Securitize launches tokenized stock product on Solana, adding Apple among first wave of share-backed assets

Securitize, a platform focused on blockchain-based financial products, says it has launched Securitize Stocks, a program that tokenizes shares of public companies and links each token to real underlying shares. In a post highlighted by Yahoo Finance and published through Decrypt, the company describes the approach as one-to-one backing intended to preserve key ownership features such as dividends and voting rights, rather than using derivatives that only mimic price movement.

The rollout’s first batch, according to the report, includes Nvidia, Apple, and Amazon alongside 9 other companies, for a total of 12 names. Tokenized stocks are digital tokens designed to represent ownership exposure to an asset. In this case, Securitize’s stated goal is that the token is backed by actual shares held in custody, so investors receive the economic and governance rights associated with those shares.

Trading for the tokenized stocks is scheduled to begin on Solana, a high-throughput blockchain frequently used for token issuance and decentralized trading. Solana provides the settlement layer that can enable faster transfer of token ownership compared with traditional brokerage systems. Securitize says it plans to expand the trading venues over time, including listings on NYSE and OKX-ICE, which are described in the report as intended trading or access venues for the tokenized instruments.

For Apple investors, the inclusion of AAPL is notable mainly because it indicates that tokenization efforts are moving beyond “tokenized funds” and single-country pilots into wrappers that point directly at large, widely followed equities. The Apple and other company names named in the report do not imply corporate endorsement in the announcement itself, but they do indicate broad demand from platforms seeking liquid, internationally recognized share references for tokenized markets.

In market structure terms, venues like NYSE and OKX-ICE are relevant because they determine how traders can access and execute orders for the tokens. OKX-ICE is associated with the exchange and trading-infrastructure ecosystem around OKX, while NYSE is a major traditional market. When tokenized instruments are routed through multiple venues, it can change liquidity and investor access patterns, even if the underlying token economics are meant to stay consistent.

Securitize’s stated emphasis on dividends and voting rights addresses a common criticism of earlier tokenization products. Many crypto-linked offerings have focused on price exposure and convenience, but not on the administrative realities of shareholder entitlements. The report’s description of one-to-one backing suggests a mechanism intended to reduce those gaps by tying token ownership to the same rights held by share owners.

Still, the Decrypt-backed report does not provide full operational detail. It does not spell out custody arrangements, the precise legal structure used to link tokens to underlying shares, the jurisdictional eligibility rules for different investors, or how corporate actions such as stock splits, mergers, or dividend declarations are processed through the token lifecycle. Those elements are often the difference between a tokenization concept and a scalable, compliant market product.

What to watch next is whether the planned move to additional venues proceeds as described and whether the product expands beyond the initial set of 12 companies. Market participants will likely pay attention to transparency around custody, investor eligibility, and corporate action handling, since those issues determine how reliably tokenized shares can deliver on the promise of dividend and voting continuity.