Securitize Teams Up with Computershare to Drive US Stock Market On-Chain, Aiming to Tokenize Equity for the $70 Trillion Stock Market

April 29th – Securitize, the Beleld-backed tokenization platform, announced a partnership with global stock transfer agent giant Computershare. The deal lets U.S. public companies issue on-chain tokenized equity (Issuer-Sponsored Tokens, or ISTs) outside the existing stock system. Under the arrangement, investors can now choose to hold stocks via a traditional securities account OR directly hold the corresponding on-chain equity assets in a digital wallet. Computershare will remain the transfer agent, handling shareholder registry management, dividend distributions, stock splits, and other corporate actions. Reports note the structure’s key goal is to steer clear of the “wrapped shares” model common in the traditional crypto space. Unlike derivative tokens that merely represent claims to stocks, ISTs directly stand for true equity ownership—not off-chain stock mapping certificates. Carlos Domingo, Securitize’s executive, said ISTs aren’t derivative products layered on existing stocks—instead, they let U.S. issuers create actual equity directly in token form. Data shows Computershare currently serves more than 25,000 companies and acts as transfer agent for roughly 58% of S&P 500 firms. Market watchers say the partnership signals blockchain infrastructure is slowly moving into the U.S. core securities market’s backend systems—and could further drive on-chain U.S. stock settlement, equity registration, and asset transfers.