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Every story this desk has filed under custody, most recent first.
The Hardest Problem in Tokenized Equity Is Not Trading, It Is a Stock Split
A tokenized share is easy to move and hard to adjust. Corporate actions, splits, dividends, mergers, spinoffs, force the token to answer for something that happened off the chain, and there is no single accepted way to do it.
Who Actually Holds the Shares Behind a Tokenized Stock, and What They Owe You
Every tokenized equity sits on top of a chain of custody that ends at a real share certificate held by a real institution. Understanding who is holding what, under which legal wrapper, tells you what happens when something goes wrong.
Every issuer says the tokens are fully backed. The question worth asking is what the backing is, who holds it, who checks, and what you can do if the answer turns out to be wrong.
Who Counts as a Holder, and When: The Record Date Problem for Tokenized Stocks
Every dividend, vote and split turns on a snapshot of who owned the share at one instant. Onchain, that instant is a block height, and the two clocks do not agree.
What Settlement Really Means When a Tokenized Stock Changes Hands
The token moves in a block. The share behind it usually does not. This is the gap between onchain finality and the legal transfer of ownership, and who carries the risk while it is open.
What Happens to Your Token When the Company Splits, Merges or Gets Bought
Dividends are the easy corporate action. Splits, mergers, delistings and tender offers are where tokenized equity wrappers actually get tested, because each one changes what the token is supposed to represent.
The SEC's Custody Rewrite Reaches the White House, Which Is Where Rules Go to Be Timed
A proposal to change how investment advisers and funds hold digital assets has been sent for White House review, following the withdrawal of a separate 2023 attempt. Nothing is in force, and the text is not public.
What Happens to a Tokenized Stock When the Company Pays a Dividend
Splits, dividends, mergers and ticker changes are routine in equity markets and awkward onchain. Here is the plumbing that decides whether your token still tracks the share it claims to track.
What a Tokenized Stock Actually Is, and What You Own When You Hold One
A tokenized stock is almost never the share. It is a claim on someone who holds the share, wrapped in code, and the quality of your position depends entirely on who that someone is.