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# Nomura’s Laser Digital Partners with Keyring to Build Institutional On-Chain Fixed Income Markets
- URL: https://www.fintechobserver.com/nomuras-laser-digital-partners-with-keyring-to-build-institutional-on-chain-fixed-income-markets/
- Published: 2026-09-04T06:54:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-04T06:54:03.000Z
- Author: Norbert Gehrke
- Tags: digital assets, capital markets, fixed income, blockchain

Laser Digital, the digital asset subsidiary of Nomura Group, has announced a strategic partnership with DeFi infrastructure provider Keyring to develop institutional-grade fixed income products on-chain.

The collaboration targets institutional lending and borrowing markets, aiming to resolve core barriers that have historically stalled institutional adoption of decentralized finance (DeFi). These include compliance access, exploit risks, governance gaps, and settlement friction.

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Under the framework:

- **Keyring** will supply protocol infrastructure, including zero-knowledge permissioning, quantitative risk parameters, liquidation framework design, cyber insurance, and settlement technology via its \[un\]wind platform.
- **Laser Digital’s Asset Management division** will provide portfolio structuring expertise, market practices, and institutional governance frameworks. Specific operational duties will be set on a contract-by-contract basis depending on the strategy and risk profile.

While tokenized assets have experienced significant volume growth, institutional participants remain constrained by regulatory and operational risks in open DeFi protocols. The joint initiative focuses on structuring on-chain products whose performance mimics conventional fixed-income instruments rather than volatile crypto tokens, while leveraging the efficiency of automated settlement.

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