PANews reported on February 5th that, according to The Block, several tokenization and market infrastructure operators, including Securitize, have jointly written to EU policymakers, warning that limitations of the EU's existing distributed ledger technology pilot program could shift liquidity and market activity to the United States. Signatories include 21X, the Central Securities Depository, and the

Lithuania’s Axiology, licensed under Europe’s DLT Pilot Regime, has announced a €5 million ($6m) seed funding round led by Exponential Science, e2vc and Coinvest Capital. New investors TIBAS Ventures and Plug and Play joined other existing investor participants in the round, BSV Ventures, NGL Ventures and others, bringing total funds raised to €7 million ($8m).

De facto central bank to unveil preparedness index, among other future-proofing tech initiatives Hong Kong’s de facto central bank has released what it describes as a “tactical” fintech blueprint to encourage the city’s lenders to accelerate preparations for quantum computing, adoption of artificial intelligence and distributed ledger technology (DLT), and cyber security challenges. Arthur Yuen

Capital markets infrastructure provider Axiology, based in Vilnius, has raised €5 million in seed funding to expand its tokenised securities capabilities under the EU’s DLT Pilot Regime. The round was led by Exponential Science, e2vc, and Coinvest Capital, with fresh backing from TIBAS Ventures and Plug and Play. Previous supporters, including BSV Ventures and NGL

As previously highlighted by our colleagues (see here), the European Commission’s Market Integration Package is designed to update Europe’s financial services market for the 21st century. Central to this are changes to the DLT Pilot Regime (Regulation (EU) 2022/858), the Central Securities Depository Regulation (Regulation (EU) 909/2014), as well as the proposal of a new

Capital markets infrastructure provider Axiology has secured €5 million in seed funding to introduce new tokenised securities capabilities under the EU DLT Pilot Regime. The new capital enables Axiology to expand its already operational system, bringing the full lifecycle of digital fixed-income instruments into one regulated environment and execute its go-to-market strategy. The funding round, led by

You're reading Entrepreneur Asia Pacific, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has released a blueprint outlining new initiatives to support the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and distributed ledger technologies (DLT) in the financial sector, enabled by high-performance computing infrastructure. The blueprint forms part of HKMA's Fintech 2030 strategy