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McGonagle launches capital markets advisory firm

04 September 2026 UK
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

The firm will advise financial institutions, market infrastructure providers, law firms, and technology companies on areas including digital assets, artificial intelligence, computable contracts, and next-generation market infrastructure

Dubai VARA and Securitize sign MoU

03 September 2026 UAE
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Securitize and the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority will collaborate through knowledge sharing, ecosystem development, and regulatory engagement, seeking to foster responsible innovation in tokenisation

Zodia Solutions collaborates with Ownera

02 September 2026 UK
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

This collaboration aims at bringing tokenised collateral workflows into production at regulated financial institutions, with Ownera carrying collateral instructions between counterparties and Zodia enabling banks to ensure the instruction is validate

BitGo acquires NYDIG

28 August 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

RQD* Clearing secures US$74m investment led by Bain Capital

27 August 2026 US
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

Northern Trust and Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation sign MoU

27 August 2026 Australia
Reporter: Matthew Challis

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

EDX Markets integrates YLDS

25 August 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The SEC-registered yield-bearing digital security can be used as a collateral asset, designed to give institutions a greater degree of flexibility to manage capital

Caplight to provide independent pricing for Citi DDR product

25 August 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

According to Citi, it is the first major bank to apply the digital depositary receipt model to private company shares, which will receive ongoing pricing through Caplight’s MarketPrice data feed

The Responsible Fintech Institute launches post-quantum cryptographic pilot

24 August 2026 Singapore
Reporter: Matthew Challis

In collaboration with Safeheron, the programme will bring banks and regulators from multiple jurisdictions to examine cross-border interoperability, operational resilience, governance considerations, and technical evaluation

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