NYSE teams up with Securitize to develop tokenized securities platform

Reuters

Tue, March 24, 2026 astatine 8:27 AM CDT 1 min read

March 24 (Reuters) - The New York Stock Exchange, portion of Intercontinental Exchange, announced a collaboration connected Tuesday ‌with integer plus institution Securitize to assistance make tokenized ‌versions of accepted fiscal securities.

Securitize volition service arsenic the archetypal integer transportation ​agent eligible to make blockchain-based securities for issuers of firm and exchange-traded funds connected an upcoming NYSE-affiliated Digital Trading Platform, the institution said.

As portion of the agreement, NYSE plans to ‌work with Securitize arsenic ⁠a plan spouse to make a integer transportation cause programme aimed astatine creating a strategy ⁠to assistance process tokenized securities trades connected the blockchain.

U.S. exchanges specified arsenic the NYSE and rival Nasdaq are stepping up efforts ​to ​convert assets similar stocks, bonds ​and funds into blockchain-based tokens.

Tokenizing ‌involves converting a real-world plus into a integer token connected a blockchain, oregon a decentralized, unafraid integer ledger of transactions.

Earlier this month, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved a Nasdaq connection to let definite stocks to beryllium traded ‌and settled successful tokenized form, according ​to a regulatory filing.

"As we research ​how tokenization tin ​enhance superior markets, it is captious that caller ‌infrastructure is developed successful a ​way that preserves ​the trust, transparency, and protections investors expect" NYSE President Lynn Martin said.

The companies volition besides collaborate connected processing ​standards for integer ‌transfer and tokenization agents, including regulatory, operational and exertion ​requirements for institutional-grade infrastructure.

(Reporting by Prakhar Srivastava successful ​Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai)