Securitize Teams Up with Computershare to Drive US Stock Market On-Chain, Aiming to Tokenize Equity for the $70 Trillion Stock Market

BlockBeats News, April 29th, Beleld-backed tokenization platform Securitize announced a partnership with global stock transfer agent giant Computershare, allowing U.S. public companies to issue on-chain tokenized equity (Issuer-Sponsored Tokens, ISTs) outside of the existing stock system.

Under the arrangement, investors will now have the option to hold stocks through a traditional securities account or directly hold the corresponding on-chain equity assets through a digital wallet. Computershare will continue to serve as the Transfer Agent, responsible for shareholder registry management, dividend distribution, stock splits, and other corporate actions.

Reports indicate that the key of this structure is to avoid the common "wrapped shares" model in the traditional crypto market. Unlike derivative tokens that only represent stock claim rights, ISTs will directly represent true equity ownership, rather than off-chain stock mapping certificates.

Carlos Domingo stated that ISTs are not derivative products built on top of existing stocks, but rather enable U.S. issuers to create real equity directly in token form.

Data shows that Computershare currently serves over 25,000 companies and is the transfer agent for approximately 58% of S&P 500 companies. The market believes that this collaboration indicates that blockchain infrastructure is gradually entering the U.S. core securities market backend system and may further promote on-chain U.S. stock settlement, equity registration, and asset transfer.