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Injective filed an application with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for transfer agent registration, seeking to create a regulated framework for maintaining securities ownership records onchain through tokenization.
"Transfer agent registration with the SEC would establish a compliant bridge between traditional capital markets infrastructure and blockchain-based recordkeeping," an Injective spokesperson said.
The filing, announced July 16, targets a regulatory pathway for financial institutions to issue and manage tokenized securities on Injective's blockchain. The broader tokenized real-world asset market has grown to $34 billion, according to RWA.xyz, though tokenized stocks represent only about 5.5% of that total. By comparison, tokenized US Treasury debt accounts for $15 billion, or 44% of the market.
If approved, the registration would position Injective among a small group of blockchain protocols with SEC-compliant securities infrastructure, potentially attracting traditional issuers seeking onchain settlement. The SEC has not disclosed a timeline for its review of the application.
The move comes as Wall Street accelerates its adoption of blockchain-based securities infrastructure. On July 15, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation processed its first live production trades involving tokenized securities, with JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock and Vanguard participating. The DTCC safeguards more than $114 trillion in securities, making the pilot one of the most significant real-world tests of blockchain in traditional finance.
Separately, Securitize and Cantor Fitzgerald announced a partnership to support onchain initial public offerings for public companies, extending tokenization beyond secondary market trading into primary capital formation. Securitize manages more than $5 billion in tokenized assets and counts BlackRock, Apollo and KKR among its partners.
Kraken's xStocks product, which offers access to 11,000 US-listed stocks and ETFs, accumulated more than $25 billion in cumulative trading volume within eight months of its April 2025 launch. The tokenized RWA market surged 589% from early 2025 to June 2026, led by government bonds and money market funds, according to Binance Research.
Injective's filing targets a specific regulatory gap: while several crypto platforms offer tokenized stock exposure, most do not provide investors with the same legal ownership rights as traditional securities. DTCC's model converts existing securities into blockchain-based "digital twins" that retain dividend and governance rights. Injective's proposed framework would similarly aim to maintain full legal ownership rights while using blockchain for recordkeeping.
The SEC has not yet published the application for public comment. Injective did not disclose which issuers or assets might be the first to use the proposed transfer agent framework.
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