Dinari, tZERO join forces on turnkey platform for tokenized U.S. equities

Finance Dinari, tZERO join forces on turnkey platform for tokenized U.S. equities The move comes as firms race to build the infrastructure for blockchain-based stocks and debate how tokenized stocks should work. By Krisztian Sandor | Edited by Cheyenne Ligon Jul 8, 2026, 2:35 p.m. 2 min read Make preferred on Share Share this article Copy link X icon X (Twitter) LinkedIn Facebook Email Make preferred on Dinari co-founder and CEO Gabe Otte (Dinari) Summary Show Tokenization specialists Dinari and tZERO are joining forces to create a turnkey platform for tokenized U.S. equities for broker-dealers. The firms will package issuance, trading, custody, settlement and shareholder servicing into one regulated framework. The partnership comes amid a growing debate over how tokenized equities should be structured and distributed. Tokenization specialist Dinari and broker-dealer tZERO are working together to offer broker-dealers a turnkey platform for tokenized U.S. equities, as competition intensifies over how public stocks should move onto blockchain networks. The companies said Wednesday they will combine Dinari's tokenized stock platform with tZERO's brokerage, custody, clearing and settlement infrastructure, allowing financial firms to launch blockchain-based equity offerings without assembling the underlying market infrastructure themselves. "Tokenized equities won't reach mainstream adoption until broker-dealers can offer them as naturally as they offer traditional securities," Dinari CEO Gabriel Otte said in a statement. The move comes as tokenized equities emerge as the next battleground in real-world assets. After U.S. Treasury funds became the first institutional trend for tokenization, firms are increasingly turning to public stocks, betting blockchain can modernize trading, settlement and shareholder recordkeeping. Some firms, such as Robinhood and Kraken's xStocks initiative, focus on creating blockchain-based representations of publicly traded shares via offshore structures, often called synthetic tokens, offered to non-U.S. investors. Others argue that tokenized stocks should be issued directly by the companies themselves. Securitize made that case last week when it listed its own shares on the New York Stock Exchange and simultaneously issued an onchain version of the stock on Avalanche and Solana, describing issuer-sponsored tokenization as the long-term model for public equities. Dinari occupies a middle ground. Its dShares are backed one-for-one by underlying shares held with regulated custodians, while preserving shareholder rights such as dividends and corporate actions, the firm said. The partnership with tZERO adds the regulated brokerage infrastructure around those assets. Besides trading and custody, the companies said the platform will support clearing, settlement, shareholder communications and future onchain collateral and financing services. Founded in 2014, tZERO was among the first companies to build a regulated infrastructure for blockchain-based securities markets. Dinari launched in 2021 and has focused on bringing U.S. equities onchain through its dShares platform. It obtained a broker-dealer registration in June 2025 for its subsidiary, making it the first U.S. platform cleared to legally offer blockchain-based shares to domestic investors. Tokenization Latest Crypto News 1 Polymarket bets on U.S. marketing blitz to win back trust after 4-year ban: Report 4 hours ago 2 Crypto Long & Short: With MSTR concerns assuaged, look to traditional signals around BTC 4 hours ago 3 Crypto VC Paradigm launches $1.2 billion AI fund as it broadens beyond digital assets 4 hours ago 4 Adam Back's BSTR scraps SPAC merger, seeks new deal 5 hours ago 5 BNB Chain is building a new layer-1 for high-frequency trading and AI agents 5 hours ago 6 Citadel abandons multi-year crypto lawsuit to focus on bankruptcy order against an ex-employee 7 hours ago 7 SpaceX's first bitcoin wallet movements in six months likely don't signal sales 7 hours ago 8 Bitcoin's inflation quagmire gets stickier as renewed MidEast conflict sends oil price soaring 8 hours ago 9 Crypto and stocks tumble after Trump declares ceasefire 'over' following Iran strikes 9 hours ago 10 Reserve Bank of India still favors crypto prohibition to curtail tax evasion: Reuters 10 hours ago Latest Research SpaceX IPO Drives Tokenized Equity Volumes to Record as Stablecoin Market Cap Falls SpaceX IPO Drives Tokenized Equity Volumes to Record as Stablecoin Market Cap Falls Stablecoin market cap fell to $312B in June, its largest monthly drop since TerraUSD, while tokenized equity volumes surged 145% to a record $3.86B. By CoinDesk Research Jul 7, 2026 Stablecoin market cap fell to $312B in June, its largest monthly drop since TerraUSD, while tokenized equity volumes surged 145% to a record $3.86B. Why it matters: Stablecoin market cap fell to $312B in June, its largest monthly drop since