Pierre Kaklamanos

🚀 Thrilled to share some major fundraising momentum in the DeFi space! Rails (https://rails.xyz), one of my strategic partners, has just raised $14M through a private token sale — a pivotal step forward in reshaping how digital assets are traded. 💸💻 Backed by an impressive lineup of investors — @KrakenVentures, @Slow (Slow Ventures), @CMCC_Global, @Quantstamp, and @r13vc (Round13 Capital) — this raise signals strong institutional confidence in Rails’ next-generation self-custodial trading infrastructure. 🔐 🧠 What is Rails? Rails is a self-custodial crypto exchange that brings together the best of both worlds — centralized order book speed and execution with decentralized custody control. It’s a game-changer for traders who demand high-frequency performance without compromising on asset security. Whether you're trading native tokens or synthetic assets, Rails is designed to serve as a high-throughput trading layer with Web3-native user ownership baked in. 📊 Why does this matter? As the industry evolves beyond centralized chokepoints, demand for secure, efficient, and user-owned exchange mechanisms is surging. Rails is not only building for performance but also for principled decentralization, giving traders control over their keys while tapping into deep liquidity pools — the holy grail of crypto trading. 💼 Investor lineup includes some of the sharpest minds in Web3: Kraken Digital Asset Exchange Ventures 🐙 Slow Ventures 🌐 CMCC Global 🌏 Quantstamp, Inc. 🔒 Round13 Capital 💼 🔗 The platform’s emphasis on self-custody-first architecture, coupled with centralized matching logic, puts Rails in the vanguard of scalable, compliant crypto trading solutions. It’s ideal for power users, institutions, and DeFi-native traders who are done compromising between speed and sovereignty. 📰 For full details: CoinDesk Coverage – Rails Raises $14M https://lnkd.in/dYyJw9vM 🌍 As someone passionate about infrastructure innovation and autonomous finance, I couldn’t be more excited about what Rails is building. The convergence of capital, custody, and speed is here — and it’s programmable. Big congrats to the team at https://rails.xyz — this is only the beginning. 🚀 #DeFi #CryptoTrading #Rails #Blockchain #Web3 #TokenSale #Fundraising #KrakenVentures #Quantstamp #SelfCustody #HighSpeedTrading #CryptoInvesting #LiquidityLayer #CryptoInfrastructure #RailsXYZ #darshanamanikkuwadura Darshana Manikkuwadura (Dash)⚡️🇬🇧 🇱🇰⚡️

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🚀 Particula 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝟮𝟭𝗫 𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿 – 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 I am excited to announce our strategic partnership with 21X - Europe’s first fully regulated 𝗗𝗟𝗧-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 (𝗗𝗟𝗧 𝗧𝗦𝗦). 21X is a Frankfurt-based financial institution at the forefront of revolutionizing capital markets through the use of blockchain technology. In December 2024, 21X secured a license to operate its groundbreaking distributed ledger technology (DLT) trading and settlement system (DLT TSS) trading venue, a milestone that places the company as a leader in the transition to digital finance. Particula will play a key role in supporting issuers throughout the listing process – from regulatory readiness to ongoing monitoring. 🔹 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝟮𝟭𝗫: ✔️ Guidance on regulatory & procedural compliance ✔️ Independent risk ratings & token classification ✔️ Continuous monitoring via its proprietary platform 💬 Timm Reinsdorf, CEO of Particula: "𝘈𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳, 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝟤𝟣𝘟." 💬 Max J. Heinzle, 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 & 𝗖𝗘𝗢 𝗼𝗳 21X: "𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢’𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵." Do you want to list your assets on 21x? Then reach out to us now! ✍️ #Particula #Tokenization #DigitalAssets #DLT #CapitalMarkets #DigitalSecurities #MiCAR #DLTTSS

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🚨 Big move in tokenization: A Swiss fintech just launched xStocks on Solana Foundation — creating tokens backed 1:1 by real shares of public companies like Apple or Tesla. How it works is simple: They buy the shares through a custodian. Then they issue tokens that mirror those shares. Investors can now trade the tokenized version across exchanges, with compliance controls in place. 👉 That solves the question for public equities: take something that already exists, wrap it, and trade it on-chain. But here’s the bigger question: What about private companies? Tens of thousands of private companies raise capital every year under Reg D — typically from high-net-worth investors. Those shares are restricted, locked up, and tracked in Excel or PDFs. What if those raises could start on-chain instead of paper? What if restricted shares were issued as tokens with built-in lockups? What if, after the 12-month Rule 144 period, those tokens could move into regulated secondary markets… or even permissioned DEX pools as the rules evolve? Public markets are already being tokenized. Private markets — where most of the value creation happens — could be next. What do you see as the biggest barrier for private companies to tokenize? #Tokenization #OnChainFinance #DigitalAssets #PrivateMarkets #FutureOfFinance

