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Xenios Blockchain Group

Xenios Blockchain Group is a Greek blockchain company that provides enterprise tokenization solutions based on distributed ledger technology and crypto-asset services. In 2026 it was authorized by the Hellenic Capital Market Commission as a crypto-asset service provider under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), and in September of that year it became one of the first four Greek institutions on the MiCA register of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).

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Entering the Blockchain Technology Business

Xenios Blockchain Group is a Greek company that has worked in blockchain technology since 2019, developing digital infrastructure and asset tokenization applications, that is, converting assets into digital tokens that can be transferred via blockchain.⁠[1][1]

Coordinating the First Blockchain-Digitized Greek Corporate Bond

On May 17, 2024, Xenios Blockchain Group S.A. (XBG) announced that it had coordinated and advised on the first Greek corporate bond digitized with blockchain technology; the bond was issued by Sadent S.A. under Germany’s Electronic Securities Act (eWpG). Together with German and Swiss partners, XBG ensured the issue complied with regulatory requirements under the eWpG framework, and it advised investors in the private placement on the secure storage of the digital bonds in blockchain wallets.⁠[2][2][2][2]

At the time the company’s chairman was Ioannis Markakis and its chief executive was Tasos Oureilidis, a co-founder of the Hellenic Blockchain Association; Oureilidis said the issue was a “historic event” both for the company and for digital finance in Greece.⁠[2][2][2]

MiCA Crypto-Asset Service Provider Authorization

Vice chairman and managing director Anastasios Oureilidis said the company focuses on business-to-business (B2B) tokenization solutions delivered through distributed ledger infrastructure, and named three groups as the best current candidates for tokenization: energy companies, real estate businesses too small to set up a real estate investment company, and institutions considering digital securitization of securities and bonds.⁠[3][3][3][3][3]

Listing on ESMA’s MiCA Register

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