SBI Holdings Partners with Startale for Tokenized Stock Platform

SBI Holdings has established a joint venture with Startale to enter the tokenized stock market. The new on-chain platform will facilitate trading of tokenized equities and real-world assets.

Key points:

SBI manages over 11 trillion yen ($74 billion) in assets and serves more than 65 million customers.
The venture aims for 24/7 trading of tokenized U.S. and Japanese stocks with near-instant settlement.
Features include fractional ownership, institutional-grade custody, and real-time compliance monitoring.
The platform will focus on interoperability and accessibility for global users.

Yoshitaka Kitao, SBI's CEO, emphasized that this shift could lead to the digitalization of capital markets, including exchanges.