Membership

Agant

Agant is an aspiring GBP stablecoin issuer, UK-domiciled and UK-regulated. Our vision is to provide the foundation layer for on-chain financial services in the UK and further afield. GBPA is a sterling-denominated stablecoin, to be issued by Agant. GBPA will be a digital representation of the pound sterling, fully backed and redeemable 1:1, and will be fully compliant with all applicable UK laws and regulations. Agant is seizing the opportunity to bring the world’s fourth largest currency on-chain, and to provide a privately-issued, regulated platform for innovation to support the UK’s thriving fintech and digital assets ecosystem.

Archax

Archax is a new, institutional-grade exchange for trading asset-backed tokens (digital securities, security tokens, etc.) based in London. Founded by experts from the financial markets and backed by an accomplished advisory board, Archax offers a credible bridge between the blockchain world and the traditional investment space.

Binance

Founded in 2017, Binance is the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. Binance is the infrastructure services provider for the blockchain ecosystem with the aim to increase the freedom of money globally - in order to significantly improve lives around the world.

Bitfinex

Bitfinex is a digital asset trading platform offering state-of-the-art services for digital currency traders and global liquidity providers.

Founded in 2012, Bitfinex was one of the first professional platforms set up to accomodate for the booming interest in cryptocurrency trading. Since then, our team has gained invaluable experience whilst cementing our spot as the go-to platform for digital asset traders and institutions.

In addition to a suite of advanced trading features and charting tools, Bitfinex provides access to peer-to-peer financing, an OTC market and margin trading for a wide selection of digital assets. Bitfinex’s strategy focuses on providing unparalleled support, tools, and innovation for professional traders and liquidity providers around the world.

BitOasis

Headquartered in Dubai, BitOasis is the largest and most trusted regional cryptocurrency trading platform in the Middle East and North Africa. Established in 2016, BitOasis is a leader of the region’s cryptocurrency ecosystem, serving as the go-to platform for first-time cryptocurrency buyers and professional traders alike. Available in 15 countries across the region, the platform provides investors a safe and secure way to buy, hold and sell 75+ cryptocurrencies. Since its launch, BitOasis has processed more than $6.6 billion in trading volume and raised more than $40 million dollars in funding from leading regional and global investors, such as CoinDCX, Wamda Capital, Jump Capital, Pantera Capital, and Global Founders Capital. In May 2024, BitOasis was successfully acquired by CoinDCX, India’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.

Block

Block is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD, we build tools to help more people access the economy. Square helps sellers run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services. With Cash App, anyone can easily send, spend, or invest their money in stocks or Bitcoin. Spiral builds and funds free, open-source Bitcoin projects. Artists use TIDAL to help them succeed as entrepreneurs and connect more deeply with fans. TBD is building an open developer platform to make it easier to access Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies without having to go through an institution.

BPX

BPX is a digital securities exchange that facilitates the issuance, safekeeping, trading, and settlement of real estate securities. BPX provides its clients with the complete capital markets workflow as a service:

• Enhancing real estate fund liquidity for Investment Managers.
• Providing a sales and capital-raising channel for Property Developers and Owners.
• Delivering access, choice, and security for Investors.

BPX is a FinTech and Financial Services company with the ambition of becoming the trusted go-to global marketplace for tokenised and traditional real estate securities.

Circle

Circle, is a leading global financial technology firm. Founded on the belief that blockchain technology and digital currencies can transform the global economic system, Circle aims to create a more open, inclusive, and efficient world economy. The company is renowned for its issuance of regulated stablecoins, including USDC and EURC, which facilitate seamless, real-time transactions across multiple blockchain ecosystems. Circle's innovative solutions address inefficiencies in traditional financial infrastructure, enabling streamlined cross-border payments and fostering global economic connectivity. The company is committed to regulatory compliance, security, and transparency, ensuring trust and reliability in its financial services.

