The operational synergy will allow issuers and investors to benefit from a true bridge between traditional finance and on-chain instruments.
Seturion, the pan-European settlement platform for tokenized assets of Boerse Stuttgart Group, Weltix S.p.A. (“Weltix”) and Real House S.r.l., owner of the BlockInvest platform (“BlockInvest”), today announced a strategic collaboration to build the first integrated end-to-end infrastructure for the issuance, settlement and trading of DLT-based financial instruments in Italy.
The collaboration combines three complementary regulated components: the technological platform developed by BlockInvest for the tokenization of financial instruments, the DLT register operated by Weltix as DLT Register Manager authorized by Consob under the Italian FinTech Decree, and the pan-European settlement platform of Seturion, capable of handling both on-chain payments and central bank money.
Europe has developed strong capabilities for issuing tokenized securities, but the settlement layer remains fragmented. This partnership is a direct response to that gap, positioning Italy as a model for integrated digital capital markets infrastructure at European scale.
The partnership responds to growing demand from banks, intermediaries, corporate issuers and institutional investors for issuance and settlement solutions for tokenized financial instruments that are fully regulated, interoperable at European level, and integrable within existing workflows.
The architecture envisaged by the parties allows an issuer to:
- structure and issue tokenized financial instruments through the BlockInvest platform
- register such instruments and manage their circulation through the DLT register operated by Weltix, in full compliance with Italian and European regulatory frameworks
- handle transaction settlement through Seturion’s platform, with the flexibility of settling in central bank money or on-chain cash
- make those instruments operationally eligible for MTF and OTC trading environments, while enabling direct access to Boerse Stuttgart Group’s trading venues and other European trading venues connected to Seturion
The architecture is designed to support a broad range of instruments. The collaboration is open to additional participants, including banks, trading venues and other market players.
“We are delighted to partner with Weltix and Blockinvest for the Italian market. Together, we are advancing our pan-European settlement platform in Italy, one of the most dynamic European markets for the tokenization of financial instruments. We offer Italian issuers and investors the entire value chain in one regulated architecture, from issuance to settlement. This is a concrete step towards a European infrastructure for digital capital markets,” said Sven Wilke, Deputy CEO & CGO, Seturion.
“Italian banks tell us that the value of tokenization lies in redefining the entire lifecycle of a financial instrument, removing the frictions of today’s infrastructure. By combining Weltix’s regulatory perimeter, BlockInvest’s technology and Seturion’s settlement infrastructure, we can offer the market a complete, fully regulated solution that dramatically reduces time to market and streamlines management across the entire value chain. This is exactly the kind of partnership that turns tokenization from a promise into a working product for investors,” said Antonio Chiarello, CEO & Co-Founder, Weltix S.p.A.
"While Europe has proven its ability to issue digital assets under progressive legal frameworks, the lack of an integrated, secure and compliant settlement layer has remained the missing link for institutional scaling. This partnership directly solves that bottleneck. By combining BlockInvest's orchestration platform with a robust, regulated settlement layer, we are building a seamless, end-to-end corridor, a turnkey highway for banks and corporates to move assets and capital fluidly across European borders. One block at a time," said Lorenzo Rigatti, Founder & CEO, Blockinvest.
