Securitize partners with Computershare to promote on-chain listing of U.S. stocks, aiming to introduce tokenized equity into the $70 trillion stock market.

BlockBeats News, April 29 — Tokenization platform Securitize, supported by BlackRock, announced a partnership with global stock transfer agent giant Computershare, allowing U.S. listed companies to issue on-chain tokenized equity (Issuer-Sponsored Tokens, ISTs) outside of the existing stock system.

According to the plan, investors can choose in the future to hold stocks through traditional securities accounts or directly hold the corresponding on-chain equity assets via digital wallets. Computershare will continue to serve as the transfer agent, responsible for managing shareholder registers, dividend distributions, stock splits, and other corporate actions.

Reports indicate that the core of this structure is to avoid the common “wrapped shares” model in traditional crypto markets. Unlike derivative tokens that only represent stock rights, ISTs will directly represent real equity ownership, rather than a mapping credential of stocks off-chain.

Carlos Domingo stated that ISTs are not derivatives built on existing stocks, but rather allow U.S. issuers to directly create real equity in token form.

Data shows that Computershare currently provides services for over 25k companies and acts as transfer agent for about 58% of S&P 500 companies. The market believes this partnership signifies that blockchain infrastructure is gradually entering the core back-end system of the U.S. securities market, and may further promote on-chain settlement, equity registration, and asset circulation of U.S. stocks.