Startale and SBI Holdings Unveil Strium, a Layer 1 Blockchain Designed for Tokenized Securities and Real-World Asset (RWAs) Trading
TOKYO, Japan – 5 February 2026 — Startale Group and SBI Holdings, Inc. (“SBI Holdings”) today unveiled Strium Network (“Strium”), the brand identity and platform vision for their joint venture focused on building Asia’s exchange-layer infrastructure for tokenized securities and onchain real-world assets (RWAs). This announcement represents the first major milestone from the strategic partnership announced in August 2025, with a proof of concept currently ready to demonstrate the platform’s foundational capabilities and validate its approach to delivering institution-ready onchain capital market infrastructure.
Strium represents a shared effort to develop a purpose-built platform for trading and settlement of tokenized securities, designed to support both tokenized equities and RWA-linked instruments through 24/7 spot and derivatives trading markets. Unlike crypto native perpetual platforms focused primarily on digital assets, Strium is focused on serving global capital markets through a blockchain-native exchange architecture, advancing faster market formation, deeper liquidity, and scalable global access without the constraints of direct asset issuance or custody.
Leveraging SBI Holdings’ ecosystem of more than 80 million existing customers and expertise across securities, banking, and financial services, Strium is uniquely positioned to bridge institutional demand, professional trading activity and real world market participation onchain. As demand grows for more sophisticated ways to express macro, equity, and cross asset views, Strium positions itself to serve as the foundational exchange layer for Asia’s onchain securities markets.
Strium: Building the Exchange Infrastructure for Onchain Securities
Building on the August 2025 partnership announcement, which positioned the alliance at the forefront of the $18.9 trillion tokenized asset market opportunity, Strium addresses a fundamental shift now underway in institutional and professional markets.
Recent developments demonstrate growing momentum toward onchain trading, real-time settlement, onchain RWAs and tokenized shareholder rights. Strium addresses this shift by enabling securities-linked spot and derivatives markets that operate beyond traditional banking hours through onchain-native mechanisms, supporting faster price discovery, continuous trading and scalable liquidity. This approach reflects the direction of modern markets' evolution: decoupling market access and trading infrastructure from legacy issuance constraints.
Positioned as the core exchange-layer for Asia’s onchain securities market, Strium will provide the rails for tokenized securities and RWA-linked instruments to scale globally while remaining interoperable with global financial systems. Guided by its mission to "Create The World Where All The Value Can Stream Freely", Strium empowers institutional and professional participants to access, trade, and unlock assets in ways that were previously constrained by traditional market structures. Its architecture is designed with the future in mind to allow AI agents to participate in market activity, execute strategies and interact directly with onchain liquidity. The current proof of concept phase validates these core technical assumptions and demonstrates the platform's ability to deliver on this vision.
From Vision to Execution: Proofs of Concept Delivered
The unveiling of the Strium brand coincides with proofs of concept (“PoC”) developed in parallel, now ready for internal presentation to validate the platform’s exchange architecture, settlement efficiency and interoperability with both traditional financial infrastructure and blockchain networks.
The PoC will demonstrate key technical capabilities around settlement efficiency, resilience under high-load and demanding scenarios, and interoperability with both traditional financial systems and blockchain networks. They serve as the foundation for further development, partner integration, and regulatory engagement, reflecting a deliberate approach focused on building robust infrastructure rather than rushing to production. Strium’s upcoming testnet will soon allow early participants a first look at its Layer 1 blockchain powering tokenized securities and RWA markets.
The Path Forward for Strium
The Strium brand represents a long-term commitment by Startale and SBI Holdings to shaping the future of onchain capital markets. The current PoC phase is a critical step in validating this vision and building the foundation for a platform that can deliver on these ambitious goals. Further announcements regarding Strium will be shared in the coming months as Strium progresses toward commercial deployment.