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DTCC's DTC Tokenization Service is scheduled to go live commercially in October 2026, having completed production transactions on the Canton Network on July 15 as a final operational stress test for the system. Over 30 companies participated in these transactions, testing collateral pledging, securities lending, U.S. Treasury and repo DVP, equity DVP, equity DVD, equity token transfers, and CCP margin workflows, covering the Canton Network and LFDT's Besu.Regulatory foundations were established on December 11, 2025, when the SEC issued a no-action letter authorizing DTC to operate tokenization services for its custodial assets on a pre-approved blockchain, with a three-year authorization. This service is supported by DTCC's ComposerX platform suite. The industry working group currently includes over 50 companies, including BlackRock, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Citi, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Schwab, State Street, Nasdaq, NYSE, Circle, Ondo, Ripple Prime, Fireblocks, BitGo, Tradeweb, and Virtu.DTCC data shows that global high-quality liquid assets reach $300 trillion, with only 10% to 11% currently used as collateral.

According to Cointelegraph, the market value of tokenized real-world assets (RWA) on the Stellar blockchain is expected to grow by approximately 360% by 2026, rising from $868.8 million at the end of last year to nearly $4 billion. The Dune Analytics dashboard maintained by Stellar shows that as of August 29, the market value of RWA on the network reached $3.996 billion, covering asset classes such as U.S. Treasury bonds, private and public credit, and non-U.S. government debt.The concentration of issuers is relatively high, with Spiko leading at $1.55 billion, followed by Realiz ($559 million), Tradable ($548 million), Franklin Templeton ($546 million), and Ondo ($535 million). Stellar has also made breakthroughs in the non-U.S. government debt sector, with the Stellar Development Foundation citing data from RWA.xyz stating that as of August 20, the network held approximately $490 million in such assets, including tokenized Mexican CETES and Brazilian government bonds issued through Etherfuse.Institutional adoption continues to drive growth. In May, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced plans to integrate its tokenization services with Stellar, with DTC tokenized assets expected to go live in the first half of 2027, potentially supporting tokenized U.S. Treasury bonds, major index ETFs, and Russell 1000 constituents. In July, Tradable announced plans to bring up to $1 billion in private credit assets to Stellar.

According to Crypto Briefing, the U.S. Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has added 21Shares' Polkadot Staking ETF to its listing, with the code TDOT, marking the official entry of this product into the U.S. ETF ecosystem. Meanwhile, 21Shares has renamed the fund from its original name "21Shares Polkadot ETF" to "21Shares Polkadot Staking ETF," with this change taking effect on August 27, 2026.This name change is not just a superficial adjustment; the term "Staking" clearly communicates the product mechanism to institutional investors: the fund holds DOT tokens, stakes 40% to 95% of its holdings through network validators, and distributes earnings to shareholders on a quarterly basis. The current staking yield is 2.04%, with a management fee of 0.3%, and custody is jointly handled by Anchorage Digital, BitGo, and Coinbase. The ETF was listed on Nasdaq on March 6, 2026, with initial seed funding of approximately $11 million, and as of the end of August, the assets under management are approximately $7.5 to $7.9 million.

Large American financial institutions continue to advance on-chain business. JPMorgan is tokenizing ETF holdings through a pilot program with the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), and over 50 companies including BlackRock and Goldman Sachs have connected to the same infrastructure for the tokenization of stocks and U.S. Treasury bonds.The CEO of BlackRock stated that tokenization is a way to "update the financial system pipeline." Randi Abernethy, Head of Clearing and Group Risk at Bullish Exchange, testified on the CLARITY Act before the U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee in July 2026.

Plume posted on the X platform that it has joined the Digital Asset Solutions Industry Working Group of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC).The working group aims to provide feedback on DTCC's tokenization services and facilitate ongoing in-depth dialogue to promote the widespread adoption and innovation of digital assets.

