Latest digital assets edge news

Custody and administration

Ripple expands partnership with BNY

27 October 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

BNY is building on its position as primary reserve custodian by adding RLUSD to its custody platform and integrating XRPL’s native digital asset, XRP

People moves

Lace to lead EMEA sales at Galaxy

27 October 2026 UK
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Following four years with Galaxy, Andrew Lace will leave his post as director for global markets, transitioning to the role of head of sales for EMEA

Issuance and tokenisation

Axiology and VIALET enable tokenised MMFs for client fund safeguarding

27 October 2026 Lithuania
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The firms aim to help electronic money institutions balance asset quality and diversification while maintaining access to liquidity and mitigating safeguarding challenges resulting from cut-off times

Issuance and tokenisation

ESM hits milestone with DLT-based bond issuance on Pontes

27 October 2026 Europe
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Regulation

Ripple receives final approval for national trust bank

27 October 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Market, securities, and trading

EDX Markets partners with Apex Fintech Solutions

26 October 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Apex will leverage EDX’s trading and clearing solutions to support its digital markets offering, with the firms planning to further expand their partnership in support of broader market participation

People moves

Cassells joins HM Treasury’s digital markets resilience group

26 October 2026 UK
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Pardeep Cassells has been appointed deputy chair of the Resilience Action Group, which is tasked with stress testing infrastructure to safeguard the UK’s tokenised financial markets

Regulation

Hong Kong SFC approves secondary trading of tokenised public funds

26 October 2026 Hong Kong
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has approved 24/7 secondary trading of tokenised public funds on licensed virtual asset trading platforms, starting with two authorised money market funds

Collateral and treasury

Aviva Investors launches tokenised sterling fund share class

26 October 2026 UK
Reporter: Matthew Challis

In partnership with Ripple, a tokenised share class of the Ireland-domiciled Sterling Liquidity Fund is available on the XRP Ledger, backed by BNY Mellon and a £50 million investment

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