Hex Trust, an Asia-based custodian of digital assets, has expanded to Europe by opening its first European office in Milan, Italy. The establishment of the first office in the EU is part of Hex Trust’s expansion strategy in Europe, in anticipation of the forthcoming implementation of the Markets in Cryptoassets (MiCA) regulation that is expected…
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BNP Paribas tokenises EDF bond
BNP Paribas has structured, tokenised and distributed a bond, the proceeds of which aim at refinancing a solar energy project sponsored by EDF through its subsidiary, EDF ENR. This native digital asset, issued on the public blockchain, represents the first renewable energy bond tokenisation in the project financing market. For this transaction, the BNP Paribas…
SDX tokenises equities via CSD
Switzerland’s SIX Digital Exchange (SDX), the digital asset exchange and central securities depository (CSD), in partnership with F10, a global fintech, and Aequitec, a digital share register and cap table company, have completed the first tokenisation of equity shares in a fully regulated CSD based on distributed ledger technology. F10 will issue its shares with…
State Street publishes regulatory update for digital assets
State Street publishes regulatory update for digital assets – read the article here
Archax partners with METACO
Archax, a regulated digital asset exchange, brokerage and custodian based in the UK, has selected METACO, the Swiss-based provider of digital asset custody and orchestration technology. Archax is deploying its technology on IBM Cloud in order to leverage the confidential computing capabilities of IBM’s digital asset infrastructure. To expand its offering, Archax will fully integrate…
Plynk partners with Paxos for crypto trading & custody
Plynk, an investment app for new investors, has launched Plynk Crypto, allowing users to trade and hold BTC, ETH, LTC and BCH via Paxos Trust Company. The Plynk app will offer the option to trade and hold crypto through Paxos, a regulated custodian and infrastructure provider. Plynk is a service of Digital Brokerage Services LLC,…
SDX partners with Fireblocks
SDX Web3 Services, SIX Digital Exchange’s Web3 unit, has formed a partnership with Fireblocks, the digital asset and crypto technology platform, to provide financial institutions and institutional investors with a set of infrastructure services for the distributed economy. Initially, this partnership will focus on delivering an institutional custody solution for digital assets, providing a transition…
Bitpanda Custody joins Bosonic Network
Bitpanda Custody has joined the Bosonic Network to meet institutional clients’ need for a UK-based digital asset custodian. Bitpanda Custody, a UK FCA-regulated cryptoasset custodian based in the UK, will also join the Bosonic Cross Custodian Net Settlement Working Group. Bitpanda Custody aims to make it safer, faster and easier for institutions and individuals to…
METACO hires Zarah Estermann for senior BD role
Zarah Estermann has joined METACO as business development director for Switzerland and the Nordics. She was previously with Open Web Technology.
SG-FORGE selects METACO
Société Générale – FORGE (SG – FORGE), a subsidiary of Société Générale, which provides issuers and investors with end-to-end services to issue, invest in and manage digital-native security tokens registered on public blockchains, has selected METACO, the Swiss-based provider of digital asset management technology and infrastructure, to orchestrate its digital asset custody operations. The partnership…