Crypto Garage

Crypto Garage is the leading architect of cryptophical financial instruments based on Bitcoin and blockchain technology. We navigate the intersection of Bitcoin and financial engineering to accelerate “Cryptofinance” adoption in financial markets. We are the financial products, services, and systems of the future.

Crypto.com

Crypto.com was founded in 2016 on a simple belief: it’s a basic human right for everyone to control their money, data and identity. Crypto.com serves over 5 million customers today, providing them with a powerful alternative to traditional financial services through the Crypto.com App, the Crypto.com Card, the Crypto.com Exchange and Crypto.com DeFi Wallet. Crypto.com is built on a solid foundation of security, privacy and compliance and is the first cryptocurrency company in the world to have ISO/IEC 27701:2019, CCSS Level 3, ISO27001:2013 and PCI:DSS 3.2.1, Level 1 compliance, and independently assessed at Tier 4, the highest level for both NIST Cybersecurity and Privacy Frameworks. Crypto.com is headquartered in Hong Kong with a 600+ strong team.

Curve Block

CurveBlock is working to be a disruptive innovation in the Real Estate FinTech space improving the investment landscape by democratizing access to passive income through a regulated real estate development, green initiative, digital share fund.
CurveBlock's tech stack will integrate distributed ledger, digital shares, web and mobile features. It brings liquidity into a traditionally illiquid asset class and will be traded on our proprietary regulated exchange.
CurveBlock's investment projects will be zero carbon, energy positive to eliminate emissions and power both your home and vehicle indefinitely. All homes will contribute to the electric grid instead of taking from it.

CV5

CV5 is a regulated hedge fund platform and crypto fund platform for fund managers, wealth managers, family offices seeking to launch an institutional investment fund or fund range with all operational aspects of the fund managed: legal, compliance, reg reporting, governance, admin, audit, banking, custody services, capital raising/intro.

Deloitte

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, commonly referred to as Deloitte, is a British multinational professional services network based in London, England. Deloitte is the largest professional services network by revenue and number of employees in the world and is considered one of the Big Four accounting firms.

Deus X Pay

Deus X Pay is a regulated provider of institutional stablecoin payment solutions, revolutionising the authorization, clearing, and settlement of cryptocurrency payments. We enhance global payment options for institutions, businesses, and corporations by seamlessly merging traditional finance with advanced digital payment infrastructure, enabling faster, more cost-effective, and secure transactions.

Fully compliant and regulated as a Virtual Asset Service Provider, Deus X Pay operates under a license in Lithuania, supervised by the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT), and in the Czech Republic, supervised by the Financial Analytical Office (FAU).

As a part of the innovative crypto investment firm Deus X Capital, we equip organisations with state-of-the-art financial tools aimed at fostering growth and success in today’s dynamic market.

Digital Climate Group

Digital Climate Group (DCG) is an integrated investment, technology, and financial services company with a vision to revolutionise how capital is allocated to impact projects and green assets.

DCG's mission is to establish a new impact finance platform that enables faster access to capital, driving the transition to a sustainable and low-carbon economy.

DCG are committed to supporting Middle East and Asia development with purpose and impact.

Elliptic

Elliptic empowers financial institutions and cryptocurrency businesses across the world to confidently manage AML risk and detect criminal activity on the blockchain. To date, Elliptic clients have used our products to assess risk on several trillion dollars worth of transactions, and uncover activity relating to money laundering, terrorist fundraising, fraud and other financial crimes. Our software is recognized as the global standard for regulatory compliance in the cryptocurrency industry.

Emtech

EMTECH is Modernizing Central Banking For the Fintech & Web3 Era. EMTECH provides software as a service (SaaS) to connect Central Banks, Regulators, and Financial Service Providers in a seamless way for various services such as sandboxing, licensing, supervision, compliance and cash management processes.

As a company, EMTECH supports and partners with regulators to operationalize regulation for the digital era of today, and tomorrow. We do this with tokenized infrastructure for central banks, plus with a Digital Regulatory Platform and SupTech tools to allow regulators to fulfill their mandates in the era of digital finance. From Regulatory Sandbox, Automated Licensing Review Workflows and Risk Based Supervision, to central bank digital currency or asset tokenization, our solutions power the future of financial markets.

