Blockchain Life 2026

FXCubic has integrated LMAX Group's institutional perpetual futures offering into the FXCubic Bridge, giving brokers streamlined access to LMAX Group's digital asset liquidity and execution infrastructure. Jenna Wright and Wassim Khateeb comment on the expanded connectivity for institutional digital asset derivatives.

Bank of India unveiled 12 digital banking initiatives at Global FinTech Fest 2026, including programmable CBDC, UPI Tap & Pay, the Terra Mastercard World Credit Card, an Android-based cash recycler with Hitachi, and platforms spanning compliance, fintech onboarding and voice-led customer engagement.

GCEX has appointed Robin Ejsmond Frey as Director of Institutional Sales – Asset Management, a newly created role based between London and Dubai. He will lead the firm's push into institutional wealth management, working with hedge funds, family offices and high-net-worth individuals seeking regulated access to digital assets.

S&P Global has made a strategic investment in Kaiko through S&P Global Ventures, deepening a partnership that already spans tokenised indices and a co-branded digital asset index suite. The move follows Kaiko's acquisitions of Amberdata and Cometh, as the firm expands its on-chain data infrastructure globally.

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TFB has integrated DEXA's AI-powered risk intelligence with its Trade Processor bridge, connecting liquidity, execution and trader behavioural analysis in one infrastructure. DEXA classifies trader behaviour from the third trade onward, letting Trade Processor adapt routing and risk controls automatically as toxic or valuable flow emerges.

Multi-asset electronic trading and payments technology provider smartTrade Technologies has launched smartTrade Flow, a post-trade platform covering matching, reconciliation, settlement and regulatory reporting across asset classes.

Born2trade’s Dynamic Account uses an equity-based leverage structure supported by Your Bourse Dynamic Margin, while other Your Bourse products support separate areas of its trading setup including liquidity connectivity, hosting and administration.

Institutional electronic trading platform MEX Exchange, part of Dubai-based financial derivatives group MultiBank Group, has added two senior commercial figures in the space of a week, appointing Brian Liedberg as Chief Revenue Officer and Global Head of Sales, with Stuart Peck joining as Director of Liquidity Management and Sales EMEA.

Bloomberg has launched an FX Options RFQ API on FXGO, its electronic foreign exchange trading platform, bringing end-to-end programmatic request-for-quote trading to the buy-side FX options market for the first time.