The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), which supports the open-source Stellar blockchain, has made a direct investment in Archax, a UK-regulated digital asset exchange, broker and custodian.
The move marks a deepening collaboration between the two organisations, aimed at accelerating the tokenisation of real-world assets (RWAs) onchain, they said.
Archax, authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has recently integrated Stellar into its tokenisation engine and platform. It has already tokenised an Aberdeen money market fund on Stellar, and is working with Lloyds Bank and Aberdeen Asset Management to use tokenised funds as collateral for FX trades via its Nest collateral transfer network.
“The Archax vision has always been that all financial instruments will move onchain,” said Graham Rodford, CEO and co-founder of Archax. “Institutional adoption of digital assets is vastly accelerating — 86% of institutions now have allocations or plan to by the end of 2025. Having credible partners from the crypto world is fundamental, and we’re excited to welcome Stellar into that family.”
The Stellar network, launched in 2014, is designed for fast, low-cost financial transactions and asset tokenisation. It has processed billions of operations across millions of accounts and is increasingly used by financial institutions for cross-border payments and asset issuance.
“Real-world assets are moving on chain because costs are lower and transactions can move anywhere around the globe in seconds,” said Raja Chakravorti, chief business officer at SDF. “We’re proud to invest in Archax and excited about where this collaboration can go.”
Earlier this month, Archax collaborated with VerseProp, Spitfire, Daizun and the XDC Network on a tokenised commercial real estate financing transaction—described as a market first. The deal showcases how regulated digital infrastructure can support complex, multi-party asset tokenisation at scale.
