SMBC Nikko and Uniswap, among others, to jointly develop a compliant DeFi gateway for Japanese investors
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SMBC Nikko Securities and others plan to develop a compliant DeFi Gateway。
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SMBC Nikko Securities jointly with Uniswap and others to develop a compliant DeFi gateway
PANews October 2 reported that SMBC Nikko Securities October 2 announced that it had signed a memorandum of cooperation to develop a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, “DeFi Gateway,” for Japanese investors. Participants include blockchain development company Nethermind,Uniswap Labs, the general incorporated association Nyx Foundation, and Layer 2 Technologies, which operates the Ethereum Coinbase network Base. The project will develop a liquidity provision protocol and proprietary liquidity pools, comply with Japanese laws and regulations, and the parties plan to complete development by mid-2027 year. The cooperation mainly covers three development areas: first, building an “agent-based vault” using verifiable, reproducible AI and an intuitive user interface; second, leveraging Uniswa...
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SMBC Nikko Securities announced on October 2 that it had signed a memorandum of cooperation to develop DeFi Gateway.
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Participants include Nethermind,Uniswap Labs、Nyx Foundation and Coinbase Technologies.
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The project plans to develop a liquidity provision protocol and proprietary liquidity pools, while complying with Japanese laws and regulations.
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The parties plan to complete development by mid-2027 year.
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The cooperation includes developing an agent-based vault using verifiable, reproducible AI and a user interface.
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DeFi Gateway is a decentralized finance platform project for Japanese investors. The participants plan to jointly build liquidity-related infrastructure and user tools and carry out development in accordance with Japanese laws and regulations.
Why it matters to readers
Traditional securities institutions, blockchain companies, and DeFi project participants are jointly exploring compliant infrastructure, which may affect how DeFi products are developed in the Japanese market. The project remains at the memorandum of cooperation and development-plan stage.
DeFi is short for decentralized finance. A liquidity pool is a pool of digital assets used to support trading or financial services; this report does not specify the assets, products, or launch method.
Risks and unknowns
The source content is truncated, so the full scope of cooperation and technical division of labor cannot be confirmed.
It is unclear whether the memorandum of cooperation will be converted into an actual product.
Specific regulatory arrangements, licensing requirements, and service scope are not stated in the evidence.
2027 Completion of development by mid-year is a plan, and actual progress may change.
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DeFi
A decentralized financial system that conducts activities such as lending and swapping through blockchain protocols.
