Weltix, BlockInvest and Boerse Stuttgart Group’s Seturion start strategic collaboration to build the first end-to-end infrastructure for the issuance and settlement of tokenized securities in Italy
The operational synergy will allow issuers and investors to benefit from a true bridge between traditional finance and on-chain instruments.
Milan / Stuttgart, 19 June 2026 — Weltix S.p.A. (“Weltix”), BlockInvest, and Seturion, the pan-European settlement platform for tokenized assets of Boerse Stuttgart Group, 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, with pan-European ambitions.
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.
What changes for the market
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.
“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.“
Lorenzo Rigatti, Founder&CEO, Blockinvest
“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.”
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.”
Antonio Chiarello, CEO & Co-Founder, Weltix S.p.A.
BlockInvest
BlockInvest is an institutional-grade technology infrastructure and one of Italy’s leading platforms for the tokenization of real-world assets and financial instruments. Thanks to its modular architecture and advanced ERC standards, it ensures operational efficiency, cost reduction, and transparency throughout the entire asset lifecycle. The platform has been used in some of the most significant tokenization transactions executed in Italy, including issuances structured by UniCredit and operations involving Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP). Backed by UniCredit and Crédit Agricole, and with CDP among its key clients, BlockInvest is helping drive the transition toward a digitally native capital markets infrastructure.
Seturion
Seturion is part of Boerse Stuttgart Group, Europe’s sixth-largest exchange group with a 160-year history. As a pioneer in tokenized securities, Seturion is building a unified issuance and settlement infrastructure for the European capital market, leveraging existing public and private blockchains. Seturion also fully owns BX Digital, the first FINMA-licensed DLT trading facility based in Switzerland. For more information, follow us on LinkedIn Seturion or visit our website: seturion.com
Weltix S.p.A.
Weltix is the only independent, fully regulated and integrated Italian infrastructure for the digital management of private assets in Italy, authorized by Consob, Banca d’Italia and MIMIT. The platform offers regulated placement services (Reg. EU 2020/1503, Consob Authorization no. 22966), natively digital fiduciary services (MIMIT Authorization 10/03/2020) and tokenization of financial instruments with DLT register management (Consob Authorization no. 23641), enabling banks, intermediaries, funds, issuers and private investors to manage unlisted financial instruments in a digital, compliant and scalable way. With a plug & play approach, Weltix allows financial operators to adopt private-asset management technology immediately.
Press Contacts
Weltix S.p.A.: Federico Morgantini, press@weltix.tech, www.weltix.tech
BlockInvest.: Enrico Cadeddu, enrico.cadeddu@blockinvest.finance, www.blockinvest.it
Seturion: Johannes Frevert, johannes.frevert@boerse-stuttgart.de, www.seturion.com
