Settlement
The Future of Financial Settlement Isn't Faster, It's Fundamentally Different
Outdated financial systems only appear fast but are inefficient, while blockchain and smart contracts create truly automated, real-time processes that enable new business models, says Polygon Labs’ Aishwary Gupta.

Deutsche Börse’s Crypto Finance Unveils Connected Custody Settlement for Digital Assets
Crypto Finance's new application, AnchorNote, lets clients trade across multiple venues while keeping assets in regulated custody.

Boerse Stuttgart Unveils Pan-European Settlement Platform for Tokenized Assets
The blockchain-based Seturion platform is designed to unify post-trade systems for tokenized assets and reduce settlement costs by up to 90%.

A Bitcoin Startup Raised $50M to Allow Users to Trade With 'Bitcoin-Grade' Security
The raise brings Portal’s total funding to $92M as it pushes to make Bitcoin the anchor of tokenized and cross-chain markets.

Marex Becomes First Clearing Firm to Adopt JPMorgan’s Kinexys With Brevan Howard Digital
The initiative is aimed at modernizing payment infrastructure and reducing settlement risk, Marex said.

Block Agrees to $40M Settlement With New York Over Faulty Money-Laundering Controls
The payments and blockchain firm has agreed to an outside monitor as it resolves its compliance with New York regulations.

FTX's $228M Settlement With Bybit Brings Conclusion of Epic Liquidation Closer
The FTX bankruptcy nears its finish line, with recoveries higher than what was in accounts when it collapsed – though those assets missed out on the market recovery since 2022.

Crypto Is Now a Non-negotiable for Traditional Banks
Simple “engagement” isn’t enough. Banks need to start experimenting with tokenization and blockchain-powered settlement, or risk getting left behind, says Sygnum Bank’s Lucas Schweiger.

Binance to Pay $1.7M to Brazilian Securities Commission to End Probe Into Unauthorized Derivatives Offering
The Latin American country's agency had rejected Binance’s previous proposal, made in August 2023, to end an investigation into its derivatives products.

AgriDex Settles First Agricultural Trade on Solana Blockchain
AgriDex "settled the transactions almost instantly, charging only 0.15% to each side of the trade" while in traditional systems "fees can be several percentage points per trade."