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💥 Google enters the tokenization race with its own blockchain 👇 Rich Widmann, Head of Web3 Strategy at Google, announced the launch of Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL) — a novel Layer 1 designed for financial institutions. Key features: high performance, credibly neutral infrastructure, and Python-based smart contracts. CME Group is the first partner to integrate, having completed phase one testing of GCUL for wholesale payments and asset tokenization. Direct market participant testing starts later this year, with commercial services expected in 2026. ➡️ Why this matters Institutional blockchain adoption is shaped by competitive dynamics: rivals rarely use each other’s rails. - Tether won’t build on Circle’s blockchain. - Adyen won’t transact on Stripe’s blockchain. But any financial institution can build on GCUL. That neutrality could prove decisive. Will GCUL become the backbone for banks and asset managers? Stay tuned. ✅ Want learn more about business of digital assets and tokenization? Join 20,000+ readers at Tokenization Insight to get the latest market insights 👉 https://lnkd.in/eCZyphum

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INTEROPERABILITY Almost sounds like a bad word — but it’s actually one of the greatest challenges in crypto, a space that is multichain by design. Fortunately, we have the Wormhole Foundation on our side — a team relentlessly focused on turning this “bad word” into real infrastructure. We’ve just sealed a partnership that takes MB | Mercado Bitcoin to the next level. 🎥 Watch the video — the level of craft speaks for itself. Over the past few months, we’ve forged a partnership that goes beyond tech: it connects complementary worldviews on the future of digital financial infrastructure. 🚀 What are we doing? Think about this: when you tokenize something, a key question is “on which chain?” That answer defines which solutions your asset can interact with, which DEXes it can list on, and which stablecoins it can trade against. Now imagine being able to answer: “on all of them” (or almost — let’s be fair: 97% of the market). We’re bringing over US$ 200 million in tokenized assets from MB into the Wormhole multichain universe — with governance, performance, and scale. Congrats to Juliana Walenkamp, Dan Reecer and the entire Wormhole team for making it happen. And to our unstoppable crew at MB: Lucas Pinsdorf, Guil Longo Talavera, Igor Erthal and Gabriel Trindade — you nailed it. The future is digital. More than that: it must be interoperable. #Tokenization #RWA #FMITech #Web3 #Interoperability #MercadoBitcoin #Wormhole

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The International Monetary Fund has just released its latest working paper “𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐫𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐨: 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝑬𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒊𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒔” and the numbers should make every major bank, sovereign wealth fund and cross-border treasury desk take notice. 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 2024 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬: ▪️$2 trillion in global stablecoin transactions. ▪️Regional volumes: North America $633bn, Asia & Pacific $519bn, Europe $334bn, Africa & Middle East $200bn, Latin America & Caribbean $156bn. ▪️Relative to GDP: Latin America 7.7%, Africa & Middle East 6.7%, Asia & Pacific 0.4%, Europe 0.4%, North America 0.4%. ▪️Over 70% of flows involve self-custodial wallets, not just exchanges, meaning institutional adoption strategies need to consider on-chain liquidity pools, not only CEX partners. ▪️USDT dominates in emerging markets; USDC is preferred in developed economies. ▪️Binance is the leading on-ramp in EMs, while Coinbase has stronger off-ramp flows in the U.S. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲: Stablecoins are no longer just a niche settlement layer for crypto trading, they are functioning as a parallel, dollar-denominated payment and liquidity network that operates 24/7, across geographies, and outside of traditional correspondent banking. For 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 & 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬, this creates: ▪️Opportunities to issue, custody, and redeem stablecoins for clients, leveraging regulated frameworks. ▪️A role in bridging fiat and stablecoin liquidity with integrated treasury and FX products. ▪️The ability to tap high-growth remittance, trade settlement, and cross-border payment corridors, especially in regions underserved by SWIFT. For 𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 & 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: ▪️Portfolio diversification - stablecoin-denominated liquidity pools as part of working capital management. ▪️Yield strategies - using tokenized treasuries, repo, and money market funds as stablecoin-backed assets. ▪️Direct market access - participating in on-chain FX, commodities, and tokenized real-world asset (RWA) markets with instant settlement. 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 & 𝐔𝐀𝐄 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞: With $200bn in annual stablecoin flows (6.7% of GDP), mostly international, the region is uniquely positioned to become a regulated dollar liquidity hub for Africa, South Asia, and Central Asia. Central Bank of The UAE, ADGM, Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority [VARA] and DIFC licensing regimes give banks and VASPs here a first-mover advantage to: ▪️Anchor regulated issuance/redemption for global stablecoins. ▪️Structure institutional stablecoin funds and liquidity facilities. ▪️Capture remittance and trade finance flows shifting away from legacy rails. For institutions, it’s no longer if stablecoins will integrate, but whether you’ll be a price maker or taker in the on-chain capital market. https://lnkd.in/dKprHhRZ.

