Market Infrastructure

SS&C acquires blockchain pioneer Calastone

London-based Calastone, a global leader in blockchain-powered fund infrastructure, has announced its acquisition by SS&C Technologies Holdings in a transaction valued at approximately £766m.Founded...

SEI takes its tokenisation partners

In April, financial solutions giant SEI announced it had joined forces with relative minnow Ctrl Alt to take part in the Bank of England’s...

In the field: Money 20/20 Europe review

With banks keen to evaluate emerging digital asset solutions, this year’s Money 20/20 Europe was an exciting blend of product and purpose.In the heart...

JP Morgan on rewiring capital markets from within

Despite the media flurry around digitalisation over the past decade, many of the big players within mainstream finance have shied away from the spotlight...

Tracking Standard Chartered’s digital journey

As Standard Chartered launches digital assets trading for institutional clients and is set to become one of the first UK banks to apply for an...

Scaling the unseen

As institutional capital flows into tokenised treasuries and private credit, the real bottleneck isn’t demand, it’s infrastructure. Defactor says it has the solution.In an RWA...

Calls for regulatory catch up at Stablecoins Unblocked

Urgent regulatory reform was one of the dominant themes at at Stablecoins Unblocked 2025 last month.The closed-door summit brought together policymakers, technologists and institutional...

ECB okays plan to settle DLT trades in CB money

The European Central Bank (ECB) has approved a framework to enable the settlement of distributed ledger technology (DLT) transactions in central bank money.The initiative,...

Tradeweb and DRW lead fundraise for Digital Asset

Digital Asset has raised $135 million in a strategic funding round to accelerate the adoption of its Canton Network.The New York-based technology company, founded...

JP Morgan accelerates institutional blockchain adoption

JP Morgan has announced its issuance of the JPMD token, positioning the bank as the first in the US to put digital money onto...

JP Morgan sponsors fintech accelerator

JP Morgan has launched a fintech accelerator as part of its commitments to broaden innovation efforts in the UK.The 12 week Fintech Forward Programme...

BIS head eyes capital market revolution

The digital transformation of global capital markets may be on the cusp of a breakthrough, according to a senior figure at the Bank for...

ICMA to lead Project Guardian fixed income workstream

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has been named as the lead for the fixed income workstream within Project Guardian.Project Guardian was launched as...

Galaxy lists on Nasdaq

Galaxy became the second high profile listing from the digital assets space on the Nasdaq last week.  Following eToro’s $575m IPO, Galaxy, a digital...

Citi and SDX partner on private market tokenisation

Citi and SDX have announced a collaboration to extend the reach of tokenisation into private market investments.Through the tie up, US bank Citi will...

PBW ’25 Gemini highlights growing traditional finance interest amid regulatory shift

Traditional players are showing increased interest in the digital side of finance, thanks to a period of regulatory clarity, according to Mark Jennings, head...