How Stellar joined DTCC's plan to bring securities onchain

How Stellar joined DTCC's plan to bring securities onchain — CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data
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DTCC will connect its upcoming tokenized securities platform to the Stellar network, with assets held through the Depository Trust Company becoming available on Stellar beginning in the first half of 2027. The integration is designed to support issuance, settlement and lifecycle management and could enable future projects involving highly liquid assets such as major indexes and U.S.

Treasuries. The move carries weight given DTCC oversees more than $114 trillion in assets. The partnership traces back to Securrency, the institutional tokenization platform DTCC acquired in 2023 that later became DTCC Digital Assets. Securrency worked closely with Stellar developers on features regulated financial institutions needed to issue assets onchain, including clawback functionality, compliance controls and transfer restrictions — tools that were later built directly into the network.

"Some of the team has been working with Stellar for a long time," Denelle Dixon said. Tokenization refers to representing assets such as U.S.

United States

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