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- Wall Street Infrastructure: The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Securitize signed an agreement on March 24, 2026, to develop the technological infrastructure for a digital trading platform.Â
- Institutional funding: Digital Asset Holdings finalized a $355 million investment round to expand the Canton Network, used by entities such as Goldman Sachs and BNY Mellon.Â
- Implementation timelines: Major US banking institutions, including JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, project the launch of a tokenized deposit network for the first half of 2027.
The debate on digital financial infrastructure gained new arguments during the WAIB Summit 2026 held in Monaco. Executives from Franklin Templeton and BNP Paribas pointed out that tokenized assets and stablecoins could optimize capital efficiency and liquidity within European markets. Corporate representatives agreed that the development of blockchain technology facilitates the modernization of traditional clearing processes.
Rafael Mastroberardino, head of digital assets partnership development at Franklin Templeton, stated during the panel that tokenization offers greater flexibility to corporations. According to the executive’s analysis, this technical feature functions as the main driver of interest among large banks to structure their own products on the blockchain.
For his part, Julien Clausse, head of BNP Paribas CIB’s tokenization platform, said that hosting multiple asset varieties on the same distributed ledger opens the door to new corporate use cases. However, the specialist clarified that this operational benefit is conditional on direct interoperability between the issued assets.
The technical expansion of Wall StreetÂ
The operational framework in the United States shows progress in the integration of real-world assets. On March 18, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a Nasdaq pilot proposal aimed at allowing the trading of tokenized versions of highly liquid stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). According to the regulator’s technical documents, these operations will share execution priority with traditional markets and settle in standard cycles.
A few days later, on March 24, 2026, the New York Stock Exchange formalized an alliance with the company Securitize to design its own on-chain settlement ecosystem. The plans of Intercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, include the deployment of a permanent trading environment that will operate 24 hours a day. According to the project’s specifications, the platform plans to use stablecoin-based funds to execute instant transactions without timezone intermediation.
The injection of capital into technological development companies supports the sector trend. Digital Asset Holdings closed a $355 million financing round led by venture capital fund Andreessen Horowitz. The resulting funds will be used to expand the Canton Network, a private blockchain network designed for the settlement of institutional securities that preserves the privacy of confidential data.
The Canton Network platform already has prior pilot tests coordinated by entities such as Deutsche Börse, Standard Chartered, and Société Générale. The next milestone for the sector is set for the first half of 2027, a period in which the organization The Clearing House plans to activate the shared tokenized deposit network for major North American banks.
