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S&P Global Leads Investment in Kaiko as Series B Reaches $110 Million
S&P Global has led a strategic investment in digital asset data provider Kaiko, extending the company’s Series B funding to $110 million as it expands its data infrastructure for tokenised markets. The round also includes BNP Paribas, Bpifrance, Broadridge, Canton Foundation, Coinbase Ventures, DRW Venture Capital, Nasdaq Ventures, Royal Bank of Canada, Stellar and Susquehanna…
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…
Vermeg and CBUAE Select MACH DLT for New Securities Depository
Technology provider Vermeg and the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) have selected Delta Capita’s MACH Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) to power a new Digital Asset Securities Depository (DASD). This initiative is part of Vermeg’s broader mandate, awarded by the CBUAE in April 2026, to design and deliver an integrated conventional and digital Central Securities…
AMC, Robinhood Dispute Highlights Equity Token Market Debate
The CEOs of AMC Entertainment and Robinhood are publicly clashing over “tokenised stocks” trading on Robinhood’s blockchain. The conflict got its start when AMC CEO Adam Aron discovered that Robinhood was offering a digital token bearing the movie theatre chain’s name and tracking its stock price – all l without AMC’s permission or involvement. Robinhood…
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…
ICE to Collaborate with tZERO on tokenisation of Public Securities; Increase Stake and License Blockchain Patents
Global exchange group Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and tokenisation infrastructure provider tZERO Group have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) related to set of agreements to support tokenised public securities markets. Under the MOU, tZERO will be a “premier design partner” for ICE’s NYSE unit with respect to its planned tokenised securities platform (aka Digital Trading…
London Stock Exchange Pushes Tokenisation into Public Equity Market Infrastructure
The London Stock Exchange is taking a significant step towards bringing tokenisation into mainstream equity market infrastructure, with plans for a UK tokenised equity structure and a partnership with Payward that could eventually connect blockchain-based distribution with regulated public markets. The initiative is intended to explore a model that broadens access to UK equities while…
LayerZero Announces ATLAS, a Universal Blockchain-based Headless Exchange
Financial markets infrastructure developer LayerZero has announced ATLAS (for Aggregated Trading Liquidity and Settlement), a universal “headless exchange” built to power “the future of global markets.” Based on the company’s Zero blockchain, it combines matching, clearing, settlement and risk into a single integrated technology stack and provides the performance and fairness of a traditional exchange…