Trade Finance

Qivalis CEO and founder Jan-Oliver Sell says trade finance is increasingly moving onto stablecoin rails, changing how collateral and payments move across borders. The euro-pegged stablecoin issuer has onboarded 37 European banks in the past year and is nearing an EMI license in the Netherlands.

RockawayX is launching Catapult, a $150 million initiative aimed at expanding tokenized private credit and other yield-generating real-world assets in DeFi. The digital-asset investment firm is targeting trade finance, asset-backed securities, real estate credit and related markets as investors search for yield less tied to crypto price swings.

POSCO International is working with LG CNS to tokenize live trade receivables on the Injective blockchain, using real commercial activity between overseas operations and counterparties. The pilot highlights how South Korean corporates are extending blockchain adoption from funds and stablecoin transfers into trade finance infrastructure.

Abdulla Kanoo, heir to Bahrain’s Kanoo business dynasty, is backing blockchain payment infrastructure aimed at speeding up cross-border trade. His firm, ARP Digital, has already processed more than $3.5 billion in volume for over 450 institutions.