MiCA-Compliant Digital Asset AMCs: A New Infrastructure for European Institutions

OKX and GenTwo's strategic partnership advances digital asset investment solutions in Europe.

European institutional market participants face a fundamental challenge: growing demand for digital asset exposure coupled with limited infrastructure for creating compliant, bankable investment vehicles. Traditional institutions cannot provide actively managed certificates (AMCs) that effectively bridge digital asset strategies with established regulatory frameworks.Through our strategic partnership with GenTwo, the Swiss financial technology leader specializing in asset securitization, OKX addresses this market gap by providing institutional participants in Europe with comprehensive infrastructure for digital asset AMC creation and management.

Addressing Institutional Requirements

European institutions—including asset managers, family offices, private banks, and trading firms—require digital asset solutions meeting established institutional standards: Swiss ISIN designation, institutional-grade custody, comprehensive regulatory compliance, and seamless operational integration.Current market alternatives are suboptimal: navigate complex, multi-month fund establishment processes or forgo digital asset exposure entirely. GenTwo's investOS-powered platform fundamentally alters this dynamic, enabling institutions to structure digital asset strategies into actively managed certificates within one week compared to traditional multi-month timeframes.

MiCA Regulatory Framework as Foundation

OKX Europe's comprehensive MiCA licensing establishes foundational infrastructure for institutional digital asset operations. As among the first global platforms to achieve full MiCA authorization, OKX Europe provides dual broker and custodian capabilities across all 30 European Economic Area jurisdictions.The MiCA framework delivers critical institutional requirements: standardized regulatory treatment, mandatory client asset segregation, and institutional-grade operational standards. Our compliance includes reserve ratios exceeding 100% for primary digital assets and comprehensive custodial safeguards with off-balance-sheet client asset treatment.The framework's passporting mechanism enables institutions to access over 400 million potential European retail investors, B2B2C, through unified regulatory treatment, significantly enhancing distribution capabilities.

Operational Framework

GenTwo's platform provides institutional participants with streamlined digital asset securitization through key capabilities:

• Rapid Development: Structure digital asset strategies into Swiss ISIN securities within one-week timeframes

• Regulatory Efficiency: Operate within established securities frameworks without additional banking or fund licenses

• Custodial Flexibility: Retain custodian selection autonomy for optimized risk management

• Cost Optimization: Deliver cost structures representing fractions of traditional fund expenses

• European Access: Seamless integration with OKX Europe's MiCA-compliant infrastructure providing deep liquidity for best price sourcing on a MiCA licensed orderbook

Market Validation

GenTwo's institutional adoption demonstrates significant market validation: over 300 institutional clients across 26 jurisdictions have created more than 1,600 investment products representing over $6 billion in aggregate volume. This portfolio encompasses asset managers expanding digital capabilities, family offices implementing direct allocation strategies, private banks developing products, and trading firms scaling operations.Research indicates 80% of hedge funds implementing digital asset strategies utilize third-party custodial arrangements, demonstrating institutional preference for operational separation between trading execution and asset custody—requirements this partnership directly addresses.

Implementation

The integrated solution becomes available to institutional clients in Q4 2025, with initial offerings focused on AMCs covering primary digital assets and planned expansion into structured products throughout 2026. Implementation prioritizes seamless integration with existing institutional workflows, comprehensive risk management, and scalable infrastructure.This partnership represents significant advancement in European digital asset market infrastructure, providing institutional participants with practical solutions meeting established standards for regulatory compliance, operational efficiency, and risk management.

Contact Information Institutional market participants may contact OKX Institutional Services at [email protected] or explore capabilities at gentwo.com.

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