“Can Archax become the regulated institutional gateway connecting traditional finance asset managers to public blockchain infrastructure through tokenization and compliant custody?”
Founded in 2018, Archax was built from inception as a regulated institutional digital asset venue — the first FCA-regulated digital securities exchange, broker and custodian in the UK. Rather than pivoting from a consumer base, Archax deepened its institutional focus over time, evolving from pure exchange/custody into tokenization-as-a-service for major asset managers (BlackRock, Fidelity, State Street, Aberdeen). By 2026 it was expanding settlement infrastructure through an OpenPayd partnership and pushing tokenized real-world assets onto public Layer 1 blockchains such as Aptos and Hedera.
Archax discloses Openpayd as its banking provider, according to the Embedded Finance Index 2026.
Archax does not disclose a bank charter of its own; its banking services are provided through Openpayd.
Archax uses OpenPayd for FX and cross-border payouts.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 2 layers in Archax's stack: Banking / BaaS (Openpayd); FX & payouts (OpenPayd).
Archax is founded in 2018 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
Archax has raised $56.9M in total.
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