October 3 Bitfinex Securities and Mikro Kapital Forge form a strategic collaboration to provide security tokens to microfinance.
From media materials
Astana, Kazakhstan, October 2, 2023 – Bitfinex Securities Ltd, a provider of security token listing and trading services, is pleased to announce a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Mikro Kapital, a Luxembourg-based impact finance and microfinance group.
The MOU explores projects that tokenize, list and trade debt securities and evaluates the use of USD-backed Tether tokens (USDt) and Euro-backed Tether tokens (EURt) for capital raising and microfinance.
Mikro Kapital has 300,000 borrowers across 14 countries and a highly diversified loan book with a total value of approximately €1.35 billion. Approximately 40% of borrowers are women, mostly entrepreneurs in service and agricultural businesses in local, rural communities.
The MOU provides an opportunity to explore how tokenized low-friction, low-volatility digital assets can support greater investment in microfinance opportunities.
Bitfinex Securities is a leading platform licensed within the FinTech Lab of the Astana Financial Services Authority, specializing in the listing and trading of tokenized securities.
Paolo Ardoino, CTO of Bitfinex Securities, said:: “The global microfinance market is on track to more than double from 2020 to 2027. The growing demand for powerful tokenized investment opportunities is perfectly aligned with the expertise that Mikro Kapital brings to the microfinance sector. We see tremendous potential for tokenized securities and microfinance solutions in emerging markets.”
Added Jesse Knutson, Head of Operations at Bitfinex Securities., “Given Mikro Kapital’s solid track record in traditional capital markets, we are thrilled to have been selected to help evaluate tokenization options. We continue to see strong demand for yield in the digital asset industry. “Tokenized bonds, with clearly defined issuer obligations and investor rights, provide investors with access to attractive returns with a much lower risk profile than previously possible in the digital asset industry.”
Vincenzo Trani, Chairman of Micro Capital, said:: “This collaboration represents an important milestone for our group and will enable us to access digitalization and blockchain technologies thanks to the expertise and support of Bitfinex, a leading platform in this field. Our goal is to create new opportunities for investors and the microfinance industry. “This partnership demonstrates our commitment to advancing innovative solutions and driving digital transformation within the financial sector, moving towards a more inclusive and technology-driven future.”
This strategic collaboration between Bitfinex Securities and Mikro Kapital demonstrates the commitment of both companies to innovation and joint growth in the microfinance sector and to providing new forms of finance to this industry.
For more information about Bitfinex Securities, please visit our website at https://www.bitfinex.com/securities.
Introduction to Bitfinex Securities
With an entity registered and licensed in AIFC and El Salvador, Bitfinex Securities provides investors and issuers with a regulated, efficient and global solution for the issuance and secondary market trading of tokenized securities. Bitfinex Securities is the first global digital asset platform licensed and registered with the AIFC, and is also the first platform licensed under El Salvador’s new digital asset regime.
Introduction to Micro Capital
Founded in Luxembourg in 2008, Mikro Kapital focuses on impact finance and microfinance. Low-risk, high-credit small and medium-sized enterprises in emerging countries.
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