The biggest news in finance you’ll read today: The digital euro has entered the capital markets. Pontes is live. The Eurosystem’s (@ecb) new settlement service connects DLT-based market infrastructure with central bank money. Axiology is one of four market infrastructures participating in the launch, alongside Cashlink, SWIAT and @Clearstream. Learn more: axiology.lt/post/the-digital…

Banks and asset managers are rebuilding post-trade for 2027 right now. That makes this a good moment to look one step further. Testing same-day and atomic settlement in the same programme lets one investment cover both T+1 and what comes after.

Treasury teams don’t need to park cash for every what-if. Hold enough for the payments you expect. If an unplanned need comes up, even after the fund cut-off, transfer your tokenised MMF holdings to a liquidity provider and receive cash within minutes. All possible with Axiology: axiology.lt/tokenised-mmfs

One year to T+1 in Europe. What comes next? 🇪🇺 Pontes is live, with Axiology among four day-one DLT operators 🇭🇰 Hong Kong targets 24/7 central bank settlement by end-2026 🇸🇬 Singapore plans to settle tokenised bills in central bank money

Europe has no shortage of investment opportunities. Connecting them with capital is the challenge. Axiology has partnered with Orchestrate Funds to connect professional investors with selected investment opportunities, combining Orchestrate Funds’ investor network and investment expertise with Axiology’s regulated capital markets infrastructure. The partnership enables corporate issuers and investment funds to place eligible bonds with professional investors, with Axiology providing services spanning registration, settlement and ongoing bond servicing. The result: a more direct route from investment opportunities to professional investors. Read the full announcement: axiology.lt/post/axiology-or…

In 2024, wholesale central bank money was still a side play in the digital euro conversation. Today, it is at the centre of the @ecb's digital finance agenda. Axiology was among the 64 entities involved in the Eurosystem’s exploratory work, which covered transactions worth €1.59 billion across nine countries. Pontes builds on that work, linking DLT platforms with TARGET Services to enable settlement in central bank money. For regulated digital markets, this addresses a long-standing challenge. ESMA has identified access to central bank money as a constraint on DLT adoption in Europe. Having followed this journey from the inside, Axiology CEO @MariusJurgilas shares his perspective on what Pontes means for the future of capital markets.

In a year, T+1 will be Europe's standard. @MariusJurgilas, Axiology CEO, argues that institutions investing in new systems and processes have an opportunity to prepare for what comes next: T+0 and atomic settlement. Europe needs to move faster to avoid falling further behind other major economies, where T+1 has already been the standard for some time. But market participants don’t have to wait for another regulatory deadline to start preparing for same day settlement. Continue reading at @Finextra: finextra.com/newsarticle/485…

The UK is targeting Q1 2027 for its first digitally native government bond. As Axiology CEO @MariusJurgilas explains to @Cointelegraph, connecting issuance, trading and settlement through regulated infrastructure could widen investor access and give issuers more ways to raise capital across Europe. More: cointelegraph.com/news/uk-ta…

If DLT firms have to wait through another long review cycle before they can scale, Europe loses infrastructure, expertise and future liquidity. The Pilot Regime needs a permanent footing now.

Capital markets don’t have to choose between tradition and transformation. Traditional finance brings regulation, established institutions and investor relationships. DLT brings programmable infrastructure and faster settlement. The opportunity lies in combining the strengths of both. In his latest article, @MariusJurgilas explores why this hybrid approach, known as Web2.5, could shape the future of capital markets. Take a look: tradersmagazine.com/am/token…

You can't talk about capital markets without talking about fixed income. Digital assets and tokenisation are becoming increasingly relevant in this sector. Many companies want to explore what these developments could mean for their business, but aren't always sure where to start. Axiology can help. Meet our CLO Aurimas Galdikas at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit next week and let's make it happen. P.S. Buy side attends for free: fixedincome.wbresearch.com/

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When securities move onto DLT infrastructure, what happens to the cash leg? It’s easy to focus on the tokenised security. But the other side of the transaction matters just as much: what money is used to settle it? Stablecoins can enable fast settlement. But, as Axiology BizDev Martynas Pilkis points out in his recent interview with Cate Lawrence from @tech_eu, their credit and liquidity risks matter particularly for high-value payments. With Pontes now live, central bank money is becoming part of this conversation too. Explore why the “cash leg” could be one of the most important pieces of Europe’s digital capital markets infrastructure: tech.eu/2026/09/29/axiology-…

The UK and the EU have run separate rulebooks since Brexit. Both started digital securities with controlled experiments. Both now face the same question. Can rules written for a pilot phase carry a market at scale?

Global finance does not need every institution on one ledger. It needs regulated systems that run in parallel and exchange assets, settlement instructions and data, without participants rebuilding for each network. Comments Axiology CCO @Laurin_Bylica for Digital Assets Edge: digitalassetsedge.com/dae/is…

Tokenisation has moved past the legal question. Regulators are now setting capacity, market access, settlement assets, collateral and governance. Those decisions determine which tokenised markets scale and which stay permanently niche.

How can tokenisation make capital markets more accessible to European SMEs? For many SMEs across Europe, the cost and complexity of issuing a bond are disproportionate to the amount they need to raise. Tokenisation can bring issuance, registration, custody, settlement and lifecycle management onto more connected infrastructure, reducing operational handoffs and supporting smaller denominations. Distribution is also a key factor, as a bond may be... More on this topic in a recent The Digital Assets Edge interview with @Laurin_Bylica, CCO at Axiology. Read here: axiology.lt/post/tokenisatio…

Regulatory thresholds set the ceiling for growth. Settlement rules decide how digital money moves alongside securities. Interoperability decides whether tokenised assets can travel at all. The digital capital market is being designed right now. Our latest newsletter: xitter.cf/AxiologyTSS/status/210…

How likely are you to meet Axiology's Luca Constantinescu and Ben Armitage at the FinTech Meetup Europe? Very, because they’ll be there. Not very, because you’ll have to find them in a sea of 2,500+ attendees. Book a meeting in advance through the networking platform!

A European perspective on the UK’s tokenisation ambitions. Having worked in multiple central banks, including Bank of England, Axiology CEO @MariusJurgilas has a useful vantage point on how the UK’s ambitions compare with developments across Europe. Read the full Compliance Corylated piece here: compliancecorylated.com/news…

A gold bar is hard to move, hard to split and slow to pledge. A token representing it is none of those things. On earlier this month the FCA opened work on tokenising gold, covering trading, transfer, pledging, custody, and whether existing fund rules still fit.