The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has listed three companies seeking to launch blockchain-based trading platforms for tokenized U.S. stocks under its new Innovation Exemption. The firms are TSV LLC, OKXICE and Perpetuals.com, according to the SEC’s official list, updated October 21. TSV LLC submitted its notice of intent
Ripple has signed a strategic partnership with South Korean securities firm Meritz Securities to explore institutional digital asset custody and tokenization infrastructure for the country’s capital markets. The agreement, announced on October 14, 2026, marks Ripple’s first partnership with a South Korean securities firm as it expands its work with
BitGo and HashKey Cloud have signed a strategic partnership agreement covering staking, institutional trading, custody and real-world asset (RWA) tokenization as the two companies expand their work with institutional clients in Asia. The agreement was signed in Singapore during TOKEN2049 week and expands a staking collaboration the companies began in
The Solana Foundation has launched Solana DvP, an open-source settlement program designed to help financial institutions settle tokenized assets and payments on the Solana blockchain. The Foundation announced the program on October 6, 2026, describing it as a “reusable” standard for delivery-versus-payment settlement. Solana DvP is built around atomic settlement,
OKXICE LLC, a joint venture between crypto exchange OKX and Intercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, filed with the SEC under the agency’s new Innovation Exemption to launch a Tokenised Securities Venue in the United States. The filing makes OKXICE one of the first firms
Kakao Pay Securities has signed MOUs with both Ondo Finance and Dinari Global to explore the tokenisation and international distribution of South Korean-listed stocks. The partnership marks one of the most concrete moves yet to open Korean public markets to global investors through blockchain infrastructure, rather than the traditional and
Britain’s largest banks have completed what UK Finance describes as the “world’s first interbank transactions using tokenised deposits,” allowing blockchain-based representations of commercial bank money to move between separate banks. The transactions are part of the Great British Tokenised Deposit (GBTD) project, an industry initiative led by UK Finance to
Ondo Finance’s subsidiary Oasis Pro Markets, a U.S. registered broker-dealer, has joined DTCC’s Fund/SERV platform. This is becoming the first tokenisation company to participate in the network that processes over 85% of U.S. mutual fund transaction activity. This is not a partnership announcement or a pilot program. In addition, it
South Korea is moving to expand tokenized securities beyond fractional investment products, with plans to build infrastructure that can eventually support stocks, bonds, funds and other traditional securities. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) announced the policy direction on September 4 following a meeting of its public-private tokenized securities consultative body.
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev notes that markets globally are now entering the early stages of what will become a tokenization supercycle. According to The Kobeissi Letter, on-chain tokenized equity trading amounted to $9 billion in 2026, growing by over 207% quarter-over-quarter and 800% year-to-date. “Tokenization does not mean listing securities
