DTCC plans to bring its tokenized securities to Solana in the second half of 2027

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the post-trade company whose subsidiaries clear and settle US securities trades and hold the securities in custody, said on Thursday, November 12, 2026, that it plans to let securities held at its depository be issued as tokens on the Solana blockchain. The connection is planned for the second half of 2027, according to DTCC's press release.

What DTCC announced

The service creates what DTCC calls "tokenized representations" of securities held at the Depository Trust Company (DTC), its depository, according to the launch release. Holdings can be converted between traditional and tokenized form and delivered to digital wallets, DTCC said. DTCC said the Solana integration is expected to support fast conversion of eligible assets into tokenized form and the functions needed to manage the tokens afterward.

"DTCC is bringing regulated, DTC-tokenized securities to another major blockchain ecosystem, giving market participants greater choice in where they access and utilize tokenized assets," Chief Executive Frank La Salla said in the release. Brian Steele, president of DTCC Clearing & Securities Services, said in the release that DTC-tokenized assets on Solana and the other connected networks "will retain the same investor protections, ownership rights and regulatory safeguards that apply to traditionally held securities."

The service is integrated with the Canton Network and DTCC's own private network, with more networks to be added in 2027, DTCC said when the service launched on October 28, 2026. In May, DTCC said it expects tokenized assets to be available on the Stellar network in the first half of 2027. Circle's Arc blockchain is also expected in 2027, Decrypt reported, citing a DTCC fact sheet that we could not read. The service operates under a December 2025 no-action letter from the SEC that authorizes DTC to tokenize Russell 1000 stocks, ETFs that track major indices and US Treasury securities, according to the launch release.

Why it matters

DTCC sits in the middle of the US securities market: its subsidiaries processed transactions valued at $4.7 quadrillion in 2025 and its depository held securities valued at $114 trillion, the company says. A token issued through its service comes from the depository that already holds the securities, not from a crypto trading platform.

Solana is a public blockchain, while one of the two networks the service started on is DTCC's own private network. Solana changed its consensus system in October to make transactions final faster. Exchange operators are also building venues for tokenized stocks: the New York Stock Exchange plans a tokenized-stock venue that settles on Avalanche technology, and OKX and the exchange's owner have set a November 23 start for their own venue.

What it could mean for traders

In our assessment, nothing changes for investors now. The date is a plan for the second half of 2027, and DTCC's release does not say which assets will be available on Solana first or which firms will use the connection. What the announcement shows is direction: the central infrastructure of the US market is preparing to issue tokens on a public blockchain. The release says nothing about the SOL token, and a network being chosen for this purpose is not a statement about its price.