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SBI and MAS bid to drive commercial applications of tokenised securities

Japanese financial conglomerate SBI is building a commercial framework for cross-border distribution of tokenised securities with pilots in fixed income and asset and weath management.

04 November 2024

Company announcement/crypto

SBI Digital Markets and 21X collaborate on digital assets

21X - a distributed ledger technology (DLT)-based market infrastructure for tokenized securities, which has applied for a license to operate a DLT trading and settlement system (DLT TSS) under the European Union’s DLT regime (DLTR) - has today announced a ground-breaking strategic partnership, with SBI Digital Markets (SBIDM), based in Singapore and a subsidiary of Japan's largest online financial services group, SBI Holdings.

26 September 2024

Company announcement/markets

Cboe buys minority stake in Japannext

Japannext Co., Ltd. (Japannext), a provider of financial services and market solutions focused on operating an alternative market, today announced that Cboe Global Markets (Cboe) has agreed with SBI Holdings Inc. (SBI) to acquire a minority equity ownership stake in the company through a purchase of shares from SBI.

30 August 2024

News/wholesale

Ripple enters supply chain finance venture with SBI Group and HashKey DX

Ripple is joining forces with SBI Group and HashKey DX to bring XRPL-powered supply chain finance to Japan.

30 April 2024

Company announcement/markets

SBI Digital Markets aligns with Zurich's CAT Financial

SBI Digital Markets Pte. Ltd. (SBIDM) in Singapore and CAT Financial Products AG (CATFP) in Zurich today announced their partnership to establish a strategic manufacturing and distribution channel of structured investment products between Asia and Europe.

06 March 2024

Company announcement/identity

Authlete and SBI Digital Asset Holdings sign digital ID MoU

Authlete, Inc., a leading software component provider for API security and digital identity, and SBI Digital Asset Holdings Co., Ltd. (SBI DAH), the digital asset arm of the financial services conglomerate SBI Group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to deepen their existing partnership and together explore opportunities in digital identities and decentralized identifiers (DIDs).

13 November 2023

News/crypto

SC Ventures and SBI Holding set up $100m digital asset investment fund

Standard Chartered's venture arm SC Ventures has joined forces with Japan's SBI Holdings to set up a digital asset joint venture investment company in the UAE.

09 November 2023

News/crypto

SBI extends Ripple XRP to new remittance corridors

SBI Remit is using Ripple's XRP for a bank account remittance service to the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia.

14 September 2023

News/markets

JPX takes stake in Nomura-led blockchain business Boostry

Japan Exchange Group (JPX) is taking a stake in Nomura-led blockchain project Boostry as part of a deal to push the development of the security token market.

04 April 2023

Company announcement/crypto

Zodia Custody inks joint venture with SBI Digital Asset Holdings

Zodia Custody Limited (“Zodia Custody”), a leading crypto asset servicing provider for institutional investors and a subsidiary of Standard Chartered, and SBI Digital Asset Holdings Co., Ltd. (“SBI DAH”) announce that they have entered into definitive agreements to launch a joint venture in Japan.

02 February 2023

News/crypto

Global banks test DeFi protocols for FX and Government bond transactions

DBS Bank, JPMorgan and SBI Digital Asset Holdings have completed the first pilot transactions on Project Guardian, a Monetary Authority of Singapore-inspired initiative that explores potential decentralised finance (DeFi) applications in wholesale funding markets.

02 November 2022

Company announcement/crypto

MAS grants Capital Markets Services licence to SBI Digital Markets

SBI Digital Markets Pte. Ltd. (SBI DM), a subsidiary of Tokyo-based SBI Digital Asset Holdings (DAH), has just been awarded the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Capital Markets Services (CMS) Licence. SBI DM received In-Principle Approval for its CMS licence from the MAS back in early May 2022.

16 September 2022