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From banks, to asset managers and payments apps, these are the financial firms operating on top of traditional rails and non-blockchain infrastructure.
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EDX Markets Closes $76M Series C Led by SBI Holdings
EDX Markets, an institutional-only crypto trading venue with its own central clearinghouse, closed a $76 million Series C funding round led by SBI Holdings, the firm said in a press release. The Tokyo-listed financial group becomes a strategic investor in the U.S. exchange. The capital will fund…
Visa Launches Stablecoin Platform Built on Open USD
Crypto head Cuy Sheffield unveiled the platform, which Fortune reported will bring stablecoin services to more than 200 million merchants, initially through Open USD.
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EDX Markets Closes $76M Series C Led by SBI Holdings
EDX Markets, an institutional-only crypto trading venue with its own central clearinghouse, closed a $76 million Series C funding round led by SBI Holdings, the firm said in a press release. The Tokyo-listed financial group becomes a strategic investor in the U.S. exchange. The capital will fund…
Visa Launches Stablecoin Platform Built on Open USD
Crypto head Cuy Sheffield unveiled the platform, which Fortune reported will bring stablecoin services to more than 200 million merchants, initially through Open USD.
Ondo Finance Partners With SBI to Tokenize Japanese Assets
The deal routes distribution through SBI's ecosystem and settles in the group's JPYSC yen stablecoin, connecting Japan's capital markets to onchain finance.
DTCC Starts Live Tokenized-Securities Trades With More Than Two Dozen Firms
The company that settles most US stock trades is running its first production trades of tokenized real-world assets, with a full service launch set for October.
Stripe's $53B PayPal Bid Would Combine Bridge and PYUSD Under One Owner
The unsolicited offer from Stripe and Advent International, if PayPal accepts, would consolidate two of the mainstream payments industry's stablecoin operations.
Tether Leads $7M Series A in Pact Labs for USA₮ Payroll
The stablecoin issuer's latest strategic bet targets payroll, wage access and everyday payments rails for its US-focused USA₮ token.
HSBC Issues First Digitally Native Structured Product in Hong Kong
The bank placed USD-denominated notes issued directly on a blockchain, with Marketnode acting as tokenization agent and digital paying agent.
Privy Launches Global Fiat Onramps With Stripe in US, EU
Privy pairs Stripe's Crypto Onramp for the US and EU with its own aggregator covering more than 100 other countries, all funneling into a single wallet.
PayPal's PYUSD Goes Native on Polygon, Joins Open Money Stack
Paxos, the OCC-regulated issuer of PYUSD, said the stablecoin will now settle directly on Polygon rather than moving there as a bridged token.
Dinari, tZERO Partner on Tokenized US Stock Framework
Dinari, an issuer of tokenized U.S. equities, and tZERO Group, a blockchain-based financial infrastructure provider, said Wednesday they are partnering to build an operating framework that would let broker-dealers offer tokenized U.S. stocks.