Depositories Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) will integrate Chainlink infrastructure into its collateral management platform ahead of its planned launch in the fourth quarter of 2026, as it aims to support the movement, valuation and settlement of tokenized collateral in near real-time across financial markets and blockchains.
DTCC said the Collateral AppChain platform is designed to serve as a shared infrastructure for institutions, including custodians, three-party agents and collateral managers. Blockchain provider Oracle’s technology will automate processes including margin, collateral optimization and settlement.
Nasdaq said yes tests found that 52% of companies expect to be managing live tokenized collateral by the end of 2026. A Nasdaq survey cited by DTCC found that 52% of companies expect to be managing live tokenized collateral by the end of 2026. The same study found that 70% of surveyed investment banks, custodians, prime brokers and asset managers still struggle with settlement matching and delivery issues related to their processes on a daily basis manual.
The integration aims to connect collateral contracts with data on prices, valuations and asset movements across markets, with the aim of enabling 24/7 collateral management and improving capital efficiency by the fourth quarter of 2026, according to an announcement by DTCC.
Chainlink is a decentralized oracle network that connects blockchains to real-world data, enabling intelligent contracts to operate securely and accurately. DTCC currently holds $114 trillion in liquid assets, ranging from stocks to exchange-traded funds.
Earlier this month, the company announced plans to pilot trading in tokenized securities in July ahead of its planned launch in October. More than 50 time-honored finance and digital asset companies are participating in the initiative, including BlackRock, Circle, Anchorage Digital and Fireblocks.
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Major market infrastructure companies are expanding their blockchain and tokenization efforts
The launch of DTCC comes as some of the world’s largest exchange and market infrastructure companies expand trading and settlement initiatives in tokenized securities.
In March, Intercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the Novel York Stock Exchange, signed an agreement agreement with the Securitize tokenization platform development of infrastructure for tokenized securities trading and onchain settlements. The initiative includes plans for blockchain-based stocks and exchange-traded funds designed to support 24/7 trading and instant settlement.
A few days earlier, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved Nasdaq’s proposal to pilot trading tokenized stocks and exchange-traded funds alongside time-honored securities on the same exchange infrastructure. The program will initially include select Russell 1000 stocks and major index-tracking ETFs.
Also in March, Nasdaq partnered with cryptocurrency exchange Kraken and tokenization company Backed to develop blockchain-based stock trading infrastructure.
Data from RWA.xyz shows that the value of tokenized shares has increased from approximately $511 million distributed across the network a year ago to over $1.4 billion today, an enhance of approximately 180%.
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