Global Settlement Holdings acquires InvestReady and Accreditoken

By Vriti Gothi

Global Settlement Holdings has acquired InvestReady and Accreditoken as part of a strategy to develop a decentralised identity and compliance infrastructure for regulated digital asset settlement.

The acquisitions will form a new subsidiary, GSX Identity (GSX ID), which aims to provide an institutional-grade identity and policy engine for banks, governments, enterprises and blockchain networks operating in regulated financial environments. The platform will integrate InvestReady’s accredited investor verification and compliance workflows with Accreditoken’s decentralised credential technology to create a unified identity layer for digital financial networks.

According to the companies, GSX ID will also function as the identity framework for the Global Settlement blockchain, enabling participants to verify credentials once and transact across compliant networks without repeated onboarding processes.

The platform is designed to support reusable digital credentials and policy enforcement across the full lifecycle of financial transactions. It will also provide enterprise governance capabilities intended to help institutions comply with emerging regulatory frameworks, including Markets in Crypto‑Assets Regulation, the FATF Travel Rule and evolving digital asset rules being developed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The companies said the infrastructure could support compliant transactions across central bank digital currencies, commodity settlements and cross-border payments, reflecting the increasing regulatory scrutiny surrounding digital asset markets and tokenised financial instruments.

“Too much of the blockchain industry assumed compliance could be bolted on later,” said Ryan Kirkley, CEO of Global Settlement Holdings. “The result has been networks regulators don’t trust. GSX Identity is being built as the trust layer for the next generation of compliant financial infrastructure.”

The new entity will operate as a Delaware C-corporation with a post-transaction valuation exceeding $10 million and plans to establish an employee equity incentive pool as the platform expands. The transaction remains subject to customary closing conditions.