Dinari Inc. and tZERO Group, Inc. announced a strategic partnership on July 8, 2026. The collaboration aims to give broker-dealers a unified, regulated framework for offering tokenized U.S. equities through a single integration point. Dinari specializes in dShares, digital tokens that represent ownership in US public company stocks.
These tokens maintain core equity features—including dividend distributions, proxy voting rights, corporate action handling, and a direct legal claim on the underlying shares—while adding blockchain advantages such as faster settlement and broader accessibility.
Each dShare is backed one-to-one by the actual security held in licensed custody.
Dinari’s affiliated broker-dealer entity received regulatory approval in 2025, positioning it as an early mover in compliant tokenized equity issuance. tZERO brings established infrastructure for digital asset markets.
The firm provides regulated brokerage, custody, clearing, settlement, and shareholder servicing capabilities tailored for institutional and partner platforms.
Its systems support both traditional finance workflows and emerging on-chain applications.
By combining Dinari’s tokenization and issuance technology with tZERO’s end-to-end market infrastructure, the partners seek to eliminate the need for broker-dealers to build complex systems from scratch.
The joint solution covers the full lifecycle of tokenized equities: product launch, trading, custody, clearing, settlement, and ongoing servicing.
This “turnkey” approach is designed to let traditional firms add tokenized offerings as seamlessly as conventional securities.
Executives from both companies underscored the practical focus.
Dinari Co-Founder and CEO Gabriel Otte stated that tokenized equities will achieve widespread use only when broker-dealers can offer them with the same ease as standard stocks.
The partnership supplies the essential components for launching and expanding these products while creating infrastructure for new services built around tokenized assets.
The ultimate aim, he noted, is to give investors greater flexibility and utility with their equity holdings.
tZERO Chairman and CEO Alan Konevsky emphasized that broker-dealers require more than just tokenized assets—they need compliant, operationally simple solutions with sound economics.
The collaboration delivers a concrete path for firms to enter tokenized securities markets by integrating issuance, trading, custody, clearing, settlement, and asset servicing.
It bridges conventional markets and decentralized finance elements through trusted, regulated channels.
Key capabilities enabled by the framework include:
- 24/7 trading for eligible tokenized equities across integrated venues
- Fractional share execution to support dollar-based investing and automated
- Stablecoin-based settlement and dividend processing
- Automated corporate actions, governance, proxy voting, and shareholder communications
- Flexible custody options, ranging from omnibus accounts to individual self-custody wallets
- API connectivity for broker-dealers, fintechs, RIAs, and other platforms
Future developments may extend to permissioned on-chain liquidity, collateral, and financing tools, as well as issuer-sponsored programs to expand distribution and engagement.
The partnership advances Dinari’s broader dShares Financial Network vision.
This ecosystem connects broker-dealers, exchanges, issuers, custodians, and other regulated participants to foster deeper liquidity, more efficient post-trade processes, and expanded commercial opportunities in tokenized capital markets.
By reducing technical and operational barriers, the Dinari-tZERO collaboration could accelerate adoption of tokenized equities among traditional financial intermediaries. It represents a pragmatic bridge between established securities markets and blockchain innovation, potentially unlocking new efficiencies and product possibilities for investors and institutions.