According to CoinMeta, the Stellar Development Foundation ( SDF ) announced a strategic investment in Marketnode, an operator of digital market infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region, in order to expand the channels for institutional investors to access tokenized real-world financial assets on the Stellar network. Marketnode has received support from Euroclear, HSBC, the Singapore Exchange Group, and Temasek, covering the issuance, distribution, and services of funds, credit, and structured products, connecting asset management firms, issuers, distributors, and qualified investors.