Deutsche Börse Group Partners with Leading European Stablecoin Issuer Societe Generale-FORGE

Deutsche Börse Group, Societe Generale Group and Societe Generale – FORGE (SG-FORGE) have signed an agreement to accelerate the integration of token-based cash solutions with traditional financial market infrastructure. With this step, Deutsche Börse Group is further driving the adoption of stablecoins for strong digital European markets. The integration of SG-FORGE’s CoinVertible as a payment and settlement stablecoin will foster financial innovation in both groups, boosting their digital strategies while complementing Deutsche Börse Group’s services.

The initial focus of the partnership intends to strengthen CoinVertible’s collateral management structure and usability as a settlement instrument for securities processes, for collateral management as well as treasury functions at Clearstream, the post-trade business of Deutsche Börse Group. This partnership will also improve CoinVertible’s liquidity through a new listing on Deutsche Börse Group digital trading platforms.

Further steps will include jointly analyzing the possibility of integrating the EUR and USD CoinVertible stablecoins across the entire service portfolio of Deutsche Börse Group, enlarging use cases for robust MiCA-compliant stablecoins natively suitable for financial institutions and the broader cryptocurrency industry.

Stephanie Eckermann, member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Börse Group, responsible for Post-Trading, comments: “This collaboration between key European players fosters innovative power for European financial markets. We believe the financial sector of the future must embrace digitization—not just in principle, but in practice. We continue to take decisive steps in embedding stablecoins in a regulated, reliable, and trusted infrastructure, enabling them to deliver their full value, and provide cutting-edge, innovative solutions for our clients.”

Alexandre Fleury, Co-Head of Global Banking & Investor Solutions at Societe Generale Group comments: “This partnership between Societe Generale and Deutsche Börse Group in digital finance marks a major step in connecting traditional capital markets with the crypto ecosystem. Building on years of collaboration in market activities and corporate finance, we are now creating bridges that will deliver innovative products and services at scale within a robust, regulated framework.”

Jean-Marc Stenger, CEO of Societe Generale – FORGE comments: “This strategic partnership reinforces SG-FORGE’s position as Europe’s reference stablecoin issuer and creates a link between the crypto-native players we serve and established financial market infrastructures like Deutsche Börse Group. Together, we are driving the future of digital finance within a strong, regulated framework.”

The partnership is a further milestone for Deutsche Börse Group’s digital leadership ambition along its entire value chain. For Societe Generale Group and its fully integrated subsidiary SG-FORGE, it will contribute to reinforcing the growing importance of EUR and USD CoinVertible stablecoins for both crypto natives and the traditional finance industry.

This collaboration takes place in context of the wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency projects initiatives, where both groups are involved, which aim to digitize capital market activity by modernizing issuance, settlement, and custody of financial instruments leveraging Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) and central bank digital currencies, all within a regulated and secure framework.

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Media contact:

Deutsche Börse Group
Tabea Behr
+49 69 21113016
tabea.behr@deutsche-boerse.com

Societe Generale-FORGE
Amandine Grison
+33616471051
Amandine.grison@socgen.com

[Editorial note: Please find here a high-resolution photo of Stephanie Eckermann. For high-resolution photos of Societe Generale spokespersons, please contact Amandine Grison.]

About Deutsche Börse Group

As an international exchange organization and innovative market infrastructure provider, Deutsche Börse Group ensures that capital markets are fair, transparent, reliable, and stable. With its wide range of products, services, and technologies, the Group organizes safe and efficient markets for sustainable economies.

Its business areas cover the entire financial market transaction process chain. This includes the provision of indices, data, software, SaaS, and analytical solutions, as well as admission, trading, and clearing. Additionally, it comprises services for funds, the settlement and custody of financial instruments, and the management of collateral and liquidity. As a technology company, the Group develops state-of-the-art IT solutions and offers IT systems worldwide.

With nearly 16,000 employees, the Group is headquartered in the financial center of Frankfurt/Rhine-Main and has a strong global presence in locations such as Luxembourg, Prague, Cork, London, Copenhagen, New York, Chicago, Hong Kong, Singapore, Beijing, Tokyo, and Sydney.

About Societe Generale-FORGE

Societe Generale-FORGE, an integrated and regulated subsidiary of the Societe Generale Group, is licensed as an investment firm and authorised to provide in the European Economic Area MiFID II investment services and MiCA crypto-asset services under the supervision of the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) and the Autorité des Marchés Financiers, and authorised as an electronic money institution by the ACPR. Societe Generale-FORGE is the issuer of the EUR CoinVertible and USD CoinVertible, MiCA-compliant stablecoins.

Societe Generale-FORGE has built an open, secure and institutional-grade platform for digital asset trading, backed by bank-grade security and regulatory compliance. The digital solutions and assets developed by Societe Generale-FORGE are in line with the CAST open-source interoperability and security marketplace model. 

For more information: www.sgforge.com and www.cast-framework.com.