Circle announced that its open blockchain network Arc, aimed at the global financial market, will officially launch on the public mainnet on September 16. It is currently operating on a private mainnet and has attracted over 100 institutional and ecosystem participants. BlackRock, DTCC (Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation), Galaxy, Global Payments, ICE, Mastercard, MoneyGram, SBI Group, Standard Chartered Bank, Sumitomo Corporation, and Visa will participate as genesis validators for network security and governance.BlackRock plans to deploy its dollar institutional digital liquidity fund BUIDL on Arc, while DTCC is advancing the tokenization and settlement integration with Arc, supporting the tokenization of assets held at DTC to Arc for on-chain settlement based on stablecoins. Circle also plans to launch a supporting application framework, AI tools, and tokenized asset issuance management capabilities on Arc.

The U.S. securities settlement infrastructure DTCC began live production trading of tokenized stocks and government bonds on Wednesday, advancing its tokenization work from a testing environment to actual operation. According to The Wall Street Journal, nearly 40 financial institutions and technology providers are participating, including JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, Vanguard, and the New York Stock Exchange.DTCC's subsidiary DTC custodies over $114 trillion in securities. The first day of trading covers use cases such as collateral, repurchase agreements, stocks, margin, and asset transfers, with tokenized assets including Microsoft and Circle stocks, Invesco QQQ Trust, SPDR S&P 500 ETF, iShares Short-Term Treasury ETF, and government bonds of various maturities.JPMorgan Chase will tokenize part of its QQQ holdings. DTCC stated that this is currently the initial limited production trading phase, with a full service plan set to launch in October, at which time institutions holding assets at the clearinghouse will be able to convert some securities into tokens. This service is built on DTCC's ComposerX platform, relying on the no-action letter granted to DTC by the SEC last December.

Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas posted on the X platform that DTCC's digital conversion is taking place on HyperLedger Besu, which is DTCC's private network, as well as on the Canton public blockchain. This is part of DTCC's multi-chain strategy aimed at ensuring resilience, scalability, and selectivity.Additionally, DTCC currently holds over $114 trillion in securities, and its subsidiaries processed approximately $47 trillion in securities transactions last year.

According to The Wall Street Journal, DTCC will tokenize Microsoft stocks, SPY, QQQ, and U.S. Treasury bonds for Wall Street firms, with participation from institutions such as BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase. The related companies plan to use the tokenized assets for collateral transfers, repurchase transactions, and stock trading.

According to The Information, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) plans to showcase a real-time stock trading settlement process based on blockchain technology this Wednesday, focusing on verifying the feasibility of this technology in the clearing, settlement, and recording stages to enhance the operational efficiency of capital market infrastructure.

According to Cointelegraph, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) stated that it will soon conduct a live demonstration of asset tokenization using the securities held by DTCC.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and the Stellar Development Foundation announced a partnership to implement DTC custody asset tokenization services on the Stellar network, with related assets scheduled to officially launch in the first half of 2027.DTCC had already received a no-action letter from the U.S. SEC in December 2025, allowing it to engage in real-world asset tokenization business. The two parties will focus on advancing the on-chain conversion of highly liquid assets such as Russell 1000 constituents, mainstream index ETFs, U.S. Treasury bonds, and various types of bonds.This collaboration relies on the Stellar network to build a compliant on-chain channel, marking an important advancement for traditional financial infrastructure to embrace blockchain, and will further broaden the application scenarios for real-world asset tokenization.