Eunice

Eunice is a London-based Fin-Tech company that provides ongoing monitoring and due diligence for cryptoassets. We seek to empower teams to understand the holistic risks associated with their cryptoassets by combining extensive on-chain data with powerful off-chain insights. Leveraging advanced AI, Eunice efficiently processes large volumes of data, distilling it into actionable, concise insights. This enables your entire team to fully comprehend and navigate the complexities of cryptoasset risks effectively.

EY

EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society, the planet, while building trust in the capital markets.
Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.
EY teams in more than 150 countries work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions, strengthened by sector experience and diverse ecosystem partners.

Federated Hermes

Federated Hermes, Inc. (NYSE: FHI) is a global leader in active, responsible investment management. We deliver investment solutions that help investors target a broad range of outcomes and provide equity, fixed-income, alternative/private markets, multi-asset and liquidity management strategies to more than 11,000 institutions and intermediaries worldwide. Our clients include corporations, government entities, insurance companies, foundations and endowments, banks and broker-dealers.

Fireblocks

Fireblocks' mission is to enable every businesses to safely and securely interact with cryptocurrencies and digital assets. We provide a suite of applications to manage digital asset operations and a complete development platform for institutional customers to build their businesses on the blockchain.

GSR

GSR has ten years of deep crypto market expertise as a market maker, asset manager and active, multi-stage investor. GSR sources and provides spot and non-linear liquidity in digital assets for token issuers, institutional investors, miners, and leading cryptocurrency exchanges.

Hedera

Hedera is an open source, public network that stands at the forefront of enterprise grade DLT. Delivering unmatched performance and security, it was designed to set the new standard as the trusted foundation for the emerging digital economy. Hedera is governed by a Council of leading global institutions across six continents and 11 industries. Each member has a say in important decisions and operates a network node, ensuring the Hedera network remains secure, fair, and enterprise-ready.

Hogan Lovells

Hogan Lovells is an international law firm co-headquartered in London and Washington, D.C. Hogan Lovells has around 2,800 lawyers working in more than 40 offices in the United States, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia.

Kaiko

Founded in 2014, Kaiko is a leading source of cryptocurrency market data, analytics, indices, and research, providing businesses with industrial-grade and regulatory-compliant data. We empower market participants with global connectivity to real-time and historical data feeds for use cases across the investment lifecycle.

Kednus Corporation

Kednus Corporation — an AI-native blockchain compliance and intelligence platform setting the institutional standard for digital asset ecosystems. A U.S. Navy veteran, Chartered Engineer, and former Microsoft Director of Infrastructure & Reliability Engineering, Clement brings rare depth across systems architecture, enterprise delivery, and organizational leadership. His career spans critical infrastructure programs at Microsoft, Honeywell, and NOV — environments where precision, scale, and accountability are absolute. That same rigor defines Kednus: a multiple enterprise-grade products, 200+ blockchain coverage, and proprietary GNN and ZK-proof technology protected by multiple provisional patents. Kednus isn't just compliant — it's the compliance infrastructure.

Latham & Watkins

Latham & Watkins advises the businesses and institutions that power the global economy. We bring together the world’s best legal talent in every major jurisdiction to shape the deals and win the disputes that transform markets. Our experience at the cutting edge of commercial, financial, and legal innovation enables us to deliver results that fuel our clients’ success.

Latham’s multidisciplinary fintech team helps clients around the globe, from fintech startups to major financial institutions, navigate a fast-evolving legal and regulatory landscape. We draw on vast experience across financial regulatory, corporate, litigation, and tech capabilities to help fintech-focused clients innovate, invest, and thrive.

LayerZero Labs

LayerZero builds technology that makes decentralization viable, scalable, and inevitable.  LayerZero works with asset issuers, chains, and applications to make money more extensible. Issue any asset on chain, extend its reach to new ecosystems, connect fragmented liquidity and more.

