Cashlink integrates institutional securities infrastructure with Avalanche

European institutional tokenization just got a new backbone. Cashlink Technologies GmbH has announced a strategic partnership with Ava Labs, bringing the Avalanche blockchain into its regulated securities infrastructure and expanding the options available to some of Germany’s most prominent financial institutions. The announcement, made on August 31, adds Avalanche to a platform that has already processed more than €1 billion in transaction volume across over 300 live issuances. For context, that figure climbed from €850 million, meaning Cashlink has been moving quickly even before this integration landed. What Cashlink actually does Cashlink holds a BaFin license as a crypto securities registrar and custodian, which is the German regulatory stamp that allows it to sit at the intersection of traditional capital markets and blockchain infrastructure. Its client roster reads like a tour of German institutional finance: KfW, NRW.BANK, DZ Bank, and Helaba are all live on the platform. CEO Michael Duttlinger put the rationale plainly, pointing to Avalanche’s grasp of what regulated financial markets actually require. The multi-chain strategy taking shape Avalanche is not Cashlink’s firs...