The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and blockchain infrastructure provider Securitize are jointly developing a platform for trading tokenized securities with 24/7 market access, according to reporting from the Wall Street Journal.
The partnership represents a significant step toward mainstream adoption of digital asset infrastructure by the world's largest equities exchange. The platform aims to overcome traditional market constraints by enabling continuous trading outside conventional business hours, potentially attracting institutional investors seeking round-the-clock liquidity for tokenized versions of stocks, bonds, and other securities.
The initiative underscores growing institutional interest in blockchain-based settlement and custody mechanisms, which can reduce settlement times from the current T+2 standard to near-instantaneous execution. Securitize, which has facilitated over $4.5 billion in digital securities issuances, brings specialized expertise in compliant tokenization infrastructure. The collaboration signals NYSE's confidence that digital securities infrastructure will play a material role in capital markets evolution.