- Securitize has launched tokenized stock trading for eligible US investors, allowing digital versions of 12 major equities to trade through its regulated platform on Solana.
Securitize has launched a new tokenized stock-trading service that brings traditional US equities onto blockchain infrastructure, marking another step toward connecting conventional securities markets with digital-asset networks.
According to The Wall Street Journal's report, eligible investors in the US, European Union, and other jurisdictions can trade digital versions of 12 major stocks through Securitize's regulated broker-dealer platform on Solana.
The initial group includes Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA), Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL), Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META).
The launch comes as tokenized securities move closer to mainstream financial-market infrastructure. The Securities and Exchange Commission defines tokenized securities as financial instruments represented by crypto assets whose ownership record is maintained partly or entirely through blockchain or similar technology.
Securitize says its tokenized securities infrastructure operates within the existing securities framework. The company's registered entities include a transfer agent, broker-dealer, alternative trading system and investment adviser, allowing it to support different parts of the tokenized-asset lifecycle.
Tokenized Stocks Move Onto Solana
The immediate significance of the launch is that investors can access digital representations of major publicly traded companies through blockchain infrastructure rather than relying exclusively on traditional market rails.
The tokens are designed to represent ownership of the underlying shares rather than simply track their prices through a synthetic derivative. That distinction is important because tokenized securities can have different legal structures and investor rights depending on how they are created.
The SEC has outlined three broad models: issuer-sponsored securities, custodial tokenized securities, and synthetic tokenized securities. Rights attached to the tokens can therefore differ according to their structure.
Securitize has been developing issuer-sponsored tokenization alongside its trading infrastructure. In April, the company partnered with Computershare to create a pathway for US-listed companies to issue shares in tokenized form while maintaining their existing capital structures and shareholder records.
The company also received expanded approval from FINRA in May that allows its broker-dealer subsidiary to custody tokenized securities and facilitate on-chain settlement between tokenized securities and stablecoins.
Those developments help explain why the latest retail-facing launch is more significant than simply putting stock prices on a blockchain. Securitize has been building the regulatory and settlement infrastructure required to connect tokenized assets with conventional securities markets.
The company reported $4.3 billion in tokenized assets under management at the end of the second quarter, while aggregate transaction volume reached $5.3 billion during the quarter, up 147% from a year earlier. The expansion also comes as the broader tokenization market moves beyond private credit and Treasury products toward public equities and investment funds.
SEC Changes Open the Door to Onchain Markets
The timing of Securitize's launch is closely connected to recent regulatory changes. On Sept. 17, the SEC granted temporary, conditional exemptive relief to tokenized securities venues, allowing certain platforms to trade tokenized National Market System stocks through permissioned automated market makers and liquidity pools. The regulator described the move as an effort to facilitate on-chain trading while it evaluates additional regulatory changes.
The development gives companies such as Securitize a clearer regulatory path for experimenting with blockchain-based equity markets. Traditional exchanges are pursuing similar infrastructure. The New York Stock Exchange has been developing a digital trading platform aimed at supporting 24/7 trading of tokenized US stocks and ETFs, while NYSE has separately proposed rules for trading securities in tokenized form.
The WSJ reported that Securitize's tokenized stocks are also expected to become available through the 24/7 tokenized securities platform being developed by the NYSE and through the venue being developed by OKXICE, a joint venture involving Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (NYSE: ICE) and crypto exchange OKX.
That creates a potential link between today's blockchain-based trading infrastructure and future exchange-operated markets. Securitize's own public listing provides another example of the model. The company began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker SECZ in July and brought its own common stock onchain at the start of its public-market life.
The broader trend is also visible in other tokenized-equity projects. Nasdaq-listed Currenc Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CURR), for example, partnered with Securitize to tokenize its ordinary shares across Ethereum and Solana, with token holders retaining the same ownership and voting rights as holders of non-tokenized shares.
The expansion of tokenized stocks does not eliminate the risks associated with equities, and blockchain trading introduces its own considerations involving custody, technology, liquidity, and regulation. But the latest launch shows that tokenization is moving beyond experimental funds and private-market assets into the infrastructure surrounding some of the world's largest publicly traded companies.
For investors, the important development is not simply that stocks can now be represented by tokens. It is that regulated financial infrastructure is increasingly being built to allow traditional securities to exist, settle, and potentially trade on blockchain networks.