A groundbreaking collaboration set to transform private equity investments through blockchain-based tokenization.
Highlights:
- Innovative Partnership: Citi and SDX join forces to tokenize private market assets, enhancing liquidity and investor access.
- Regulated Blockchain Technology: SDX’s infrastructure enables efficient distribution of shares in mature private companies.
- Launch Timeline: The initiative is expected to go live in the third quarter of 2025.
Summary:
Citi has teamed up with Swiss post-trade group SDX to develop a tokenization solution for private market assets. This collaboration will allow Citi to tokenize, settle, and safekeep assets on SDX’s digital central securities depositary platform, bringing late-stage pre-IPO equities to institutional and eligible investors.
The initiative leverages regulated blockchain technology to streamline private equity investments, making them more accessible and efficient. Expected to launch in Q3 2025, this venture aims to simplify liquidity management and digitize traditionally manual processes in private markets
