NYSE Chooses Broadridge for Tokenized Stocks
Broadridge is set to provide the governance layer for NYSE’s tokenized stocks, from voting rights to shareholder records. Nasdaq and the SEC are also working on infrastructure for tokenized securities.
Key Takeaways
- The NYSE is bringing in Broadridge for voting rights and shareholder services around its planned tokenized stocks platform.
- Broadridge will provide onchain governance and digital transfer agency services for managing records, communications, and voting.
- The project shows that tokenization has to support not just trading, but also administration, shareholder rights, and oversight through blockchain.
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has brought in Broadridge Financial Solutions for voting rights and other shareholder services around its planned tokenized stocks platform. That gives the project another key piece for ownership, communication, and voting, alongside trading itself.
Broadridge Helps Build It
Broadridge will provide onchain governance and digital transfer agency services. In practice, that means listed companies can keep managing shareholder records, communications, and voting while shares move over blockchain rails.
According to Broadridge, investors will eventually be able to vote through supported crypto wallets, brokerage platforms, or through the existing ProxyVote service. The company says it is helping build the governance layer for tokenized equities. CEO Tim Gokey said Broadridge combines digital and traditional transfer agency services into one solution, no matter where shares are held or how they are traded.
Transfer agents still play a central role here. They keep track of who owns which shares and process changes in ownership. That becomes even more important if the NYSE wants to move stock trading onto blockchain networks, where transactions could happen 24 hours a day.
More Than Just Trading
The NYSE has been working on a setup for tokenized shares for some time, but a working system needs more than just a trading platform. Companies still need to be able to pay dividends, reach shareholders, and organize voting rounds. According to the announcement, Broadridge serves more than 10,000 listed companies and processes more than $15 trillion (€13.4 trillion) in securities trading every day.
Other players are also building similar infrastructure. Nasdaq is working on its own tokenized securities infrastructure and announced plans in March 2026 for an equity token design centered on shareholder rights and corporate actions. In September 2026, the SEC also granted conditional exemptions for certain blockchain platforms and automated liquidity providers that are allowed to trade tokenized U.S. stocks.
Relevant for European Investors
For European crypto and stock investors, this shows how close tokenization and traditional market infrastructure are getting. If major players like the NYSE, Nasdaq, and DTCC put their systems on blockchain rails, that could change how stocks, ETFs, and other investment products are issued, traded, and managed. For European firms interested in regulated crypto infrastructure, the key point is that projects like this are not just about trading, but also about rights, administration, and oversight.