Stellar backs Marketnode to expand tokenized assets across Asia-Pacific
What's the deal? The Stellar Development FoundationDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → has made a strategic early-stage investment in MarketnodeDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a digital market infrastructure operator in Asia-Pacific. The company, backed by EuroclearDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, HSBC, SGX GroupDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, and Temasek, provides issuance, distribution, and servicing for tokenized funds, credit, and structured products. The investment was announced in October 2026; terms were not disclosed.
What's the endgame? Stellar wants to bring more institutional assets, products, and participants onto its network. Marketnode offers deep connectivity across the region's financial institutions, giving Stellar a route into established distribution channels and eligible investors.
Why now? The investment builds on existing work between the two. In July, Marketnode said it would offer select BNY InvestmentsDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → funds on Stellar and supported HSBC's first digitally native structured-product issuance in Hong Kong. Marketnode also distributes tokenized products from asset managers including Franklin Templeton and WisdomTree on the network.
What's the frame? The deal reflects Marketnode's institutional stature: four major backers and a growing roster of asset-manager relationships give it a weight that few early-stage infrastructure firms carry.
"Asia-Pacific is an important market for the continued growth of institutional activity on the Stellar network," said José Fernández da Ponte, president and chief growth officer of Stellar Development Foundation. Marketnode CEO Rehan Ahmed said the investment "gives us an opportunity to deepen that work across Asia-Pacific with Stellar and our existing partners."
The signal: The move points to financial institutions across the region shifting digital asset projects from experimentation toward commercial use. It also reflects a broader push to put established financial products — not just crypto assets — onto blockchain infrastructure. Still, with terms undisclosed, the deal does not yet prove tokenized products are gaining real scale.
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