Archax, the UK regulated digital asset exchange, broker and custodian, today announced a strategic partnership with the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), that supports the layer-one blockchain network Stellar. Under the terms of this partnership, SDF has made a direct investment into Archax Group to support Archax’s mission to bridge traditional finance and blockchain.
Archax has recently completed a series of milestones on the Stellar network; including tokenising an Aberdeen Money Market Fund and integrating Stellar into Archax’s tokenisation engine and platform. Archax’s extensive network of financial institutions will be able to bring more tokenised real-world assets (RWAs) to the Stellar network.
The strategic rationale is the rapid scaling of the tokenisation market, as TradFi organisations see the benefits of adopting blockchain technology, tokenisation and moving assets ‘onchain.’ RWA tokenisation growth has been little short of explosive; expanding from $15.2 billion in December 2024 to over $24 billion by June 2025, representing an 85% year-on-year increase**. Archax is at the forefront of this growth, with its unique and expanding international regulatory moat, as well as its focus on bridging traditional markets into the digital/crypto/DeFi space.
Graham Rodford, CEO and co-founder of Archax, comments: “The Archax vison has always been that all financial instruments will move onchain, and we find ourselves at a pivotal point right now, because institutional adoption of digital assets is vastly accelerating. 86%* of institutions now have digital assets allocations or are planning to by the end of 2025. That’s huge. Having established, credible partners and investors from the crypto world is a fundamental part of our strategy, and we are excited to welcome Stellar into that family. We look forward to bringing even more institutions and real-world assets onto the platform too.”
Raja Chakravorti, Chief Business Officer at the Stellar Development Foundation comments: “Real-world assets are moving onchain because costs are lower and transactions can move anywhere around the globe in seconds. The Stellar network was purpose built to enable fast settlement times, low costs, and the tokenisation of real-world assets that is the future of finance. The Stellar Development Foundation is proud to have invested in Archax and excited about where this collaboration can go from here.”
Archax also recently announced working with Lloyds Bank and Aberdeen Asset Management to use tokenised money-market funds as an acceptable form of collateral, to post as margin across the Archax Nest collateral transfer network, for FX trades.
“The project with Lloyds Bank and Aberdeen is the perfect example of the innovation and benefits that can come from tokenising RWAs – as a result of this new partnership, this could now be done using the Stellar blockchain”, adds Rodford. “We have over 100 funds now available in token form from many leading asset managers. These are all available on Stellar now too.”
About Archax
Archax is an FCA regulated Digital Asset Exchange, Broker and Custodian based in the UK, targeted at the professional and institutional investor community globally. Founded by experts from traditional capital markets, Archax supports all types of digital assets – from unregulated cryptocurrencies through to regulated tokenised real-world assets (RWAs).
Archax covers the full digital lifecycle from token issuance and fundraising, through to trading and custody.
The Stellar Network
The Stellar network is a decentralized, fast, scalable, and uniquely sustainable blockchain built for financial products and services. It offers builders smart contracts functionality and a protocol optimized for payments, with a design intended to keep fees low and to provide transaction speeds that can scale with increased adoption. Financial institutions and innovators worldwide issue assets and settle payments on the Stellar network, which has processed billions of operations with millions of accounts since the network was first launched.