Tokenized stock trading hits all 724 S&P 500 stocks, no broker needed

NewsWed, 05 Aug 2026 07:49:31 UTC4 hours ago
Tokenized stock trading hits all 724 S&P 500 stocks, no broker needed

For as long as most Americans have owned stocks, buying a share of Apple or Amazon meant opening a brokerage account, waiting for a trade to clear, and working within market hours set decades ago. Dinari says that era of friction is starting to crack. The fintech announced on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, that it is opening tokenized stock trading to eligible U.S. investors across all 724 companies in the S&P 500, letting them buy and sell shares directly from self-custody crypto wallets using the stablecoin USDC.

Key takeaways

  • Dinari now lets eligible U.S. investors trade tokenized versions of all 724 S&P 500 companies through self-custody wallets funded with USDC.
  • The launch runs on a partnership with Circle, removing the need for a traditional brokerage account to buy or sell equities onchain.
  • Tokenized shares, called dShares, are backed by real stock held in qualified custody and preserve voting rights, dividends and corporate actions.
  • dShares currently trade on Ethereum, Avalanche, Arbitrum and Base, with Sei and Solana support expected soon.
  • Dinariโ€™s own disclosures warn that tokenized securities markets can be illiquid and remain subject to evolving regulation.

The rollout builds on regulatory groundwork Dinari had already put in place for its tokenized-equity platform. It pairs a U.S. equities market the company values at more than $75 trillion with a stablecoin sector it says has surpassed $307 billion, framing the launch as a bridge between two financial worlds that, according to Dinari, have operated separately for decades.

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