Terazo, a private market investment platform based in India, has joined forces with Tokeny, the tokenization platform, to launch the first regulated tokenised real estate asset in India under the regulatory sandbox framework established by the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA). Oryx, a USD50m greenfield development, is the first regulated tokenised real estate project…
Category: Digital Assets
Copper acquires ADGM brokerage
Copper, the UK-based institutional digital asset infrastructure provider, has acquired Securrency Capital Limited, a full-service, regulated blockchain-enabled brokerage firm offering digital securities trading based in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). Securrency Capital’s platform, powered by Securrency’s digital asset infrastructure and compliance solutions, provides investors with access to global securities, delivering 24/7 trading with near-real…
HSBC to launch digital assets custody service
HSBC plans to launch a new digital assets custody service for institutional clients who invest in tokenised securities. Once live in 2024, HSBC’s new service will complement HSBC Orion, the bank’s platform for issuing digital assets, as well as HSBC’s recently launched offering for tokenised physical gold. The new service does not cover cryptocurrencies or…
DZ BANK launches digital asset custody service
DZ BANK, a BaFin-regulated financial institution and one of the largest custodians and depositary banks in Germany, has launched an institutional digital asset custody offering. Metaco’s Harmonize solution has been deployed as the service platform. One of the first use cases was to onboard a Siemens tokenised bond, in which both DZ BANK and Union…
HSBC tokenises gold
HSBC has processed the first trades tokenising the ownership of physical gold held in HSBC’s UK vault, using DLT. HSBC has developed this capability by creating a digital twin of an existing physical asset – specifically physical gold held in HSBC’s vault. Tokenised physical gold can be traded between HSBC and institutional investors through the…
Zodia opens in HK
Zodia Custody, the Standard Chartered backed digital assets custodian, has opened in Hong Kong.
Zodia Markets granted VASP status by CBI
Zodia Markets, the Standard Chartered backed digital asset exchange and brokerage platform, has received its registration as a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) by the Central Bank of Ireland. This follows on from the firm receiving cryptoasset registration from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority in 2022 and its in-principle approval by Abu Dhabi Global Markets…
Citi acts as IPA for first DNN issuance
Citi has acted as the issuing and paying agent for the first digitally native note (DNN) issuance under English law via Euroclear’s digital financial market infrastructure (D-FMI) DLT platform. The EUR100m 3-year DNN was issued by the World Bank (IBRD) and listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
DTCC to acquire Securrency
DTCC, the U.S. market infrastructure provider, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Securrency Inc., a developer of institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure. The acquisition is expected to close shortly. Both U.S. Bank and State Street are investors in Securrency. Securrency will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of DTCC and will operate under the name DTCC Digital…
Komainu and Copper collaborate
Komainu, the C.I.-based digital assets custodian, and Copper, the UK-based provider of institutional digital asset solutions, have formed a partnership that will offer Komainu’s institutional clients the ability to trade via Copper’s ClearLoop. Through this alliance, Komainu’s clients will benefit from both regulated, on-chain custody provided by Komainu, and access to off-exchange settlement and rapid…