The blockchain's ties to DTCC stretch back years through Securrency, while Franklin Templeton's BENJI fund helped demonstrate how regulated assets can operate on public networks.

DTCC and the Stellar Foundation plan to enable DTC-custodied assets to be tokenized on the Stellar network in the first half of 2027.

XLM rallied after US financial giant DTCC announced a partnership with the Stellar Network, but it still risks a sharp downside in the coming weeks.