SEC clears DTCC to offer securities market tokenization service

The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation plans to tokenize stocks, ETFs, and US Treasurys next year after receiving an SEC no-action letter.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has given a subsidiary of the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) a highly coveted “no-action” letter, allowing it to offer a new securities market tokenization service.

The DTCC said on Thursday that its subsidiary, the Depository Trust Company (DTC), was given the go-ahead to launch “a new service to tokenize real-world, DTC-custodied assets in a controlled production environment.”

The DTC will tokenize a “set of highly liquid assets” including the Russell 1000 index, exchange-traded funds tracking major indexes, US Treasury bills, bonds and notes, with the service expected to roll out in the second half of 2026.

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