{"id":53396,"date":"2026-07-16T16:09:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/?p=53396"},"modified":"2026-07-16T16:09:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:09:33","slug":"crypto-com-400m-investment-citadel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/news\/crypto-com-400m-investment-citadel","title":{"rendered":"Crypto.com Secures $400M Investment From Citadel Securities at $20B Valuation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Global market maker Citadel Securities has invested $400 million in crypto exchange Crypto.com, giving the platform a $20 billion valuation, according to a Thursday announcement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crypto.com, which has a number of digital asset products, said the cash would help the Singapore-based company expand its services to assets such as blockchain-based securities and derivatives.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cash will help bridge the gap \u201cbetween digital asset and traditional markets to create a more efficient 24\/7 financial ecosystem,\u201d a Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.com\/eea\/company-news\/cryptocom-announces-400-million-strategic-investment-from-citadel-securities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcement<\/a> read.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe size of the opportunity in front of us is staggering, as crypto increasingly becomes the rails for finance,\u201d Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek said in a statement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHaving built the right regulatory and tech infrastructure over the last decade, Crypto.com is now perfectly positioned to capture this new wave of growth across all asset classes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe convergence of traditional financial markets and digital asset infrastructure is an exciting evolution with the potential to further improve market efficiency,\u201d added Jim Esposito, President of Citadel Securities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thrilled to announce our first institutional funding round with a $400 million strategic investment from Citadel Securities valuing <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pFc4Pz8PQj\">https:\/\/t.co\/pFc4Pz8PQj<\/a> at $20 billion. An incredible milestone 10 years in on our journey and the beginning of a new  phase of growth. Grateful to\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Kris (@kris) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kris\/status\/2077820415376756794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wall Street&#8217;s interest in tokenization<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esposito\u2019s comment comes as Wall Street interest in blockchain technology piques \u2014 despite a market slump.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back in February, BlackRock, the world\u2019s biggest asset manager, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uniswap.org\/unlocking-defi-liquidity-for-buidl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> that it was working with decentralised exchange Uniswap to bring one of its funds on-chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before that, in January, the New York Stock Exchange <a href=\"https:\/\/ir.theice.com\/press\/news-details\/2026\/The-New-York-Stock-Exchange-Develops-Tokenized-Securities-Platform\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> it was building a platform allowing traders to buy and sell tokenised versions of US-listed equities and exchange-traded funds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And most recently, the S&amp;P 500 gave crypto platform Trade[XYZ] the green light to debut a new derivative contract on decentralized exchange Hyperliquid, allowing traders to gain leveraged exposure to the top index.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Citadel\u2019s crypto interest&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miami, Florida-based Citadel, has for some time been interested in digital assets: Back in 2023, the company helped debut EDX Markets, a \u201cfirst-of-its-kind exchange\u201d giving investors \u201csafer, faster and more efficient cryptocurrency trading.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exchange this year <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/news\/edx-markets-us-trust-bank-charter\">applied<\/a> for a national trust bank charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, marking a step toward deeper integration between digital asset firms and the US banking system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Citadel last year also pumped $200 million into crypto exchange Kraken to help accelerate the company\u2019s strategy of bringing traditional financial products on-chain.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crypto.com receives $400 million investment from Citadel Securities <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3860,"featured_media":53397,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4378],"tags":[1466,80,1836,1342,331],"class_list":["post-53396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-citadel-securities","tag-crypto","tag-crypto-com","tag-investment","tag-wall-street"],"author_data":{"id":3860,"name":"Mathew Di Salvo","nicename":"mathewdisalvo","avatar_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/cropped-Mathew-Di-Salvo-scaled-1.jpeg"},"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Pics.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3860"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53396"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53402,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53396\/revisions\/53402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}