tZERO Group, Inc., a blockchain-powered multi-asset infrastructure provider, announced a partnership with Polymath, the company behind Polymesh – an L1 blockchain built for real-world assets. The partnership brings together Polymath’s RWA blockchain tech and tZERO’s broker-dealer and tokenization capabilities to support issuers seeking to “tokenize assets on the Polymesh network.”
Polymath and tZERO will aim to support issuers interested in tokenizing on Polymesh while “leveraging tZERO’s infrastructure – including the potential for tZERO Securities to serve as broker-dealer of record where applicable.”
This collab enables issuers to complete primary offerings on Polymesh through tZERO’s tokenization and compliance workflows and, “where eligible, access secondary trading on tZERO’s SEC-regulated Alternative Trading System (ATS).”
The combined model streamlines issuer onboarding, “enhances regulatory confidence, and provides a pathway from issuance to lifecycle management.”
As part of the relationship, tZERO will also operate “a validator node on Polymesh, underscoring a commitment to the network’s governance, security, and long-term ecosystem development.”
Polymesh is said to be designed for regulated financial assets, “offering native identity, compliance, and governance frameworks.”
Pairing Polymath’s L1 chain architecture with tZERO’s regulatory and market structure expertise provides “issuers with a combined solution that is purpose-built for real-world tokenization at institutional scale.”
This collab strengthens the RWA ecosystem by “aligning Polymath’s L1 chain governance with tZERO’s regulated stack, enabling a foundation for issuers looking to launch, manage, and grow digital asset programs.”
Polymath is the fintech company tokenizing the global financial system.
The company is “transforming the private securities market with a white-label SaaS platform that tokenizes real-world assets.”
As mentioned in the announcement, Polymath lets issuers “design compliant, efficient issuance flows while integrating via APIs with custodians, fund-management platforms, cap-table tools, CRM systems, and KYC/AML providers.”
Polymath now reportedly brings “security, liquidity, and efficiency to private markets.”
Polymesh is described as an institutional-grade permissioned blockchain “built specifically for regulated assets.”
It streamlines traditional workflows and “opens the door to new financial instruments by solving challenges around governance, identity, compliance, confidentiality, and settlement.”
As noted in the update, tZERO Group, Inc. and its broker-dealer subsidiaries provide a “liquidity platform for private companies and assets.”
They offer solutions for issuers “looking to digitize their capital table through 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.”
As covered, tZERO Digital Asset Securities, LLC is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and a member of FINRA and SIPC.
It is the broker-dealer custodian of all digital asset securities that are “offered on tZERO’s online brokerage platform.”
It operates in accordance “with the SEC’s statement, dated Dec 23, 2020, regarding the Custody of Digital Asset Securities by Special Purpose Broker-Dealers.”
