Securitize Brings Tokenized Stocks to Solana
The first 12 tokenized stocks, including Apple and Nvidia, will trade on Securitize’s Solana platform with USDC and support from Jump Trading.
Key Takeaways
- Securitize is launching Securitize Stocks on Solana with tokenized shares of twelve major U.S. companies.
- The tokens will first trade on Securitize’s Solana platform, with USDC as the settlement currency and Jump Trading as the liquidity provider.
- Later, the tokens should also be tradable on new tokenized trading platforms, depending on launch timing and regulations.
Securitize is bringing shares of major U.S. companies to Solana with a new product called Securitize Stocks. The first batch includes 12 companies, including Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Netflix, Circle, Strategy and Palantir. The tokens will first trade on Securitize’s existing Solana platform, with USDC as the settlement currency and Jump Trading as the liquidity provider.
First Trading on Solana
According to Securitize, the stock tokens are designed to preserve the economic benefits and related shareholder rights, including dividends and voting rights. The tokens do not represent direct ownership in the companies’ shareholder registers, although conversion may be possible later if issuers start supporting tokenization themselves.
That fits into a broader move to make traditional stocks tradable through crypto infrastructure. For investors, that mainly means stock trading is increasingly being tied to blockchain rails, with faster settlement and trading outside normal market hours as the main promise. Faster settlement and tokenization are also now topics that are being taken more seriously on Wall Street too.
Expansion to Exchange Platforms
Securitize says the tokens should later also be able to trade on the New York Stock Exchange’s planned 24/7 digital trading environment and on the upcoming OKXICE Tokenized Securities Venue. Those expansions do depend on those platforms launching and on meeting the rules.
The move lines up with the SEC’s plans to create room for new tokenized securities venues on blockchain through an innovation exemption. The NYSE, through parent company Intercontinental Exchange, is also working on 24/7 trading in tokenized stocks and ETFs, showing that established market players are becoming more active in this corner of the crypto market.
Why This Matters
For European crypto readers, this is especially relevant because tokenized stocks are increasingly forming a bridge between the crypto market and traditional stock trading. Securitize says investors in Europe and other permitted markets will also be able to trade the tokens, although access will still depend on local rules and the final rollout of the trading platforms. That makes this not just a Solana story, but also a broader development around regulated blockchain trading.