Global financial infrastructure giant DTCC (whose subsidiary processed $47 trillion in securities transactions in 2025) announced on Tuesday that it will integrate Chainlink as the data and orchestration layer for its upcoming tokenized collateral platform.DTCC's Collateral AppChain will utilize the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) and its data standards to support eligibility checks, valuations, margin calculations, collateral optimization, and settlement functions, with a target to go live in Q4 2026.Nadine Chakar, DTCC's Global Head of Digital Assets, stated that the goal is to achieve near real-time collateral management between global markets and blockchain through tokenization and distributed ledger technology, operating 24/7. Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov described collateral management as "the killer application that traditional finance has been waiting for." The platform is designed as a shared infrastructure for collateral providers, recipients, managers, third-party agents, and custodians, rather than a bilateral institutional chain. This collaboration continues the foundation of previous partnerships between the two parties, such as in the Smart NAV pilot project.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced that its blockchain-based collateral management platform, Collateral AppChain, will integrate Chainlink infrastructure to drive traditional financial markets towards 24/7, near real-time collateral management and settlement. DTCC stated that the platform is built on the Besu blockchain and will utilize Chainlink's Runtime Environment (CRE) and data standards to support asset pricing, valuation, margin calculation, collateral optimization, and settlement processes. The platform achieves real-time collateral movement across institutions, markets, and time zones through asset tokenization and smart contract automation.

DTCC (Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation) CEO Frank La Salla stated that the company is collaborating with multiple high-performance Layer 1 blockchains to explore migrating complex corporate actions such as dividend payments and tender offers to on-chain processing.La Salla mentioned at the Consensus 2026 conference that most blockchains still lack efficiency in handling corporate actions, while DTCC needs to process millions of dividend payments daily, thus requiring support from Layer 1 networks with high throughput and stability. DTCC is one of the core infrastructures of the U.S. capital markets, handling approximately $20 trillion in U.S. Treasury and securities transactions daily. The organization plans to launch a tokenized securities platform test in July this year, aiming for a broader rollout in October.La Salla believes that "tokenized collateral" could become the first large-scale institutional application scenario for blockchain. In the future, Asian institutions could even access dollar liquidity in real-time through on-chain collateral during New York's Sunday hours. However, he also warned that blockchain still faces issues such as scalability, liquidity fragmentation, and risk management, especially the efficiency of "net settlement" in traditional financial systems, which remains difficult to replicate in a decentralized environment.

According to ETHNews, Ripple Prime has joined the tokenization pilot working group of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) in the United States, with participating institutions including BlackRock, JPMorgan, HSBC, Anchorage Digital, Bank of America, BitGo Bank, and others.The report states that the working group aims to promote the infrastructure and industry standards related to tokenized securities, covering various market roles such as custodians, asset management companies, brokers, trading venues, application providers, and back-office service providers.DTCC previously stated that it plans to initiate limited production trading of tokenized assets in July 2026 and to fully commercialize related services in October 2026. This plan will support tokenization services for major index ETFs, Russell 1000 index constituents, and U.S. Treasury securities, among other assets.

The core institution for custody and settlement in the U.S. market, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), announced that it will begin facilitating preliminary, limited real asset production transactions in July 2026, with a full launch of its tokenization services in October. This service was approved at the end of last year through a No-Action Letter from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), allowing DTCC to provide participants with the ability to tokenize specific high liquidity assets on a pre-approved blockchain during a three-year authorization period. These assets include components of the Russell 1000 Index, ETFs tracking major U.S. stock indices, as well as U.S. Treasury securities, notes, and bonds.DTCC President and CEO Frank La Salla stated, "We believe that tokenization will significantly change the way markets operate, bringing new levels of liquidity, transparency, and efficiency to investors." More than 50 companies are set to participate in DTCC's industry working group, including Morgan Stanley, Nasdaq, Kraken's parent company Payward, and Robinhood Markets, while companies like BlackRock and Circle have provided feedback. As financial firms explore bringing traditional assets onto the blockchain, interest in tokenization has surged, and this shift is expected to enable 24/7 trading and faster settlement speeds.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) officially announced that it will accelerate the development of its securities tokenization services and has formed an industry working group with over 50 financial institutions to jointly promote the construction of digital asset infrastructure. Participating institutions include banks, asset management firms, brokerages, trading platforms, and crypto-native companies, including BlackRock, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Circle, Ripple Labs, and Kraken's parent company Payward.According to the plan, the service is expected to undergo its first controlled production trading tests in July 2026 and officially launch in October 2026. The first batch of supported assets will include S&P 1000 constituents, mainstream ETFs, and highly liquid assets such as U.S. Treasury bonds.