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 first blockchain rodeo. The company already has a partnership with Polygon and took a strategic stake in Stellar in April 2026. Adding Avalanche brings the total to three major networks, each with different strengths and different institutional audiences.

Olivia Vande Woude from Ava Labs flagged the commitment to secure infrastructure as central to the partnership’s appeal.

Positioning as a neutral, multi-chain provider is a deliberate strategic choice. Cashlink is not betting on one blockchain winning the institutional tokenization race outright. Instead, it’s building the layer that sits above the competition, letting clients pick their preferred network without changing platforms.

What this means for European capital markets

The broader context is a European capital markets landscape that has been slowly, then suddenly, warming to tokenized securities. Germany’s Electronic Securities Act, which came into force in 2021, created the legal basis for crypto securities to exist without paper certificates. BaFin-licensed custodians like Cashlink are the practical implementation of that framework.

The €1 billion transaction volume milestone demonstrates that regulated, on-chain issuance is not a whitepaper exercise. Real institutions have used it to move real money.

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