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👀 #Web3, #AI & #Crypto: the race is on - will France (and Europe) stay on track? While Donald Trump courts the crypto industry and the US accelerates, Europe is moving forward with MiCA, providing a structured regulatory framework, but also constraints. The real question is no longer just about regulation, but about strategic positioning: will France & Europe be a follower or a leader? 💡 Web3 adoption isn’t slowing down. Asset tokenization, stablecoins, decentralized applications… The movement is underway, reshaping industries at an accelerating pace. For corporates, this is no longer just an experimental playground but a strategic must to build trust and new experiences in a digital world. Europe has the talent, the infrastructure, and now a clear regulatory framework. But will it leverage these advantages to build a thriving Web3, AI, and immersive ecosystem? This is precisely why Doors3 exists: to help bold leaders craft their positioning for tomorrow—starting today. 📊 Our latest study, "Web3 in France," realized with Stack Talent, Adan, Finance Innovation & Banque Delubac & Cie sheds light on the key data surrounding the Web3 ecosystem in France: its major players, industry challenges, and future outlook. But beyond the data, what can we learn from it? How can France remain competitive in the Web3 landscape? How can we overcome fragmentation to build true champions and drive large-scale adoption across enterprises and institutions? How do we navigate the complexities of regulation, funding, talent development, international expansion, and strategic partnerships? 📢 Join us tomorrow, on Thursday, at 11:30 AM for our special webinar 🎙️ "Inside the Web3 Ecosystem in France" with Celine Moille (Goodwin) and Bilal EL ALAMY (PyratzLabs). We’ll break down the key takeaways from the study and discuss the road ahead for Web3 in France and beyond. 🔗 Register here 👉 link in comments Guillaume Moret-Bailly Julien Furlanetto Michaël Samouillan Romane Colliot Pierre Malard Adrien P. Guillaume Fischer Cyril Armange Elodie TREVILLOT Aurélien Mary sebastien mesle Laurent O.

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🚀 Crypto Is Pumping — and Dubai Is at the Center of It All Crypto markets are on fire again — fueled by: ✅ Renewed institutional interest (BTC, ETH surging past key levels) ✅ U.S. regulatory clarity on ETFs, stablecoins, and AI ✅ Global migration of exchanges, hedge funds, and Web3 builders to crypto-friendly hubs 🇦🇪 UAE: The Global Crypto Hub Dubai and Abu Dhabi are winning big thanks to forward-thinking frameworks like VARA, ADGM, and DIFC: 1,000+ licensed crypto companies $30B+ inbound crypto capital Major players like OKX, Gate.io, and HashKey securing licenses Hedge funds and VCs setting up in ADGM, DIFC, DMCC, RAK DAO Why it matters: ✅ Licensing = access to banks, institutional capital, and credibility ✅ New opportunities in custody, staking, token issuance, and advisory ✅ Hedge funds, exchanges, and DeFi protocols are accelerating UAE expansion With Singapore tightening, the UAE is emerging as the undisputed leader for global digital asset innovation. If you’re in crypto, Web3, or investment — the time to explore UAE is now. #Crypto #Blockchain #Web3 #DigitalAssets #CryptoLicensing #UAE #Dubai #VARA #ADGM #DIFC #RAKDAO #CryptoRegulation #CryptoExchanges #HedgeFunds #DeFi #FinTech #Innovation #GlobalMarkets #CryptoInvesting #CryptoOpportunities

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