NYSE Partners with Securitize to Launch 24/7 Tokenized Stocks & ETFs

Well, the opening bell just rang over at the New York Stock Exchange.

So let's check to see how markets have opened on this Wednesday morning.

Since we're here at the conference, let's start out with a look at crypto.

We are looking at Bitcoin and E up by at least 3% this morning, with Bitcoin holding above the 71,800 level.

As for Ether, we are looking at an advance of about 3.25 of a percentage point with holding above 2180.

As for the major US stock averages, we are looking.

At a bounce higher, and this does come on the heels of hopes for de-escalation in the Middle East.

We are looking at the Dow Jones Industrial Average soaring by over 500 points this morning, up by a little over 1.1%.

As for the Nasdaq Composite Index, we are also looking at a triple digit gain with the index higher by 250 points, up by a little over 1.1%.

As for the S&P 500, we are looking at an advance of 1% with the index holding above 60%.

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Meanwhile, the NYC Composite Index, which tracks all companies listed at the New York Stock Exchange, is opening higher by over 1%.

And taking a quick look at oil prices on this Wednesday morning, we are looking at a sharp pullback of WTI as well as Brent futures.

We are looking at WTI off by about 5%, holding right below $88 a barrel, while Brent is below $100 a barrel, down by about 5% this morning.

And the New York Stock Exchange announced it is joining forces with securitize to develop a tokenized securities trading platform.

Securitize is stepping in as the NYSE's first digital transfer agent, meaning we are about to see actual stocks and ETFs issued as digital tokens on a blockchain.

Now we're talking about the potential for 24/7 trading, instant settlements, and even funding trades with stablecoins.

Well joining me.

This morning at DAS 2026 is Carlos Domingo, co-founder and CEO of Securitize.

Carlos, great to have you here.

Thank you so much for joining me.

Thanks for having me.

Well, there's a lot going on, but first and foremost, this announcement with the NYSE, give us the details.

So, so the NYSE announced previously that they were going to launch a digital ATS, so this is not a national exchange like they have today, but it's an ATS which is a Uh, a different regulatory framework where they wanted to trade uh natively tokenized equities and provide, as you mentioned before, instant settlement, 24/7 trading, etc. and then what we announced yesterday is that securitize is joining forces with the New York Stock Exchange to become the first digital transfer agent and tokenization platform that will basically work with the issuers, the listed companies that want to then issue stock as tokens to be able to trade it on this exchange.

In this ATS, we will also join forces as a design partner to help them, you know, design how the settlement happens 24/7, how the tokens move in and out, etc. and finally we're also going to be our broker dealer securitized markets is going to be the first broker dealer market participant where retail people will be able to on board with securitized to trade these digital tokens that represent, you know, native equities or ETFs trading 24/7.

Yeah, and this announcement here between the New York Stock Exchange and securitize, it does encompass a lot of trends and innovations that we have been seeing across the digital asset space.

And you and I, we were here at the summit in New York City, so I know that you've been talking to a lot of stakeholders, especially since there are a lot of side events that are taking place in New York City at the same time.

So what are you hearing on the ground when it comes to some of these innovations?

I think the two biggest narratives in the industry today are twofold.

One is the stablecoins, which is tokenized dollars, and the other one is tokenization as a broader theme, which is basically to tokenize anything else that is not a dollar, or any other financial services product.

So tokenized treasuries, funds.

You know, bonds, CLOs, private credit, etc. and of course the other thing that everybody's talking about is how to tokenize equities and ETFs and make them, you know, more accessible, more efficiently tradable, etc. and I think those are the two biggest narratives that I keep hearing here in the industry.

And when it comes to the timeline with your agreement with the New York Stock Exchange, what does that look like and what are the next steps?

So we are ready to tokenize now.

We, in fact, obviously we're the largest tokenization platform, so our part of the infrastructure is completely ready for being able to tokenize, you know, equities and other instruments and put them on chain.

We also have other means of trading like we announced recently a partner.

With Uniswap to be able to trade on Uniswap X, which is a decentralized, you know, RFQ mechanism for eastern settlement, and then obviously the New York Stock Exchange now is going to be working on, on building out their infrastructure and getting the necessary regulatory approvals to be able to launch their ATS as well, but you know we're going to see action happening on the second half of the year.

Yeah, and you and I, we also spoke online when it came to that Uniswap agreement.

So there's a lot happening over at Securitize.

But when it comes to the retail investor, both in the US as well as overseas, tell us about the impact.

So, so far, most of the tokenization efforts, including ourselves, have been focused on institutions, right?

So most of the products that we have, you know, little with BlackRock or Acre with Apollo, etc. they are institutional products.

I think that this shift towards tokenizing equities and ETFs, which are registered securities, meaning retail people can actually access them, is what's going to really change the landscape in terms of the accessibility for retail people to these tokenized products which so far have been For the most part, institutional, so it's very exciting because I think retail people in crypto really want to participate with RWAs and tokenization, and, and I think this is the path that is coming.

And Carlos, last but not least, before I let you go, I do want to get your take on the outlook that you're paying attention to as we head into 2026.

I think, you know, 2026 actually, in spite of, you know, crypto prices being down and since since the October, you know, issues that we had in the industry, I think that the outlook is probably more bullish and more positive than it's ever been.

We've got people forget that we've got the Genius Act.

We've got a lot of clarity in tokenization.

We got, you know, the Clarity Act that seems that it's been unlocked and, you know, will unlock a lot of, you know, innovations in the industry.

All the tra 5 players coming into space on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, but NASDAQ also did an announcement recently.

All the asset managers are looking at tokenization.

So I think I'm pretty bullish about the industry.

Of course this industry is volatile, so you're going to have ups and downs, but I think the second half is going to be much better than the first half.

Well, Carlos, thank you so much for joining us and for taking time out of your busy schedule to join us on Mars.

Thanks a lot for having me.

Thank you.