Tokenization specialist Dinari and broker tZERO are working together to offer brokers a turnkey platform for tokenized US stocks, as competition intensifies over how public stocks should be transferred onto blockchain networks.
The companies announced Wednesday that they will combine Dinari’s tokenized equity platform with tZERO’s brokerage, custody, clearing and settlement infrastructure, allowing financial firms to launch blockchain-based equity offerings without assembling the underlying market infrastructure themselves.
“Tokenized stocks will not achieve mainstream adoption until brokers can offer them as naturally as they offer traditional securities,” Gabriel Otte, CEO of Dinari, said in a statement.
The move comes as tokenized stocks become the next battleground for real-world assets. After U.S. Treasury funds became the leading institutional tokenization trend, companies are increasingly turning to public equities, betting that blockchain can modernize trading, settlement, and shareholder recordkeeping.
Some companies, such as Robinhood and Kraken’s xStocks initiative, are focused on creating blockchain-based representations of publicly traded stocks through offshore structures, often called synthetic tokens, offered to non-US investors.
