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Apex Group Pilots WLFI USD1 Stablecoin for Tokenized Funds
Feb 18, 2026 | NCFA Fintech Market Activity | Tokenization and Digital Assets
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Apex Group And WLFI Test USD1 Stablecoin Rails For Tokenized Funds
On February 18 2026, WLFI announced a strategic collaboration with Apex Group covering over $3.5 trillion in serviced assets, with a planned pilot to explore using WLFI’s USD1 stablecoin for tokenized asset subscriptions, distributions, and redemptions.
Apex Group operates in 52 countries and explains the work and partnership as a way to bring regulated stablecoin infrastructure into fund administration workflows, with the stated goal of streamlining settlement and improving operational efficiency for institutional clients.
See: VersaBank Becomes Banking Partner For QCAD Stablecoin
The collaboration also extends beyond cash movement. Parties will evaluate ways to make WLFI assets, including real estate and infrastructure holdings, available on the London Stock Exchange Group Digital Market Infrastructure platform, subject to applicable regulations and requirements. The Apex Group will also explore making assets tokenized using Apex Digital 3.0 available through WLFI’s planned mobile app, which the release says will support digital asset management and connections to bank accounts and wallets.
Zach Witkoff, Chief Executive Officer and Co Founder, World Liberty Financial:
“Working with Apex Group allows us to demonstrate USD1’s tremendous utility within capital markets infrastructure. This collaboration accelerates our mission to make WLFI assets accessible at the most established financial services platforms globally.”
The release also describes WLFI as inspired by President Donald J. Trump. The link to a political brand raises the stakes for how market participants evaluate governance, oversight, counterparty risk, and reputational exposure, especially when the use case touches institutional fund servicing rather than retail trading. Early WLFI token sales generated significant investor demand and capital commitments, positioning the ecosystem as both a funding vehicle and an emerging digital asset platform.
For tokenized funds, the operational promise is clear. Subscriptions and redemptions create predictable and repetitive money movement. A stablecoin rail can compress settlement timelines, tighten reconciliation loops, and reduce dependency on multi step bank handoffs, if the controls meet the standard that allocators and regulators expect.
If administrators can run clean tokenized fund flows on stablecoin rails, other administrators, custodians, and infrastructure providers will feel pressure to offer equivalent settlement options, or to partner with providers that already can. That competition will centre on who can deliver reliability, auditability, safeguards, and integration speed.
See: Stablecoin Interest and Rewards A Regulatory Fault Line
Peter Hughes, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Apex Group:
“Our clients are increasingly interested in blockchain based solutions that deliver tangible benefits and cost savings. This collaboration with World Liberty Financial lets us examine how USD1 and stablecoin infrastructure can modernize our platform and services, while providing the edge to support our clients as digital asset integration becomes standard practice.”
Talking Point
If stablecoins start handling fund subscriptions and redemptions at scale, do administrators become the main gatekeepers that decide which stablecoin rails earn institutional trust?
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