EDX Markets and VerifiedX Partner to Bring Verified Bitcoin (vBTC) to Institutional Markets
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EDX Markets and VerifiedX announced a partnership to bring Verified Bitcoin, or vBTC, into EDX’s institutional spot trading venue. The arrangement also makes EDX a validator on the network that supports vBTC, a one-to-one-backed programmable Bitcoin asset. The announcement frames vBTC as a Bitcoin-based asset for institutional markets, with the two firms presenting the deal as part of that trading setup.
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What it means
Institutional traders using EDX are the main group that notices this first, because the venue is adding vBTC to its spot trading setup. That means the products available on that platform now include a tokenized form of Bitcoin tied to the VerifiedX network, and EDX also takes on a validator role there.
In practice, the setup now includes a spot trading venue that can list vBTC and a network relationship where EDX participates as a validator. What does not change from these pieces is the institutional-only focus of EDX’s venue, which is described as a central-clearinghouse model rather than a retail exchange. (per tokenpost.com)
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