# Nasdaq Buys an Off-Exchange Venue and Brazil's Largest Bank Tests Tokenized Bonds

Nasdaq will fold LeveL Markets into its Digital Liquidity Networks unit, while Itaú Unibanco pilots tokenized bonds and funds under a programme run by Brazil's capital-markets association.

- Published: 2026-08-12T05:36:54.490Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-08-12/nasdaq-buys-an-off-exchange-venue-and-brazil-s-largest-bank
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: markets
- Sources: [crypto.news](https://crypto.news/nasdaq-targets-24-hour-trading-with-level-acquisition/), [CoinDesk](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/08/11/brazil-s-largest-lender-itau-is-stepping-deeper-into-the-tokenization), [Nasdaq](https://ir.nasdaq.com/news-releases/news-release-details/nasdaq-announces-definitive-agreement-acquire-level-markets)

Nasdaq has agreed to acquire LeveL Markets, one of the larger off-exchange equity execution venues in the United States, and will place it inside its Digital Liquidity Networks unit alongside its tokenization work. Terms were not disclosed…

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