Markets Evolution

Markets Evolution is a leader in providing expert advisory and consulting services across financial markets, digital assets, and digital currencies. We deliver strategic insights and forward-thinking guidance, helping businesses navigate the complexities of traditional and emerging financial landscapes.

In today’s ever-evolving financial landscape, markets are in constant flux, adapting to a dynamic regulatory environment and responding to broader geopolitical shifts. Disruptive technologies and new business models are reshaping the industry, presenting incumbents and newcomers alike with both challenges and opportunities for innovation.
With our niche expertise in financial innovation, market structure and cross-border regulation, Markets Evolution offers a unique perspective on the complexities of financial ecosystems. We partner with a wide range of clients, from pioneering start-ups to established industry leaders, delivering tailored solutions that help them realise their strategic ambitions.

Mesh

Founded in 2020, Mesh aims to build an open, connected, and secure financial ecosystem. As a modern financial operating system, Mesh enables digital asset transfers, crypto payments, account aggregation, and trading within a unified platform. With over 300 integrations, Mesh is pioneering the creation of an embedded financial ecosystem that benefits both businesses and users.

Notabene

Notabene helps financial service companies be compliant with new, global regulations for crypto transactions. Notabene's travel rule product is the first 'protocol-agnostic' solution, and combines easy on-boarding with highly secure software. Their compliance dashboard includes a rigorous counter-party trust framework, helping reduce compliance teams' due diligence costs.

OKX

OKX was launched in 2013 as a leading blockchain technology provider and digital asset exchange. OKX's primary locations are in San Jose, CA, USA and San Francisco, CA, USA. The firm operates a centralized digital asset exchange platform through four international entities operating in the United States, Europe, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

Opera

Opera is a software company developing browser, web3 powered fintech, gaming and AI products.

Ospree

Ospree is a RegTech platform providing blockchain-native compliance infrastructure for crypto and financial institutions.

Ownera

Digitizing the ownership of trillions of dollars in assets, and creating a new global digital securities network, is an unparalleled financial and social opportunity.

Pave Bank

Banking can be better. Pave Bank is reimagining how a bank is built, how it operates and how businesses interact with their bank. We are on a mission to give every business access to multi-asset, regulated, financial products. We are a technology company when it comes to product design and build, and a fully regulated bank when it comes to risk, capital and regulatory management.

PayPal

PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering people and businesses to join and thrive in the global economy.

Paysafe

Paysafe Limited (“Paysafe”) (NYSE: PSFE) (PSFE.WS) is a leading payments platform with an extensive track record of serving merchants and consumers in the global entertainment sectors. Its core purpose is to enable businesses and consumers to connect and transact seamlessly through industry-leading capabilities in payment processing, digital wallet, and online cash solutions. With over 20 years of online payment experience, an annualized transactional volume of over $130 billion in 2022, and approximately 3,300 employees located in 12+ countries, Paysafe connects businesses and consumers across 100 payment types in over 40 currencies around the world. Delivered through an integrated platform, Paysafe solutions are geared toward mobile-initiated transactions, real-time analytics and the convergence between brick-and-mortar and online payments.

PWC

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC UK) is a leading professional services firm and part of the global PwC network, which operates in over 150 countries with more than 360,000 people. PwC advises clients across financial services, technology, and digital assets, combining deep tax, assurance, and consulting expertise with cutting-edge innovation. In the UK, PwC is at the forefront of supporting regulators, policymakers, and market participants in navigating the evolving crypto and digital asset landscape. By joining GDF, PwC strengthens its commitment to shaping global standards, driving responsible adoption, and helping clients capture opportunities in an increasingly digital economy.

R3

R3 is an enterprise blockchain software firm working with a broad ecosystem of more than 200 members and partners across multiple industries from both the private and public sectors to develop on Corda, our open-source blockchain platform, and Corda Enterprise, a commercial version for enterprise usage.

Our global team of over 180 professionals in 13 countries is supported by over 2,000 technology, financial, and legal experts drawn from our global member base.

