Exchanges and FMI financial market specialist with unique combination of IT and business expertise. Former international athletics coach. Views are my own.
City of London
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Martin Watkins retweeted
🚨 ARCHAX CEO: "TOKENIZATION IS REPLACING EVERYTHING"
Jamie Dimon and Larry Fink now echo what @Grodfather has said for 8 years.
• $400T real estate becomes 24/7 collateral
• Global institutions move to deployment
• Enterprise teams finally get executive buy-in
"Creating extra utility around already attractive assets."
Which networks will the institutions choose?
$XRP $XDC $HBAR $SOL $ALGO $CC
@ArchaxEx @Genfinity
Martin Watkins retweeted
.@ArchaxEx is proud to announce a partnership with @OpenPayd to streamline fiat settlement across its global trading operations.
Archax will use Openpayd's regulated financial infrastructure to facilitate instant GBP, EUR and USD fiat settlement, with flows moving primarily between Archax and its network of institutional liquidity partners. The shared environment reduces settlement friction, accelerates reconciliation and enhances operational synergies across the institutional digital asset trading ecosystem.
Learn more here: archax.com/insights/archax-a…
Martin Watkins retweeted
@LloydsBank and @ArchaxEx complete UK’s first public blockchain transaction using Tokenised Deposits... archax.com/insights/lloyds-a…
Martin Watkins retweeted
Congratulations to @ArchaxEx sponsored @_franhennessy who won the @WBCBoxing 'International Bantamweight' title live on BBC2 on Saturday night. Looking forward to what comes next...
Learn more about Fran's journey on X here: @_franhennessy
Boxing is returning to primetime @BBC for the first time in 20 years and @ArchaxEx is proud to be sponsoring UK talent: @_franhennessy.
Tune in for the fight at 8pm GMT on BBC2 on Saturday.
Learn more about Fran's journey on X here: @_franhennessy.
Martin Watkins retweeted
Boxing is returning to primetime @BBC for the first time in 20 years and @ArchaxEx is proud to be sponsoring UK talent: @_franhennessy.
Tune in for the fight at 8pm GMT on BBC2 on Saturday.
Learn more about Fran's journey on X here: @_franhennessy.
Martin Watkins retweeted
our MiCA whitepaper is written.
the path ahead for Hippo is clear.
in partnership with @ArchaxEx.
$HIPPO 🦛💧
🕊️ x 🦛
The bird and the hippo have teamed up. Pleased to support @hippo_cto with their MiCA whitepaper and ESG data, strengthening their regulatory footing and helping pave the way for listings on EU exchanges.
Martin Watkins retweeted
Bom dia Rio! ☀️
Join us at #Meridian2025 next week in the beautiful city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! We can't wait to connect with the brightest minds in the @StellarOrg ecosystem, share ideas and build new partnerships.
See you there!
Martin Watkins retweeted
Archax launches Pool Token functionality on @Hedera, enabling on-chain multi-asset portfolios.
First up: A tokenised basket of @aberdeenInv_UK, @BlackRock, @StateStreetIM and Legal & General funds. The range of underlying assets can be wholly diverse too, from equity, debt, funds and cryptocurrencies, all in a single transferable token.
"This unlocks unprecedented flexibility in portfolio building and fund creation on-chain" CEO @Grodfather
Read more here: archax.com/insights/archax-a…
Martin Watkins retweeted
Excited to be building innovative products with the team at @DDA_GmbH. With @TheFCA expected to ease the ban on ETPs for retail, we’re getting closer to making crypto more accessible for everyone.
We’re excited to announce our acquisition of Germany based digital asset manager, @DDA_GmbH. Licensed under BaFin, acquiring DDA will extend our regulatory footprint into Germany. Specifically, it will allow us to add to Advisory, Distribution, Portfolio Management and Contract Brokerage permissions to our EU regulatory stack.
DDA and Archax have been around for several years developing complimentary products, so this is a natural step for both businesses. Archax has been tokenising traditional assets whereas DDA focuses on giving regulated exposure to cryptocurrencies. With the updates from the FCA about lifting the ETP ban, Archax is now positioned to facilitate increased access to digital assets.
You can read the full article here: archax.com/insights/archax-g…
Martin Watkins retweeted
Tokenized stocks are making the headlines. Been interesting reading the various plays in the mkt - derivatives, mirrors, trackers and utility in defi. Whilst appreciating the innovation, ensure you do your own research to know the risks and exposures you have.
If you hold a tokenized stock with Archax, you are the beneficiary, you have full legal rights to all dividends/voting etc. It's a long road to do it in the best way but will be the most sustainable longer term.
One way or the other, we're heading in the right direction.
It’s been great working with @BaillieGifford on this project, a natively digital fund with books and records on chain. @TFGolden and the team have been approaching this with a view to the future from the start.
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Impressive display
Just watched @The_DTCC’s The Great Collateral Experiment — hands down the most compelling tradfi demo I’ve seen. Not just vision, but a live, working product showing how tokenised collateral can transform markets.
When the parent of the world’s largest CSD makes this move, it’s clear: digital securities are the future.
You can watch the playback here:
dtcc.com/digital-assets
With $87trn on their books over 131 countries, it's nice to know they're on board and can work with many networks.
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Martin Watkins retweeted
Equities and Government Debt are now on-chain, powered by Archax.
To be traded 24/7, used for payments, held in wallets and pledged as collateral.
We are working on tokenising all asset classes, one by one. Available on @AlgoFoundation, @arbitrum, @ethereum, @etherlink, @hedera, @0xPolygon, @solana, @StellarOrg, @XDC_Network_ and @Ripple's XRPL.
For professional investors only. Read full details here: archax.com/insights/archax-e…
Martin Watkins retweeted
Montis Group CEO Martin Watkins was on a panel discussing market architecture, interoperability, and the overall business use case for DLT at the World Forum of Central Securities Depositories event with @EuroclearGroup, @The_DTCC, CSD Prague, @SDX_global and @MFSAComm.
Martin Watkins retweeted
Montis Group & @DeltaCapita partnership strengthens! Successfully launching our #CSD system, we're now innovating in financial services, focusing on efficiency and cost savings. Watch this space for exciting developments - bit.ly/41T4Wet
Martin Watkins retweeted
Live on the XRP Ledger - access to @abrdn_plc’s £3.8B US dollar Liquidity Fund (Lux) tokenized through @ArchaxEx. An incredible milestone for the XRPL, with Ripple Custody securing Archax’s assets underneath. Cross-collaboration at its finest 😁
Today, in partnership with @ArchaxEx and @abrdn_plc, we’re excited to announce the first tokenized money market fund on the XRP Ledger.
With $16T in tokenized assets projected by 2030, this milestone unlocks cost savings and settlement efficiencies by deploying capital markets infrastructure on the #XRPL.
ripple.com/ripple-press/arch…
Martin Watkins retweeted
The world of stablecoins is evolving rapidly and we are being approached about new projects all the time at @ArchaxEx . There’s a lot to take in given how the space is evolving and I thought I’d write some of our thoughts in a thread – try and stick with me! (1/23)