuido, a tokenisation platform. Both investments – which collectively bring regulated transfer agency, issuance, and collateral mobility to Ripple’s XRP Ledger (XRPL) –…
Institutions Eye Stablecoins for Payments and Wall Street 2.0; But Understanding and Planning is Key to Success
It was just a dozen years ago that the first stablecoins emerged. The first entrants were BitUSD, a crypto-backed coin, and Realcoin, which was fiat backed. While BitUSD lasted just a few years, Realcoin – which quickly rebranded to Tether – became the undisputed leader in a space now valued at more than $300 billion….