23rd September 2026 – (New York) The New York Stock Exchange and crypto platform Blockchain.com announced a strategic collaboration to explore creating blockchain‑based tokens that mirror NYSE‑listed shares and exchange‑traded funds. The initiative reflects growing mainstream interest in tokenisation, under which digital tokens on a blockchain represent, or are pegged to, traditional assets such as equities and bonds. The companies have not disclosed which jurisdictions would be targeted for any eventual product rollout.
As part of the partnership, NYSE’s parent Intercontinental Exchange will distribute Blockchain.com’s crypto market data and analytics, while Blockchain.com will incorporate NYSE data into its application. Describing the tie‑up as a shared wager on the future direction of capital markets, Blockchain.com said the effort aligns public‑market infrastructure with emerging digital‑asset rails.
Proponents argue that tokenised stocks can widen access to equities and enable trading outside standard market hours. However, such tokens typically do not confer the same rights as ordinary shares and purchasers usually do not become registered shareholders in the underlying companies, raising continuing questions about investor protection. Blockchain.com, which operates from London and Dallas, has already begun offering tokenised equities to certain European customers, though it declined to disclose uptake figures.
The collaboration comes as US regulators outline limited exemptions intended to allow platforms to offer blockchain‑based versions of stocks and other securities without being subject to every rule that governs traditional exchanges.
