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Lynq adds EDX as exchange partner

26 February 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The collaboration sets out to position Lynq as a key collateral management and settlement layer for both institutional digital asset markets and exchanges, addressing the need for settlement infrastructure that can move capital efficiently across ven

SFC boosts Hong Kong’s digital asset market

16 February 2026 Hong Kong
Reporter: Hansa Tote

As part of its latest measures to expand product and service diversity under the ASPIRe Roadmap, the SFC is enabling virtual asset brokers to offer virtual asset financing to their securities margin clients

LMAX Group introduces Omnia Exchange

12 February 2026 UK
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The infrastructure layer is said to afford users the ability to convert assets in real-time via a single API, said to unify FX, crypto, and stablecoins, giving businesses access to wholesale liquidity pricing

LSEG announces onchain settlement capability

12 February 2026 UK
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The LSEG Digital Securities Depository will be built to offer a market infrastructure solution for institutional market participants, and drive greater collateral management efficiencies

Standard Chartered and B2C2 partner

12 February 2026 Singapore
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The collaboration will provide B2C2 clients with future direct connectivity and liquidity provision to Standard Chartered’s network of banking rails and settlement facilities

BlackRock’s BUIDL fund made available for onchain trading

12 February 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund will be made available onchain via UniswapX’s request-for-quote framework, supported by tokenisation platform Securitize

Figure partners with moomoo and Keplr to expand access to OPEN

05 February 2026 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The On-Chain Public Equity Network allows companies to issue their equity native on blockchain and enables investors to invest in US public equities while accessing DeFi for borrowing against and lending out stock