Shanny Basar
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OTC Markets has ‘Exponential’ Growth in Non-U.S. Listings
The majority of trading volume on OTC Markets Group originated from European cross-traded securities in 2025 and the U.S operator of regulated markets for local and international securities also had “exponential” growth in non-U.S. listings. In a...
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SIX Integrates CCPs to Position for Growth
SIX is integrating its separate clearing houses in Switzerland and Spain to create a single multi-asset clearer that will allow the group to compete for higher margin business. In December 2025 the Swiss exchange group operator said in a statemen...
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tZERO Sees Demand for Tokenization-as-a-Service
tZERO Group, which provides blockchain-powered multi-asset infrastructure, expects increased institutional demand for its ‘tokenization in a box’ offering due to the significant amount of political, regulatory and industry tailwinds over last 12 m...
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Franklin Templeton Expands Tokenized Fund Suite
Franklin Templeton has adapted two institutional money market funds managed by its affiliate Western Asset Management for the blockchain ecosystem, after becoming the first traditional asset manager to launch a tokenized money market fund back in ...
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S&P 500 Index Goes OnChain
S&P Dow Jones Indices has partnered with Centrifuge, a blockchain infrastructure provider to bring the S&P 500 Index onchain in anticipation of more funds being tokenized and the digital era of capital markets. The S&P 500 is widely r...
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Active ETFs Boost Record Inflows at iShares
iShares, BlackRock’s exchange-traded fund franchise, had record in inflows in 2025 as active ETFs are one of the growth areas that is expected to generate $500m in revenue over the next five years. Martin Small, chief financial officer at Black...
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Tokenized Real World Assets Cross $20bn
The total market value of tokenized real world assets has crossed $20bn, according to Securitize, the tokenization platform. In its review of 2025, Securitize said the tokenized real world asset market (excluding stablecoins) grew to $18.2bn by t...
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WisdomTree has ‘Breakout Year’ in Tokenized Funds
WisdomTree, the U.S fund manager, increased assets under management it its suite of 15 tokenized funds from $30m at the start of 2025 to $770m by the end of the year, thanks mainly to growth it its money market digital fund. Will Peck, head of Wi...
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