Osaka Digital Exchange confirms equity participation by Cboe, Virtu, Optiver
Osaka Digital Exchange, Co., Ltd. announces that today, the company has accepted equity participations by Cboe Worldwide Holdings Limited, a subsidiary of Cboe Global Markets, Inc., Virtu Investments LLC, a subsidiary of Virtu Financial, Inc. and Optiver PSI B.V., a subsidiary of Optiver Holding B.V.
Not only do these three firms play important roles in traditional financial markets, they also have strong interests in the development of Security Tokens.
ODX was established in April 2021, started equity PTS (Proprietary Trading System) in June 2022 and is scheduled to start Security Token PTS by the end of 2023.
Through collaboration with its new shareholders, ODX will obtain cutting-edge technology and expertise, allowing it to push ahead with innovative solutions. It is believed that ODX will be able to bring about changes in the financial markets to benefit investors.
SBI Holdings, Inc., the parent company of SBI PTS Holdings (PTSHD) which is the parent company of ODX, announced on October 25, 2022, a potential collaboration with Cboe in the field of traditional finance, such as PTS Business, as well as in the field of digital finance. In addition to the MOU, Cboe’s equity participation will connect the two companies more closely.
PTSHD holds majority shares in addition to these three parties’ equity participation.