tZERO Group, Inc., a key player focused on blockchain and tokenization for capital markets, and Voatz, a firm specializing in secure mobile voting, announced a collaboration in order to deliver blockchain‑backed proxy voting.
tZERO as well as its broker-dealer subsidiaries were reportedly among the first to bring private securities on-chain, thus helping with “establishing the broker-dealer-led infrastructure for the issuance, trading and custody of tokenized securities in the US.”
As blockchain tech gains more momentum across private and public markets, tZERO is said to be aligning its regulated market infrastructure with Voatz’ identity‑verified voting platform “to power a new era of transparent, secure, and efficient corporate governance.”
The product vision includes plans for providing “governance solutions for late-stage private companies, tokenized real‑world assets and DAOs and other distributed entities.”
tZERO also expects to offer this solution to its tokenized securities and RWA clients as “part of its end-to-end solution set for private markets.”
This partnership advances tZERO’s vision of uniting traditional market infrastructure with the “efficiencies of digital finance.” By integrating security, and transparency, tZERO is reshaping “how capital formation and ownership evolve in the Web3 economy.”
Voatz is a described as a mobile-first elections platform backed by security, biometrics and a blockchain-backed infrastructure. Voatz has “served more than 5 million voters across 150 elections in 8 countries.”
In 2018, Voatz ran the first mobile vote in U.S. Federal Election history, and, in 2020, Voatz became “the first blockchain-based election system to be used for voting in the U.S. Presidential Elections.”
Voatz was selected by multiple jurisdictions in Canada for the 2022 Ontario Municipal Elections and was used in the 2024 Presidential Elections in Mexico.
As covered, tZERO Group, Inc. and its broker-dealer subsidiaries offer a liquidity platform for private firms and assets.
They aim to provide institutional-grade solutions for issuers looking to digitize their capital table via blockchain tech, and make such equity available for trading on “an alternative trading system.”
tZERO, via its broker-dealer subsidiaries, democratizes “access to private assets by providing a simple, automated, and efficient trading venue to broker-dealers, institutions, and investors.”