Coinbase (COIN) mentioned it plans to introduce tokenized shares backed one-for-one by underlying U.S. equities, becoming a member of the rising competitors amongst crypto corporations and conventional monetary corporations to convey shares onto blockchain networks.
In a post on X on Tuesday, the alternate mentioned “the primary actual, 1:1 backed tokenized shares are coming,” permitting customers to personal, commerce, maintain and redeem the securities onchain whereas routinely receiving dividends.
The announcement comes forward of a product occasion scheduled for 3 p.m. ET Tuesday, by which the corporate, finest often called a crypto alternate, is anticipated to unveil a collection of choices spanning buying and selling and monetary companies.
“For the primary time, these are actual 1:1 backed tokenized shares you possibly can belief,” CEO Brian Armstrong mentioned in a press release. “You personal an precise piece of the corporate onchain.”
Armstrong mentioned the merchandise differ from many current tokenized inventory choices, which are sometimes structured as derivatives or artificial exposures fairly than direct possession pursuits.
“Different present options are some type of by-product or IOU — not actual possession,” he mentioned. “Our tokenized shares will give all the advantages of true possession (e.g. dividend upside), with all the advantages of tokenized property.”
