Nasdaq, Seturion partner to enable tokenised securities settlement

By Vriti Gothi

Nasdaq has partnered with Seturion, the tokenised asset settlement platform launched by Boerse Stuttgart Group, in a move aimed at modernising Europe’s post-trade infrastructure through distributed ledger technology (DLT).

Under the agreement, Nasdaq will connect its European trading venues to the Seturion platform to facilitate the trading and settlement of tokenised securities. The collaboration will initially focus on structured products, with plans to expand participation to a broader network of issuers, brokers, and financial institutions across Europe.

Seturion was recently introduced by Boerse Stuttgart Group as a pan-European settlement platform open to market participants. The platform supports multiple asset classes across public and private distributed ledgers and enables settlement against both central bank money and on-chain cash. By linking Nasdaq’s trading venues with the platform, the partnership aims to enable faster and more cost-efficient settlement for tokenised assets while maintaining existing market structures and workflows.

The initiative comes as Europe’s capital markets continue to face operational fragmentation, with multiple post-trade infrastructure providers and differing legal frameworks across jurisdictions contributing to higher costs and longer settlement cycles. By leveraging DLT, the partners aim to create a unified settlement layer capable of reducing complexity while remaining aligned with regulatory frameworks such as MiFID II and the EU DLT Pilot Regime.

Roland Chai, President of European Market Services and Head of Digital Assets at Nasdaq, said, “European capital markets face fragmentation and efficiency challenges that limit the region’s competitive potential. Tokenisation presents a transformative opportunity to address inefficiencies in settlement and securities processing workflows, while preserving the trust, stability, and regulatory rigor that underpin well-functioning markets. This partnership builds on our broader vision for the future of market infrastructure, encompassing continuous operation across trading, clearing, settlement, risk management, and collateral. As an operator of critical market infrastructure and a leading financial technology provider, Nasdaq is uniquely positioned to lead this transformation.”

The partnership reflects a broader trend among market infrastructure providers exploring tokenisation and DLT as a means to streamline clearing and settlement processes. If scaled successfully, initiatives such as the Nasdaq-Seturion collaboration could help accelerate the development of a pan-European ecosystem for trading and settling digital securities.