Freemarket and Axiym Launch LIQUI-DT for Real-Time Primary-Market Tether Access

Quick Summary

How can businesses access primary-market USD₮ in real-time? Freemarket and Axiym have launched LIQUI-DT™, a world-first service providing compliant access to freshly minted Tether stablecoins. By integrating regulated fiat rails with on-chain settlement, the platform allows institutional users to mint and burn liquidity directly for superior price certainty.

How Does LIQUI-DT Solve Liquidity Friction in Emerging Markets?

Here is how Freemarket solves cross-border settlement friction for global enterprises. The LIQUI-DT™ service provides 24/7 global access to primary-market USD₮, allowing businesses to bypass the delays and costs associated with traditional banking corridors. This is particularly critical in regions like Asia, Africa, and LATAM, where B2B payment volumes are projected to hit $120.8 billion by 2030. Key benefits include:

• Instant mint/burn capabilities for immediate liquidity management.
• Direct market access to avoid secondary exchange slippage.
• Full provenance tracking for internal compliance and reporting.

“Compliant access to primary market stablecoins inside a fully regulated payment ecosystem is a massive unlock for us.” said Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether. “The combination of Freemarket’s compliance-first payments network, integrated with Axiym’s dynamic application layer, connected directly into Tether, allows Tether to sit closer to where payments happen. Companies moving money into, out of and between emerging markets now have 24/7 global access to freshly minted USD₮, the dominant stablecoin for these geographies.”

What Results Has the LIQUI-DT Infrastructure Delivered?

The partnership between Freemarket, Axiym, and Tether has already demonstrated significant scale. In audited trials, clients have successfully minted or burned over $300 million to date. This volume highlights the demand for a regulated treasury layer that can handle high-volume institutional trading. By embedding AML and monitoring tools directly into the core-banking layer, the service ensures end-to-end integrity for every transaction.

“Axiym has built a globally distributed treasury layer which allows Freemarket and Tether to embed their financial services directly inside our regulated payment ecosystems”, said Farhad Rassul, Co-Founder & CBO , Axiym. “Our compliance-first approach, with a core-banking layer that creates wallets, accounts, and transactions while embedding AML and monitoring tools, means that customers can be confident of the end-to-end integrity of the process.”

How Does This Partnership Impact Corporate Treasury Management?

Multinational corporations often find a quarter of liquidity trapped in emerging markets due to settlement friction. Freemarket’s network transforms these historic manual processes into fast, digitally enabled transactions. As the only non-issuer with deep fiat infrastructure and live mint access, Freemarket provides a unified financial stack that bridges traditional finance and digital assets.

“We share a common aspiration with Tether. USD₮ helps people in emerging markets access a stable financial system, remittances, cross-border trade and preservation of wealth against inflating national currencies. We want the same for businesses.” said Andy Lyons, Chief Growth Officer at Freemarket. “We are the only non-issuer with both deep fiat infrastructure and live USD₮ stablecoin mint capabilities. We can now connect the stack end-to-end, and move money into USD₮ instantly, globally, securely and compliantly through our LIQUI-DT™ service.”

FF NEWS TAKE:

This announcement moves the needle by providing the first institutional-grade bridge to primary-market USD₮ without the need for third-party exchanges. By combining FCA-regulated fiat rails with direct minting, Freemarket and Axiym are legitimizing stablecoins as a primary treasury tool. This effectively removes the 'crypto-native' barrier for traditional CFOs, offering a compliant, high-speed alternative to the fragmented correspondent banking system in emerging markets.