Our Corda platform is already being used in industries from financial services to healthcare, shipping, insurance and more. It records, manages, executes institutions’ financial agreements in perfect synchrony with their peers, creating a world of frictionless commerce.

Ripple

Using proven crypto and blockchain technology honed over a decade, Ripple’s enterprise-grade solutions are faster, more transparent, and more cost-effective than traditional financial services. Our customers use these solutions to source crypto, facilitate instant payments, empower their treasury, engage new audiences, lower capital requirements, and drive new revenue.
Founded in 2012, Ripple's vision is to enable a world where value moves as seamlessly as information flows today—an Internet of Value. Ripple is the only enterprise blockchain company today with products in commercial use. Ripple’s global payments network includes over 300 customers across 40+ countries and six continents.

S&P Global

S&P Global Ratings is the world's leading provider of independent credit ratings. Our ratings are essential to driving growth, providing transparency and helping educate market participants so they can make decisions with confidence. We have more than 1 million credit ratings outstanding on government, corporate, financial sector and structured finance entities and securities. We offer an independent view of the market built on a unique combination of broad perspective and local insight. We provide our opinions and research about relative credit risk; market participants gain independent information to help support the growth of transparent, liquid debt markets worldwide. “S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), which provides essential intelligence for individuals, companies and governments to make decisions with confidence. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/ratings.”

Standard Chartered

We are a leading international banking group, with a presence in 59 of the world’s most dynamic markets, and serving clients in a further 85. Our purpose is to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, and our heritage and values are expressed in our brand promise, here for good.

Standard Chartered PLC is listed on the London and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges.

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Steptoe & Johnson

Steptoe is among the leaders in the evolving legal and regulatory landscape surrounding cryptocurrencies, crypto-assets, and blockchain technology. The firm’s multidisciplinary, global practice features an unrivaled combination of regulatory and compliance, commodities and derivatives, tax law and policy, and government and policy experience. Steptoe advises individuals and entities on the suite of legal and regulatory issues from a currency, commodities and derivatives, and securities law perspective.

Steptoe also has experience on the taxation implications for a range of crypto-related activities including trading, investing, creating and issuing tokens, and digitizing assets.

Steptoe helped create and serves as counsel to the Blockchain Alliance. The firm also serves as the legal services partner of the Global Blockchain Business Council, an advisor to industry-leading advocacy groups Coin Center and the Chamber of Digital Commerce, and to many of the industry’s most prominent companies.

Taurus

Taurus SA is a Swiss FinTech, founded in 2018, that provides enterprise-grade digital asset infrastructure to create, custody, and trade any digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, tokenized assets, NFTs, and digital currencies. Taurus is a global leader in the banking segment, entrusted by the full spectrum of financial institutions: systemic banks, universal banks, online banks, crypto-banks, private banks, and broker-dealers. Taurus also operates a marketplace for private assets and tokenized securities. Taurus SA is a securities firm supervised and regulated by FINMA. TDX is an organized trading facility operated by Taurus.

Taxbit

Taxbit is the leading tax and accounting platform for digital assets, trusted by enterprises, financial institutions, and government agencies. Built by CPAs and tax attorneys, Taxbit automates complex crypto reporting, ensures regulatory compliance, and delivers real-time insights—all in a secure, enterprise-grade solution.

Terminal 3

Terminal 3 is Web3’s most powerful user identity and data oracle, leveraging decentralized data storage and zero-knowledge cryptography to power privacy-preserving credentials and applications.

Terminal 3's mission is to maximize the value of a decentralized internet by empowering users with ownership of their digital identities and data, and by enabling companies to engage authentically with their customers and communities.

