The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has announced plans to integrate its tokenization service with the Stellar public blockchain, advancing a strategy to support its multi-chain digital market infrastructure.
The collaboration is expected to enable DTC-custodied real-world assets to be issued in tokenized form on Stellar, with availability targeted for the first half of 2027.
The initiative follows a December 2025 SEC No-Action Letter permitting DTC to launch a tokenization service for traditional financial assets, allowing them to be used in digital markets while retaining standard investor protections and regulatory safeguards.
DTCC said the development would unlock efficiencies such as faster settlement, improved collateral mobility, and lower transaction costs.
“We are committed to expanding opportunities for market participants to utilize tokenized assets to access deeper liquidity, achieve greater efficiency and increase transparency on a public blockchain, while retaining the same investor protections and safeguards participants are used to today for traditionally held assets at DTC,” “This collaboration represents another step forward in DTCC’s efforts to build an open,” said Frank La Salla, President and Chief Executive Officer of DTCC. “Tokenization can enable new levels of transaction and capital efficiency, observability and collateral mobility as well as support extended trading hours.”
