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Tokenized stock issuer Securitize just struck a deal with Computershare – the world's largest transfer agent – bringing native, onchain equities to the masses.
What's the Scoop?
- New Partnership: Securitize has partnered with Computershare, the world's largest transfer agent responsible for managing the shares of approximately 60% of S&P 500 companies, to enable equities issuance directly on blockchain rails. Companies can now opt to issue Issuer-Sponsored Tokens (ISTs) via Securitize alongside traditional shares without changing their existing capital structure.
- First Class Structure: Posting to X, Securitize clarified that ISTs, "are the actual shares in token form, not derivatives or wrappers, designed to fit within existing regulatory frameworks." Computershare handle records and corporate actions, and he IST structure keeps direct issuer-shareholder relationships intact, empowering token holders with the same rights as shareholders while allowing them to trade and borrow on chain.
What's the Take:
Others have tried to tokenize stocks, but forgot about the one thing that matters: actual ownership.
While competitions like Ondo and Backed take indirect routes that leave token holders without true rights or beneficial ownership over their shares, Securitize is changing the game with primitives for real onchain equity ownership.
Securitize and Computershare announced an agreement to support U.S. listed clients in issuing equity securities in tokenized form, enabling a new pathway for issuers to bring their shares onchain. pic.twitter.com/wQu2eMYs2E
— Securitize (@Securitize) April 29, 2026
