AMINA Joins 21X as First Regulated Bank for Token Trading

Zug, Switzerland & Frankfurt, Germany – AMINA Bank AG (“AMINA”), a FINMA-regulated Swiss crypto bank, has become the first regulated bank to join 21X, Europe’s first fully regulated distributed ledger technology trading and settlement system (DLT TSS), as a listing sponsor.

The partnership integrates AMINA’s regulated banking and institutional custody with Tokeny’s enterprise-grade tokenisation platform and 21X’s regulated trading and settlement venue. This creates a full tokenisation infrastructure that connects traditional asset custody with onchain issuance and secondary market trading.

The combined solution aims to address major barriers to institutional adoption of tokenised securities, including the lack of regulated secondary market liquidity and a seamless pathway from traditional asset ownership to onchain distribution.

Under the collaboration:

• AMINA provides institutional-grade custody for traditional financial assets such as government bonds, corporate securities, and treasury bills, while guiding issuers through tokenised product listings.

• Tokeny, an Apex Group company with over $3.5 trillion in assets serviced, manages smart contract deployment and automated compliance controls via the ERC-3643 standard.

• 21X, licensed by Germany’s BaFin and supported by ESMA, provides a fully regulated trading and settlement venue for primary and secondary markets, enabling smart contract-based trading and atomic settlement.

Institutional adoption of tokenised real-world assets (RWAs) is rapidly expanding, with onchain assets rising from approximately $5 billion in 2022 to over $24 billion by mid-2025, and projections exceeding $38 billion by year-end. Including stablecoins, total tokenised assets already surpass $330 billion.

Myles Harrison, AMINA’s Chief Product Officer, stated, “Institutional investors have waited for tokenisation infrastructure that meets governance and compliance standards. Our partnership with 21X and Tokeny provides the complete pathway — from asset custody to onchain issuance and exchange trading.”

Max J. Heinzle, CEO of 21X, added, “Welcoming AMINA as a listing sponsor is a significant milestone. Their institutional expertise and pioneering work in digital assets bring the necessary rigor and innovation to scale our platform and make trading tokenised equities, bonds, and funds seamless.”

Since receiving its FINMA license in 2019, AMINA has expanded across Switzerland, Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, and the EU (via Austria), maintaining a zero-default lending record over six years. 21X, which launched in September 2025 as the world’s first fully regulated blockchain-based trading and settlement venue for tokenised securities, operates on the Polygon blockchain and Stellar network with partners including Chainlink, Circle, and SBI Digital Markets. The platform enables smart contract-based matching and settlement, eliminating the need for central securities depositaries and clearing intermediaries.

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