DTCC to connect $114T clearinghouse to Stellar by 2027!

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the clearinghouse sitting at the center of U.S. market infrastructure with oversight of more than $114 trillion in assets, announced Wednesday it plans to connect its tokenized securities platform to the Stellar (XLM) network by the first half of 2027. The integration, announced jointly with the Stellar Development Foundation, would support issuance, settlement, and lifecycle management of blockchain-based versions of traditional securities — including Russell 1000 stocks, ETFs, and U.S. Treasury instruments.

The Stellar tie-up is part of DTCC's explicitly multi-chain strategy: DTCC's global head of digital assets Nadine Chakar confirmed the firm plans to connect to "multiple layer-1 and layer-2 networks," meaning tokenized assets custodied by DTCC's Depository Trust Company won't be locked to a single chain.