Frankfurt, New York, October 1st, 2026, Chainwire
Partnership to discover using Arc for tokenized securities on 21X Group’s buying and selling and settlement programs
21X Group, whose subsidiary 21X AG operates the primary totally regulated buying and selling and settlement system for tokenized securities within the EU, right now introduced that it has been named a Day-1 launch companion within the Arc ecosystem because the community strikes to public mainnet within the EU and US. 21X Group and Circle have entered right into a collaboration to construct use instances for issuers and brokers of tokenized securities on Arc throughout EU and US markets.
Arc is an open, EVM-compatible Layer-1 blockchain constructed for the world’s monetary markets, real-time cash motion and agentic financial exercise. It makes use of stablecoins as fuel, beginning with Circle’s personal USDC.
Within the EU, 21X AG operates a venue the place institutional contributors can concern, commerce and settle tokenized securities via atomic supply versus fee, decreasing settlement time and principal threat. Its European venue at present helps USDC as a settlement forex.
21X LLC introduced its anticipated entry into the US on the twenty ninth of September 2026 in a transfer into the world’s largest capital market, which marks its first enlargement outdoors Europe. 21X LLC is looking for US regulatory approvals to kind a US broker-dealer that may function another buying and selling system that may provide subscribers the power to commerce in tokenized securities.
Inside the collaboration, 21X Group and Circle are exploring Arc as a community for the issuance, buying and selling and settlement of tokenized securities within the EU and US. Forward of the Arc mainnet launch, the 2 firms efficiently examined the buying and selling of tokenized securities on Arc via 21X AG’s EU capital market infrastructure – leveraging atomic settlement towards USDC in below one second.
Asset managers within the Arc ecosystem will be capable to work with 21X AG’s current EU platform and anticipated US platform, pending each EU and US regulatory approvals, to listing tokenized securities on Arc to allow buying and selling towards USDC. Constructing on their current collaboration in Europe, the businesses are additional exploring how Circle’s broader infrastructure can help institutional entry to stablecoins whereas enabling cross-chain interoperability for USDC.
Max Heinzle, Founder and CEO, 21X Group, mentioned: “Arc is purpose-built for monetary purposes and affords a pure setting for stablecoins and tokenized securities operations. Exploring 21X LLC’s anticipated buying and selling and settlement capabilities on Arc will enable us to construct on what we’ve got already established in Europe, the place contributors can settle tokenized securities towards USDC via atomic supply versus fee. We’re happy to hitch the Arc ecosystem from day one.”
Ray Tierney, CEO, 21X LLC, added: “The US is the world’s largest capital market, and can be central to the subsequent part of tokenization. As we construct out 21X LLC’s US operation, our focus is on creating regulated institutional entry to tokenized securities throughout open blockchain networks. Becoming a member of the Arc ecosystem from day one is a vital step in that technique.”
About 21X Group
21X Group is a global monetary market infrastructure group constructing regulated, tokenized capital markets, comprising 21X AG and 21X Service GmbH in Europe; and 21X LLC and 21X USA LLC in the US.
On September 8, 2025, 21X AG opened the primary approved distributed ledger know-how buying and selling and settlement system (DLT TSS) within the EU, positioning the corporate as a pacesetter within the transition from conventional to tokenized asset-based capital markets.
21X AG operates its buying and selling and settlement venue within the EU below BaFin (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht) and ESMA (European Securities and Markets Authority) oversight. Its infrastructure is designed to function throughout a number of distributed ledger networks, tailored to the regulatory necessities of the markets wherein it operates. 21X AG’s platform within the EU permits atomic buying and selling with out counterparty threat via sensible contract-based issuance, buying and selling and settlement of tokenized shares, bonds and funds.
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Necessary info
21X LLC shouldn’t be a registered broker-dealer below the U.S. Securities Change Act of 1934, as amended and below relevant state legal guidelines in the US or a member of the Monetary Trade Regulatory Authority, Inc. Accordingly, this press launch and its contents don’t represent a proposal or invitation to promote, buy or subscribe for, any securities or every other banking, funding, insurance coverage or different services or products to US Individuals (as such time period is outlined within the federal securities legal guidelines of the US). This communication was reviewed by FINRA.
About Circle
Circle (NYSE: CRCL) is likely one of the world’s main web monetary platform firms, constructing the muse of a extra open, international financial system via programmable blockchain infrastructure, digital property, and fee purposes. Circle’s platform contains the world’s largest stablecoin community anchored by USDC, Circle Funds Community for international cash motion, and Arc, an enterprise-grade blockchain designed to grow to be the Financial OS for the web. Enterprises, monetary establishments, and builders use Circle to energy trusted, internet-scale monetary innovation.
For Extra Info on 21X Group, Contact:
Mob: +44 7828173419
Net: https://www.21x.eu/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/firm/21x/
Contact
Head of PR & AdvertisingRichie MacTggart21X Group[email protected]+44 7828173419
