Japan’s Osaka Digital Exchange will conduct its first digital securities transaction on December 25

Odaily News Osaka Digital Exchange (ODE) will conduct Japan’s first digital securities transaction on December 25. Tokyo-based Ichigo will sell about 3 billion yen ($20.1 million) in real estate investment-backed securities, according to an official filing on Monday. (Bloomberg) Previous news on November 7, ODX is a proprietary trading system (PTS) created by SBI Holdings, which announced that CBOE has become its new major investor. Market makers Virtu and Optiver also participated in the investment. In June last year, ODX began trading traditional securities and plans to launch digital securities this year. Existing investors in ODX include Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMBC), Nomura Securities and Daiwa Securities.