tZERO Connect Launches to Power Institutional Access to Tokenized Markets

tZERO Group, Inc., a leading innovator in blockchain-powered multi-asset infrastructure, has launched tZERO Connect, a new initiative that provides institutions and fintech partners with direct, programmable access to tZERO's regulated infrastructure for digital securities and tokenized real-world assets. This strategic move aligns with tZERO's priorities to facilitate institutional B2B and B2B2C partner access to its infrastructure, potentially reshaping how financial institutions interact with tokenized markets.

The platform offers several key features designed to streamline institutional access to tokenized assets. Tokenization and Issuance APIs enable partners to tokenize and conduct compliant digital securities offerings directly within their own platforms. Secondary Trading APIs, scheduled for launch in late 2025 or early 2026, will power seamless order routing, market data access, and post-trade automation for tokenized assets, including both public and private securities. Data APIs provide access to trade information, order book depth, and best bid/offer data, enabling real-time analytics and integration of market-level insights.

tZERO Connect serves as a partnership-driven gateway that unifies the firm's Application Programming Interface suite and its global partnership network under one banner. This enables banks, broker-dealers, asset managers, and fintech platforms to embed tokenized asset functionality directly within their existing environments. Through these integrations, institutional partners can offer clients compliant digital asset capabilities without requiring investors to leave their native applications, potentially increasing adoption and accessibility of tokenized securities.

The platform's regulated core is built atop tZERO's SEC- and FINRA-regulated broker-dealer, ATS, and special purpose broker-dealer for digital custody, with pending CFTC DCO/DCM applications. This regulatory foundation provides institutional-grade compliance, security, and transparency, addressing key concerns that have historically limited institutional participation in digital asset markets.

Alan Konevsky, CEO of tZERO, stated that their mission is to make it simple for institutions to access the benefits of tokenization in a robust cross-asset and cross-border 24/7 marketplace. tZERO Connect allows partners to plug directly into our ecosystem - bringing tokenized securities to investors where they already are - bridging traditional and digital market infrastructure.

The global collaboration model, described as a follow-the-sun network, connects market leaders and infrastructure innovators such as Alphaledger, Archax and Lynq to expand access to compliant tokenized markets worldwide. This approach uses services provided by Zerohash, Fireblocks and other partners to create a comprehensive ecosystem for tokenized asset trading and management.

With primary issuance APIs now live and secondary trading APIs coming soon, tZERO Connect offers seamless programmatic access to the company's broker-dealer, clearing, custody, and trading capabilities. Partners can route orders, access market data, and manage tokenized securities activity while maintaining full control of their client experience, potentially accelerating the integration of digital assets into traditional financial workflows.

Konevsky emphasized that APIs are the connective tissue of modern financial markets. By combining an API-first mindset with our partnership approach and strategy across supply, demand, global rails, defi connectivity, institutional services and public markets innovation, tZERO Connect builds the rails that let institutions operate seamlessly across asset classes - from traditional to digital.

The launch of tZERO Connect represents a significant step in bridging traditional finance with emerging digital asset infrastructure. By providing regulated, institutional-grade access to tokenized markets through familiar interfaces and workflows, the platform could accelerate the adoption of blockchain technology in mainstream finance while maintaining the compliance and security standards that institutions require. More information about tZERO's services can be found at https://www.tzero.com.