The First End-to-End Ecosystem for Digital Financial Markets Launches in Italy

Weltix, BlockInvest, and Seturion sign a strategic agreement to transform digital capital markets and European-scale settlement infrastructure.

MILAN, June 18, 2026 – Europe has made giant strides in the tokenization of financial instruments, driven by increasingly advanced regulatory frameworks. However, the weak link for mass institutional adoption has always been settlement—a phase that has so far remained fragmented and complex.

To address this structural challenge, Weltix, BlockInvest, and Seturion (a Boerse Stuttgart Group platform) have announced a strategic collaboration destined to reshape the digital capital markets landscape, positioning Italy as a benchmark model on a European scale.

The initiative gives rise to the first integrated, end-to-end infrastructure for the issuance, settlement, and trading of DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology)-based financial instruments within the Italian market. This synergy combines three complementary and fully regulated components: the DLT registry managed by Weltix (authorized by Consob under the Italian Fintech Decree), the tokenization technology developed by BlockInvest, and Seturion's pan-European settlement platform, capable of operating with both on-chain payments and central bank money.

A Bridge for Private Asset Tokenization

This ecosystem promises to radically transform operations for banks, intermediaries, corporate issuers, and institutional investors, offering a solution that seamlessly integrates into existing workflows while remaining fully compliant with regulations.

Under this new model, the entire lifecycle of a security is completely digitalized. An issuer now has the ability to structure and launch tokenized financial instruments via the BlockInvest platform, and subsequently record their circulation on the DLT registry managed by Weltix in total compliance with regulatory frameworks.

Transaction settlement is managed flexibly on Seturion's platform, with the option to settle either on-chain or using central bank money. Finally, the instruments gain operational eligibility for MTF and OTC trading environments, securing direct access to Boerse Stuttgart Group’s market venues and other connected European venues.

Breaking Down Institutional Bottlenecks

Overcoming fragmentation in the settlement phase represents the true turning point for the market. Until now, the lack of an integrated and secure settlement layer has held back large institutional capital from entering the world of tokenized financial instruments and other Real-World Assets (RWAs).

Outlook and an Open Ecosystem

The agreement extends beyond national borders, looking directly at the European market. Seturion, part of the continent's sixth-largest exchange group with over 160 years of history, brings deep expertise in tokenized securities infrastructure to the project, alongside its strategic control of BX Digital, the first FINMA-licensed DLT trading facility in Switzerland. The open architecture has been specifically designed to support a wide range of digital assets and diverse financial instruments.

The project stands on solid ground: BlockInvest already counts major banking players such as UniCredit and Crédit Agricole among its shareholders, while Weltix consolidates its position as the only independent infrastructure in Italy simultaneously authorized by Consob, the Bank of Italy, and MIMIT for private asset management. The path toward the efficiency of European digital markets is now firmly set.

About Weltix S.p.A.

Weltix is Italy’s first integrated infrastructure for the digital management of private assets, backed by three regulatory authorizations from Consob, the Bank of Italy, and MIMIT (Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy). Its regulated platform offers plug-and-play services for issuance placement, natively digital trust custody, and financial instrument tokenization on DLT registries. It enables banks, intermediaries, and private investors to manage unlisted financial instruments in a compliant, digital, and scalable manner across three business lines:

• Regulated Placement (EU Reg. 2020/1503, Consob Authorization No. 22966)
• Trust Custody & Integrated Taxation (MIMIT Authorization dated 10/03/2020)
• Tokenization of Financial Instruments & DLT Registry Management (Consob Authorization No. 23641 issued on 23/07/2025)

With its plug-and-play architecture, Weltix empowers banks, financial intermediaries, funds, and issuers to seamlessly adopt advanced technology for efficient private asset lifecycle management.

Media Contacts

• Weltix S.p.A. | Piazzale Cadorna 13, Milan | press@weltix.tech | www.weltix.tech