Market Infrastructure

Nomura unit wins crypto services approval

Nomura's Laser Digital Japan has secured approval to provide institutional crypto asset services.It comes as traditional capital markets players continue to respond to the...

Galaxy and BNY expand digital asset infrastructure

Galaxy and BNY are collaborating to advance digital asset infrastructure for institutional markets, combining digital asset custody and staking within a single servicing model. The partnership will...

BNY launches digital fund servicing platform

BNY has launched new digital transfer agency capabilities, extending its fund servicing platform to support digitally native funds and tokenised assets across multiple jurisdictions and blockchains. The...

Arqitech enables Canton cross-chain swaps

Arqitech has deployed Canton Token Standard V2 within its Atomic Swap Protocol, enabling institutions to exchange Canton Coin directly with Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and...

DLA Piper advises on Standard Chartered digital asset trades

DLA Piper has advised Standard Chartered on its first live digital asset prime brokerage trades, supporting the bank's pilot transactions with LMAX Digital. The law firm provided legal advice...

FMLC calls for legal clarity on tokenisation

The Financial Markets Law Committee (FMLC) has called for a series of legal reforms to support the wider adoption of tokenisation in UK wholesale...

BNY targets 24/7 treasury settlement by 2027

BNY, the world’s largest custodian bank, is developing an always-on settlement system that could enable US Treasury transactions to settle 24 hours a day,...

Tether Gold recognised by ADGM

Tether Gold (XAU₮) has been recognised as an Accepted Spot Commodity by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority within Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). The...

Goldman, JPMorgan and BlackRock in tokenised first

Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and BlackRock have joined Ondo Finance in DTCC's tokenised securities initiative.It comes as Wall Street accelerates efforts to bring traditional...

UK–US deal strengthens capital market tokenisation plans

The UK government is drawing a direct line between its domestic tokenisation pilots and a new regulatory alignment with the United States, signalling a...

Swift confirms platform for global banking trials

Swift has activated its new blockchain-based ledger for live cross-border payment trials with 17 global banks. It comes as financial institutions increasingly modernize systems to...

ICMA: tokenisation becoming core to market structure shift

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has said tokenisation and digital‑asset infrastructure are now central to the next phase of capital‑market evolution, marking a...

BNY expands relationship with Circle

BNY has launched enhanced stablecoin services allowing institutional clients to store and manage USDC. It comes as traditional financial institutions continue to use new technologies...

Citi marks private markets first

Citi has executed a market-first with its launch of the Digital Depositary Receipts on private shares, a model to broaden access to private markets...

Payward brings IPO access onchain

Payward, the parent company of Kraken, will enable retail investors globally to access US-listed initial public offerings at the IPO price. Through the xStocks tokenised equities framework, customers of...

Financial services warned on productivity loss from class based barriers

Progress Together has launched a new sector‑wide campaign, Making the Invisible Visible, aimed at identifying and addressing the class‑based barriers that continue to shape...