08 Sep Bitfinex Securities Approaches $250 Million Tokenised Securities Milestone and Units Out Plans to Attain Full Astana Worldwide Finance Centre Licence
Astana, Kazakhstan – September 8, 2025 – Bitfinex Securities, a regulated platform that allows entities to boost capital by way of the itemizing of tokenised securities, confirms it’s submitting its utility emigrate from the Astana Worldwide Finance Centre’s (AIFC) FintechLab to change into an Authorised Funding Alternate.
Bitfinex Securities joined the AIFC’s Fintech Lab, a regulatory sandbox to assist improvement of the area’s monetary business, in September 2021. Since then, it has issued $206 million value of tokenised securities while within the AIFC FintechLab, together with Mikro Kapital’s common tokenised bond programme and the primary Blockstream Mining Notice. Bitfinex Securities has additionally been individually licensed in El Salvador, by the Commision Nacional de Activos Digitales – El Salvador, since April 2023.
Bitfinex Securities’ licence extension plans in Astana come because the platform confirms it’s on track to succeed in $250 million in tokenised belongings throughout the platform, and indicators the numerous momentum spearheading Bitfinex Securities’ development. This 12 months has already seen plenty of highlights, together with:
- The direct itemizing of TITAN1 and TITAN2, Bitfinex Securities’ first tokenised fairness issuances, value a mixed whole of GBP 143 million;
- The profitable full redemption of Mikro Kapital’s first tokenised bond, which paid out USDt 630,000;
- The direct itemizing of Blockstream Mining Notice 2 (BMN2) to allow secondary market buying and selling alternatives from just below $9, primarily based on honest worth.
Paolo Ardoino, CTO of Bitfinex Securities stated: “We proceed to be glad about the assist that we obtain from AIFC, who’re a confirmed innovator in regulation of digital belongings. After a profitable preliminary licence interval, we’re happy to verify we’re making use of to improve to a full licence in Astana this 12 months. It’s no shock that forward-looking jurisdictions akin to AIFC are seeing the advantages of offering a transparent and sturdy regulatory atmosphere to draw and nurture corporations akin to Bitfinex Securities.”
Jesse Knutson, Head of Operations at Bitfinex Securities, commented: “Approaching $250 million in tokenised belongings on our platform is a vital milestone, and is a marker of the belief we’ve constructed with issuers. Given all of our listings are underpinned by the Liquid Community, it additionally highlights how the Bitcoin ecosystem is enjoying an vital position within the improvement of tokenised monetary markets. As urge for food for tokenised securities continues to develop, we sit up for increasing our listings to make Bitfinex Securities the pre-eminent platform for the complete spectrum of tokenised belongings.”
Bitfinex Securities can also be regulated in El Salvador, and was the world’s first worldwide digital asset platform to be licensed below the nation’s Digital Asset Issuance Legislation.
About Bitfinex Securities
Based in 2021, Bitfinex Securities seeks to harness the technological developments of the digital asset business to remodel international capital markets. With real-time settlement, 24/7/365 buying and selling capabilities, entry to international liquidity, and assist for self-custody, Bitfinex Securities goals to create extra environment friendly, cost-effective, and seamless interactions between buyers and issuers. Bitfinex Securities is licensed and controlled within the Astana Worldwide Monetary Centre in Kazakhstan and El Salvador.
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