NEWS UPDATE
TRADING VENUES
Deutsche Boerse steps into the
digital asset world with full
ecosystem plans
German exchange group has partnered with Swisscom and FinTech company Sygnum
to build a regulatory compliant financial market infrastructure for digital assets.
D
eutsche Boerse has outlined plans to build a fully
integrated digital asset ecosystem including issuance,
custody, access to liquidity, and banking services.
The German exchange group has partnered with Swiss-
com and FinTech company Sygnum to build a regulatory
compliant financial market infrastructure for digital assets.
Deutsche Boerse follows European counterparts, SIX,
into the space, almost nine months after the Swiss ex-
change outlined its own digital asset ecosystem plans.
Part of Deutsche Boerse’s plans include a listing and
trading venue for digital assets in the Swiss market.
According to a statement, Deutsche Boerse developed
the system in response to the emergence of tokenisation,
which it described as “the next major phase of asset
digitisation”.
With questions still surrounding the future of cryptocur-
rencies, capital markets players have sought to leverage
the underlying technology and the notion of tokenising
new and existing assets, while the likes of Bitcoin await
more regulatory clarity.
The group said the new ecosystem will enable investors
to tap into these new asset classes and accommodate to
future client needs.
Deutsche Boerse, which also runs derivatives exchange
Eurex and cash markets Xetra and Börse Frankfurt,
emphasised the importance of its two partnerships –
with Swisscom and Sygnum – in the building of the new
platform.
The strategic partnership also includes an investment
by Deutsche Börse in Custodigit AG, a company founded
in 2018 as a joint venture by Swisscom and Sygnum.
Custodigit AG provides a technical solution for the cus-
tody of digital assets for regulated financial services insti-
tutions. The integrated platform allows bank customers
to manage the entire life cycle of their digital assets.
Furthermore, Deutsche Börse and Sygnum will become
shareholders of daura AG. The company has developed a
platform that uses distributed ledger technology to issue,
securely transfer and register Swiss SME-shares, enabling
non-listed companies to access the capital markets. As
investors, Deutsche Börse and Sygnum will be actively
involved in the companies’ future development.
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