SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) - Regulated Digital Securities Infrastructure

Company Overview

SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) is the world's first fully regulated digital financial market infrastructure, offering issuance, trading, settlement, and custody of digital securities. Licensed by FINMA (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority) and operated as part of SIX Group, SDX went live in Q4 2021. The platform has settled over CHF 750 million in digital bonds using wholesale CBDC and partners with major institutions including the World Bank, Swiss National Bank, UBS, Credit Suisse, and Citi.

Core Products

Digital Securities Exchange

Fully regulated trading platform for tokenized securities including digital bonds, digital equity, and structured products. Operates under Swiss securities law with full FINMA licensing.

Central Securities Depository (CSD)

DLT-based infrastructure for issuance, settlement, and custody of digital assets. Blockchain technology enables atomic settlement, peer-to-peer transactions, and reduced settlement risk.

SDX Web3 Services

Institutional crypto services including crypto custody, crypto trading, and digital collateral management for regulated financial institutions.

Key Capabilities

Wholesale CBDC Settlement

Part of the Swiss National Bank's Helvetia Pilot, enabling settlement of tokenized securities in Swiss franc digital central bank money (wCBDC).

Traditional Infrastructure Integration

Connects to conventional settlement systems (Euroclear, Clearstream) via SIX SIS, allowing investors to hold digital bonds through traditional custodians.

Tokenization Services

Tokenization of bonds and shares via uncertificated securities becoming intermediated securities through entry into SDX's distributed ledger main registry.

Notable Partnerships & Members

Institutional Members

UBS, Credit Suisse, Zürcher Kantonalbank, CM Equity, BEKB, Incore Bank, Raiffeisen Switzerland

Strategic Partners

World Bank (first CHF digital bond issuer), Swiss National Bank (Helvetia Pilot), Citi (tokenized private markets), daura (equity tokenization)

Industry Network

R3, Crypto Valley Switzerland, Swiss Blockchain Federation, CMTA, ISSA

Why Choose SDX

SDX provides the only fully regulated end-to-end digital securities infrastructure in Switzerland, backed by SIX Group's 4,400+ employees and CHF 1.6 billion operating income. The combination of FINMA regulation, wholesale CBDC settlement, and integration with traditional settlement systems makes SDX the institutional-grade choice for digital securities issuance and trading.