FRANKFURT, Germany – 18 December, 2025: 21X, Europe’s first fully regulated DLT Trading and Settlement System (DLT TSS), today announced the technical availability of its regulated trading venue for tokenized securities on the Stellar network. This milestone confirms Stellar as the second public blockchain available on 21X, cementing the company’s position as a technology-agnostic market infrastructure under the EU DLT Pilot Regime (DLTPR).
The Integration of Stellar marks a pivotal moment for institutional adoption of on-chain finance, providing the market with direct access to a high-performance network and a leading protocol in digital asset issuance. It is also a vindication of the strong and productive collaboration between the two companies.
With the full integration of Stellar, financial institutions will be able to list, trade and settle DLT financial instruments on a regulated European trading venue for the first time on that network. 21X’s core offering – an on-chain central limit order book enabling deterministic matching and atomic delivery versus payment (DvP) in MiCAR-compliant stablecoins – is now ready on Stellar.
Max J. Heinzle, CEO of 21X, commented:
“Today, 21X becomes a true multi-chain venue, underscoring our commitment to building the infrastructure for institutional finance. Capital market players require performance, compliance, and efficiency. By integrating Stellar, we are enhancing our solution to a network purpose-built for financial services, which offers the stability and speed our clients demand. This is the realization of our vision to create a global and regulated pathway for the tokenization of real-world assets, in an open, interoperable ecosystem.”
The Stellar network shows proven institutional adoption and focus on compliance-forward real-world assets (RWAs). Stellar has solidified its position as a leading chain for tokenization, with its RWA market cap recently surpassing $640 million and $5.4 billion in RWA cross-border payments volume recorded in Q3 2025 alone.
Major financial institutions are actively leveraging Stellar as the network hosts a growing stablecoin ecosystem, ensuring a robust, regulated settlement environment for 21X participants.
Denelle Dixon, CEO and Executive Director at the Stellar Development Foundation, added:
“21X going live on Stellar is a milestone for tokenized real-world assets. The Stellar network is where the first-ever regulated tokenized money market fund launched and having Europe’s first fully regulated trading and settlement system for tokenized securities also on Stellar is further proof that the Stellar network is the network for institutional-grade tokenized finance.”
While 21X and the Stellar Development Foundation continue their strategic collaboration, the first Stellar-based listings on 21X are expected to be in the spring of 2026. Issuers and asset managers on the Stellar network can now reach out to 21X to prepare for listing on the trading venue.
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About 21X
21X is a Frankfurt-based financial institution at the forefront of revolutionizing capital markets through the use of blockchain technology. On 8th September 2025, 21X opened the first ever fully regulated distributed ledger technology trading and settlement system (DLT TSS) in the EU, positioning the company as a leader in the transition from traditional to tokenized asset-based capital markets. 21X enables atomic trading without counterparty or credit risk through smart contract-based issuance, trading and settlement of tokenized stocks, bonds and funds.
See the short explainer video on 21X and our blockchain-based exchange here
For more information on 21X, contact:
Richie MacTaggart, head of PR & marketing
Mail: press@21X.eu
Mob: +44 7828173419
Web: 21x.eu
LinkedIn: inkedin.com/company/21x/
