Securitize, Computershare launch Issuer-Sponsored Tokens

Securitize and Computershare on Wednesday launched Issuer-Sponsored Tokens (ISTs), a program that allows U.S.-listed companies to issue equity directly on a blockchain while Computershare acts as transfer agent for over 25,000 corporate clients. The program lets tokenized shares coexist with shares held through the Direct Registration System and be processed using the same shareholder-management infrastructure.

Under the agreement, Computershare’s issuer services unit will integrate IST processing so corporate actions — including dividends, proxy voting and other administrative flows — are handled across both tokenized and traditionally registered holdings from a single system. Participating issuers can offer ISTs without converting or replacing shares already recorded in the Direct Registration System.

Securitize will provide the token infrastructure and the regulatory compliance layer, and will act as a digital-securities service provider for issuers using ISTs. The firm reported managing more than $4 billion in assets under management as of April 2026. Securitize is registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, operates an Alternative Trading System, is a registered transfer agent and holds authorization under the EU DLT Pilot Regime. According to Securitize, those registrations allow it to operate regulated digital‑securities infrastructure in both the United States and the European Union.

Computershare, listed on the Australian Securities Exchange under the ticker CPU and founded in 1978, supports more than 25,000 corporate clients and employs over 11,000 people worldwide. As transfer agent for ISTs, Computershare will process issuer communications and corporate actions alongside conventional directly registered holdings so shareholders see a single record of their positions.

Carlos Domingo, co-founder and CEO of Securitize, called the partnership a pathway for listed companies to adopt tokenized equity. “By partnering with the largest transfer agent in the world, we’re helping to create the optimum pathway to tokenization for listed U.S. companies,” he remarked. Ann Bowering, CEO of Issuer Services at Computershare North America, said ISTs were designed to work within current regulatory frameworks and to preserve the independence and oversight expected from a transfer agent.

Shareholders who receive ISTs will have the option to hold digital securities in a self-custody wallet, while issuers retain control of their capital structure and direct lines of communication with shareholders. The companies said the IST structure preserves conventional shareholder rights and standard corporate action flows and does not require issuers to migrate all shares into token form.

Securitize said interoperability with broader market infrastructure will evolve as more issuers and platforms adopt the IST standard. The firm works with asset managers on tokenized fund offerings, including Apollo, BlackRock, BNY, Hamilton Lane, KKR and VanEck. Securitize also disclosed a proposed business combination with Cantor Equity Partners II, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEPT) that remains pending.

The companies presented ISTs as an option for listed U.S. issuers that want to offer a blockchain-based custody choice for investors while maintaining transfer-agent oversight and regulatory compliance.