Tether

Tether is the group that created and that issues a digital token known as “tether” (USDt). The first tether tokens were issued in October 2014. Tether tokens are a form of stablecoin, which means that their value is pegged to an asset such as traditional currency or a commodity such as gold. The most popular form of tether tokens are those that can be redeemed by Tether on a one-to-one basis for fiat currency in which they are denominated (U.S. Dollars, Euros, or offshore Chinese yuan). For example, each USDt is redeemable at app.tether.to at US$1.00, subject to Tether’s terms of service and fee schedule.In January 2020, Tether launched a new form of Tether token, Tether Gold, where each token represents ownership of one troy ounce of physical gold. The primary purpose of Tether tokens is to provide a medium of exchange to trade across a wide range of digital tokens and digital token trading platforms. Using USDt is often more convenient and frictionless than using traditional currency. It is faster and easier to buy and sell a digital token (e.g., bitcoin) using tether tokens than to send fiat currency wires through the conventional banking system.Tether tokens also provide a stable store of value for virtual currency market participants in the same way that investors in traditional markets may retain some portion of their portfolio in cash. Tether tokens allow users to convert cash into digital tokens, and to anchor (or tether) the value of virtual currency to the price of traditional fiat currencies or gold. The value of those USDt (and, by association, their equivalent value in traditional currency) is intended to remain stable, differentiating it from other digital tokens (e.g., bitcoin) which can widely fluctuate in value. Although the market price of USDTt may fluctuate somewhat on various exchanges, each USDt is valued by Tether at US$1.00 upon redemption.

Token City

Token City is the leading provider of securities tokenization infrastructure in the Spanish speaking world. Its services include security digitization, STO issuance, token marketplace and technological infrastructure provision for asset tokenization.

Tokeny

Tokeny provides a compliance infrastructure for digital assets. It allows financial actors operating in private markets to compliantly and seamlessly issue, transfer, and manage securities using distributed ledger technology. By applying trust, compliance, and control on a hyper-efficient infrastructure, Tokeny enables market participants to unlock significant advancements in the management and liquidity of financial instruments. The company is backed by strategic investors such as Euronext and Inveniam.

TRM Labs

TRM prevents fraud for crypto. TRM monitors digital asset transactions to protect financial institutions from fraud and financial crime like money laundering and terrorism financing.

Utila

Utila is an enterprise-grade digital asset operations platform empowering institutions, fintechs, and PSPs to securely build, manage, and scale their crypto and stablecoin operations. Powered by state-of-the-art MPC (Multi-Party Computation) wallet infrastructure, Utila provides a unified, chain-agnostic platform featuring granular policy controls, robust APIs, and seamless ecosystem integrations. Trusted by hundreds of leading market players globally, Utila processes billions in transaction volume while ensuring military-grade security and compliance.

VerifyVASP

VerifyVASP is an established and proven travel rule solution provider. The VerifyVASP Travel Rule solution enables secure and immediate data sharing using a fully encrypted decentralised protocol. Additionally VerifyVASP also created VerifyNAME which is an enhanced risk mitigation tool that enables travel rule compliance for firms engaging with non-obliged entities.

Xendora

Xendora is a global financial technology company building compliant, API-driven infrastructure that connects traditional financial systems and digital finance across jurisdictions. Xendora enables enterprises, financial institutions, and fintech platforms to access multi-rail payment, treasury, and compliance capabilities through a single orchestration layer, leveraging regulated Banking-as-a-Service partners and licensed providers globally.

The company focuses on regulatory alignment, risk management, and scalable cross-border interoperability, with a particular emphasis on compliant digital asset integration and institutional-grade financial operations. Xendora is committed to advancing industry best practices and contributing to the development of global standards for digital finance.

Zodia Custody

Zodia Custody is exceptional because we see the world as our clients do. Owned by Standard Chartered, Northern Trust and SBI – Zodia Custody has a unique ability to provide the digital asset custody that enables global institutions, corporations, and professional investors to embrace the digital asset future without compromising on security, standards and principles that have existed for decades.Based in London and registered in the UK with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), in Ireland with Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) and in Luxembourg with the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), Zodia Custody brings together unparalleled Tier 1 insight, global custody expertise and leading-edge technological innovation, to providing client-focused digital asset custody within a secure framework of oversight and governance.