28 August 2026Hong Kong, US Reporter: Matthew Challis
CURRENC will utilise the experience of its management team and the relationships of its parent company, Currenc Group, with Securitize providing applicable capital markets infrastructure
Joseph Thompson will depart LME on 31 August 2026, stepping down from his current role as senior vice president, head of treasury, to focus on Ripple’s tokenisation strategy
BitGo will expand its institutional service offering, while NYDIG pivots its focus to vertically integrated power generation, bitcoin mining, and high-performance computing data centre development
Executed on the Canton Network, the firms say that this is the first instance of a fully onchain repo transaction in which the securities leg was a sovereign digital bond, with each element settled atomically onchain
As an expansion of Ripple Prime, Delta One extends its equities capabilities, working alongside its existing prime brokerage, clearing, and financing offerings across FX, derivatives, fixed income, and digital assets
Ziqing Ang will work with regulators, policymakers, law enforcement, and private institutions across the region to advance efforts against illicit networks and strengthen threat response
The strategic growth investment will support RQD* Clearing’s expansion across North America, Asia, and the Middle East as well as further investment into its technology and product capabilities
The agreement intends to establish a framework for collaboration across tokenisation, digital assets, digital cash capabilities, and other technologies, including tokenised deposits and regulated settlement assets
Blockchain.com will integrate its institutional liquidity with Fusion Digital Assets under its matched principal framework, allowing participants to gain access to further depth across bitcoin, ether, and XRP
The Global X HSCEI Covered Call Active ETF, which references the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, is the first instance of a Hong Kong call ETF introducing a tokenised unit class
UTR is designed to continuously verify whether a token’s real-world market performance aligns with its firm’s public disclosures, assigned a score of 0–100 and letter grades AAA–CCC