21finance provides a regulated trading and settlement infrastructure for digital assets, utilizing blockchain technology to enable 24/7 trading without counterparty risk. The platform facilitates direct market access for institutional investors, enhancing liquidity and efficiency in the trading of tokenized financial instruments.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Institutional investors face challenges in accessing and trading digital assets due to regulatory uncertainty and the lack of established infrastructure. Traditional trading systems often lack the ability to handle the unique characteristics of tokenized assets, such as 24/7 trading and atomic settlement. This limits liquidity and efficiency in the emerging market for blockchain-based financial instruments.
Solution
21finance provides a regulated trading and settlement infrastructure for digital assets, operating under the EU's DLT Pilot Regime. The platform enables direct market access for institutional investors, facilitating the trading of tokenized financial instruments such as stocks, bonds, and funds. 21X leverages blockchain technology to offer 24/7 trading with smart contract-enabled matching and atomic settlement, eliminating counterparty risk. The exchange integrates with regulatory technology for trade surveillance, best execution analysis, and transaction reporting, ensuring compliance with EU standards. By partnering with tokenization and asset servicing providers, 21X streamlines the entire digital securities value chain, from issuance to post-trade management.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes institutional investors, asset managers, and financial institutions seeking a regulated and efficient platform for trading tokenized securities and other digital assets.
Features
- EU-regulated DLT trading and settlement system for digital assets
- Direct market access for institutional investors and market makers
- Supports trading of tokenized stocks, bonds, funds, and other DLT financial instruments
- Smart contract-based atomic matching and settlement for 24/7 trading without counterparty risk
- Integration with eflow Global's regulatory technology for trade surveillance, best execution, and transaction reporting
- Compliant asset tokenization via tokenforge integration
- Financial instrument structuring, lifecycle management, and automated post-trade asset servicing through Nucleus Finance partnership
- On-chain trading of tokenized real-world assets through Backed Finance partnership
- Utilizes the Polygon PoS blockchain for cost-effective and rapid transactions
- Supports delivery-versus-payment (DVP) matching and settlement