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Independent UK news and guides on tokenised equity, for founders raising capital, investors and the firms that support them. Published by Tokenisation Group Limited, London. Information only, not financial advice.


OKXICE files to trade tokenised US stocks 24/7 under SEC exemption
The joint venture between OKX and the New York Stock Exchange's owner has told the SEC it plans a 24/7 venue for tokenised US shares, with a 30-day objection window before trading can start.
Shawn Jhanji
Oct 54 min read


tZERO puts Goldman Sachs' Treasury money market fund on Lynq without tokenising the shares
The shares being distributed are the ordinary institutional class, not a token. A tokenised version of the same fund exists and holds around 10,400 dollars.
Shawn Jhanji
Sep 294 min read


Citi and Coinbase extend their partnership so corporate clients can accept stablecoin payments
The bank keeps the customer, the account and the conversion back into ordinary currency. The blockchain sits underneath, out of sight.
Shawn Jhanji
Sep 294 min read


Aave accepts Coinbase tokenised US stocks as collateral for dollar loans on Base
For the first time a public lending market has priced a tokenised share as security rather than as a holding. The terms it set are the most concrete answer yet to what a tokenised equity is actually worth.
Shawn Jhanji
Sep 285 min read


Hester Peirce leaves the SEC on 2 October with the tokenised stock exemption she wrote still untested
The commissioner who designed the five-year exemption for tokenised share trading announced her departure on 25 September 2026. It leaves a two-member Commission holding a temporary permission that no trading venue has yet used.
Shawn Jhanji
Sep 287 min read


MoonPay agrees to buy North Capital, adding a US broker-dealer, trading venue and transfer agent to its tokenisation business
MoonPay has bought a set of American securities permissions rather than a piece of technology, which is the hardest part of tokenisation to build. None of those permissions reach a UK company's shares.
Shawn Jhanji
Sep 256 min read


NYSE agrees to distribute tokenised US shares through Blockchain.com, subject to regulatory approval
The exchange has found a distribution partner for a trading venue it has not yet launched. The agreement is an intention rather than a product, and the UK is not named in it.
Shawn Jhanji
Sep 246 min read


ARK Invest tokenises its $1.3bn ARK Venture Fund on Ethereum through Securitize
ARK has put an existing closed-end fund onchain without changing the terms on which investors can get their money out. For anyone weighing a tokenised fund structure, the repurchase rules matter more than the blockchain.
Shawn Jhanji
Sep 244 min read


SEC officials expect the first tokenised stock venues to file in the fourth quarter and say issuers get 30 days to object
An SEC lawyer has put a rough date on when tokenised share trading starts in the United States, and a commissioner has set out the one control companies have over it.
Shawn Jhanji
Sep 234 min read


DTCC tokenisation service goes live in October on SEC relief that expires three years after launch
DTCC moves its tokenisation service for Russell 1000 shares, major ETFs and US Treasuries into full production in October 2026. The SEC staff relief behind it lasts three years from launch, and the UK's Digital Securities Sandbox runs to December 2028.
Shawn Jhanji
Sep 235 min read


Ondo Finance lets approved institutions swap shares for tokenised stocks in kind through Alpaca
Institutions that already hold a US share can now hand it over and receive Ondo's token for it, or return the token and get the share back, without any cash changing hands. The ability to redeem a token for the real share is what keeps the token's price close to the share's, which makes this a question every builder of tokenised equity has to answer.
Shawn Jhanji
Sep 225 min read


SEC Sparks Tokenisation Breakthrough With Innovation Exemption for Tokenised Stocks
The US has just moved the tokenisation debate from theory to live market structure.
On 17 September 2026, the US Securities and Exchange Commission issued an order giving temporary, conditional relief to certain venues that want to trade tokenised US stocks. The relief applies to “Tokenised Securities Venues” and exempts them, under set conditions, from being treated as an “exchange” under the Exchange Act.
That matters because tokenised shares have been held back by a
Shawn Jhanji
Sep 176 min read


AMC's Collateral Question Exposes Three Different Answers to What a Tokenised Share Actually Is
A dispute that began with AMC's chief executive calling Robinhood's stock tokens "vile" has escalated into a question about whether lent-out collateral is still there. The row is surfacing three genuinely different structures now competing under the same "tokenised equity" label, and the differences
Shawn Jhanji
Sep 175 min read


AMC Chief Executive Demands Robinhood Halt Unauthorised AMC Stock Tokens as Robinhood Refuses and Threatens to Involve the SEC
AMC Entertainment chief executive Adam Aron has demanded that Robinhood immediately stop issuing tokens tracking AMC's share price, escalating a public dispute that puts a sharp UK relevant question on the table: what happens to tokenised equity when the underlying issuer never agreed to it.
Shawn Jhanji
Sep 84 min read


Intercontinental Exchange Invests in tZero and Names It Design Partner for a New NYSE Affiliated Tokenised Securities Platform
Intercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, has agreed to invest in tZero's latest financing round and named the tokenisation firm a design partner for a new NYSE affiliated tokenised securities platform, in one of the clearest signals yet that mainstream exchange o
Shawn Jhanji
Sep 33 min read


39 US State Banking Groups Form BankChain Alliance to Build a Bank Owned Blockchain Network by 2027
Thirty nine US state banking associations announced on 25 August 2026 the formation of BankChain Alliance, an industry consortium set to build a bank owned blockchain network intended to go live in 2027, supporting tokenised deposits, bank issued stablecoins, smart payment tools and automated settle
Shawn Jhanji
Aug 273 min read


SEC Proposes Regulation Crypto Assets With Two Registration Exemptions While Tokenised Securities Exemption Stays Stalled
The US Securities and Exchange Commission proposed Regulation Crypto Assets on 18 August, opening a 60 day public comment period on a new framework that would let companies raise money through crypto asset offerings without full Securities Act registration. The move lands only days after the regulat
Shawn Jhanji
Aug 194 min read


Crypto Rulemaking and Tokenised Securities Exemption Delayed as CLARITY Act Stalls . . Again
The US Securities and Exchange Commission cancelled its 14 August open meeting, where it had been expected to propose Regulation Crypto Assets, its first formal crypto specific rulemaking, and to unveil a long anticipated innovation exemption for tokenised securities. The regulator cited an unforese
Shawn Jhanji
Aug 185 min read


Ondo Finance Switches On Round the Clock Minting for AMD, Intel and Eight More Tokenised US Stocks, Taking Always On Issuance to 16 Assets
Ondo Finance activated round the clock minting and redemption for ten additional tokenised US stocks on 17 July, including AMD and Intel, taking the total number of always available assets on its platform to 16. The move makes Ondo the first tokenisation platform to offer genuine round the clock pri
Shawn Jhanji
Jul 213 min read


Dinari and tZERO Partner to Give US Broker-Dealers a Turnkey Route Into Tokenised Equities
For founders and investors in the UK watching how tokenised equity infrastructure matures elsewhere, a partnership announced on 8 July between two US tokenisation specialists offers a useful signal. The biggest obstacle to broker dealer adoption has rarely been the technology. It has been the regula
Shawn Jhanji
Jul 103 min read
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