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KB Securities, Securitize, and Optimism sign MoU

24 September 2026 South Korea
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The Memorandum of Understanding outlines plans to explore the development and distribution of tokenised securities for South Korean institutional investors, starting with tokenised funds

Bitget partners with Sygnum for off-exchange custody

24 September 2026 Switzerland
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

The milestone represents the latest proof-point that bank-operated, off-exchange custody has transitioned from a specialist safeguard to default market infrastructure, the firms say

Hana Bank issues DNN through Euroclear

24 September 2026 Belgium, South Korea, Singapore
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The US$100 million digitally native note transaction occurred on Euroclear’s Digital Financial Market Infrastructure, supported by Standard Chartered and Citi

AllUnity expands onchain liquidity for CHFAU

23 September 2026 Germany
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The Swiss franc-backed stablecoin will benefit from new liquidity pools on Base’s Aerodrome and Raydium on Solana, supported by Flowdesk’s institutional liquidity and market-making capabilities

ACI Worldwide adds intelligent routing to payments hub

23 September 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The capability will support Swift ledger transactions for ACI Connetic, designed to eliminate the need for separate digital asset payment operations through unified digital asset and TradFi controls

Apex Group appoints Ouaknine

23 September 2026 US
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

Jørgen Ouaknine joins the firm as global head of Digital Markets Infrastructure & Wealth Distribution, where he will focus on expansion of relationships across multiple sectors

Thredd partners with Velocity to expand payments offering

23 September 2026 UK
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Thredd’s payments will now include B2B and B2B2B stablecoin money movement capabilities, with Velocity providing wallet infrastructure, connectivity to onchain rails, and the settlement orchestration layer

Staveley joins Ctrl Alt board

23 September 2026 UK
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Amanda Staveley, founder and CEO of PCP Capital Partners — which led the 2008 recapitalisation of Barclays and the 2021 Newcastle United takeover — has joined Ctrl Alt’s board, acting as a strategic adviser