RENO, Nev., Sept. 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —
Agreement authorizes AKD to offer best-in-class Bitcoin-backed lending and non-margin gold and Bitcoin accumulation products to institutional clients.
AKD USA LLC (“AKD”), a Reno, Nevada-based capital markets and advisory firm, today announced it has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Binaxity Ltd (“Binaxity”), the fintech platform behind the embedded rails for asset-linked credit. Under the agreement, AKD is authorized to offer Binaxity’s leveraged asset lending products directly to institutional investors in the United States.
The license grants AKD U.S. distribution rights to Binaxity’s suite of institutional lending products, including best-in-class leveraged lending against Bitcoin holdings and non-margin asset accumulation programs for gold and Bitcoin. Both products are built on Binaxity’s Investment Line of Credit (I-LOC) model, which pairs client capital with structured credit to acquire real assets held in custody. The I-LOC carries no margin-call mechanics, and client positions are supported by a layered capital-protection structure, including user co-investment, a reserve pool, and a deficiency capital pool, designed to absorb market stress in sequence before client principal is touched.
Binaxity’s platform already supports asset origination across more than 100 markets. Through this agreement, AKD will bring that same infrastructure to U.S. institutional investors seeking Bitcoin and gold-backed credit exposure without the liquidation risk associated with traditional margin lending.
“This agreement gives AKD’s institutional clients access to a lending infrastructure that, quite simply, does not exist anywhere else in the market,” said Kevin Petersen, Managing Partner of AKD USA LLC. “Binaxity’s model lets our clients borrow against Bitcoin and build long-term positions in gold and Bitcoin without the margin-call risk that has defined this space. We are proud to be their exclusive partner in the U.S.” “AKD brings the institutional relationships and capital markets expertise to put Binaxity’s platform in front of investors who can use it at scale,” said Jamie Cunningham, Co-Founder and CEO of Binaxity. “This partnership extends our infrastructure beyond the retail and fintech partners we originally built it for, into the U.S. institutional market, and we could not ask for a better partner to do it with.”
Under the agreement, AKD will lead onboarding and distribution for institutional clients in the U.S., while Binaxity continues to operate the underlying credit, custody, risk, and servicing infrastructure. The companies expect to begin onboarding institutional clients in the coming months.
About Binaxity
Binaxity is the embedded rails for asset-linked credit. Its Investment Line of Credit (I-LOC) pairs user capital with structured credit to acquire real assets held in custody, turning borrowing into a tool for long-term ownership rather than a pure liability. Binaxity’s asset-agnostic model spans Bitcoin, indices and ETFs, gold, and tokenized GPUs (coming soon), and is embedded by wallets, custodians, BNPL and credit providers, neobanks, and banks under a white- or grey-label distribution model. The company was founded by Jamie Cunningham (CEO) and Nick Zhu (CTO), who previously built and sold Shopbrain to Affirm in 2021. Binaxity is currently live in more than 100 markets. For more information, visit binaxity.com.
About AKD USA LLC
AKD USA LLC is a Reno, Nevada-based capital markets and consulting firm providing capital advisory, structured debt and equity financing, and deal execution services to private equity, real estate, and fintech clients. AKD is led by Managing Partners Kevin Petersen and Alam Ghafoor. Kevin Petersen is a registered representative with Umergence LLC (member FINRA/SIPC) and holds Series 63 and Series 82 securities licenses. For more information, visit akdusa.co.
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