2014-2016

Genesis

Proving that a real security could live on blockchain.

• 2014FOUNDED

  A company built to rewire markets

  tZERO launches under Overstock's Medici Ventures with a single thesis: capital markets belong on-chain.

• 2015WORLD’S FIRST

  First blockchain-based patent filed

  Crypto Integration Platform – foundational architecture for blockchain-based securities and financial assets.

• 2016BLOCKCHAIN-BASED SECURITY

  The first SEC-registered public digital security

  tZERO technology powers OSTKP – the first SEC-registered security issued and settled on a blockchain in the US

• 2016ATS APPROVAL

  A regulated venue for secondary trading

  SEC-regulated alternative trading system purpose-built for digital securities goes live.

2017-2022

The Rails

Patents, a regulated venue, and the first live trades.

• 2017SECURITY TOKEN OFFERING (STO)

  $134M raised

  tZERO launched its offering of rights to acquire TZROP through a Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE). Funding closed in 2018 with the issuance of preferred equity tokens, marking one of the first and largest fully compliant STOs in the US.

• 2018PATENT ENGINE

  Second wave of patent filings

  Patents including compliance-aware tokens, splittable security tokens, upgradeable smart contracts, broker-dealer identity systems, and more – today tZERO holds a portfolio of 23 patent families and 105 patents.

• 2019SECONDARY TRADING

  First tokenized securities trade

  tZERO’s TZROP becomes the first continuous, automated secondary trading of a private tokenized security on an SEC-regulated ATS in the US.

• 2022TRANSFER AGENT

  Issuance to settlement, end-to-end

  SEC-registered Transfer Agent capability closes the loop — one regulated stack from cap table to trade.

2024-2025

The Regulatory Moat

Licenses few others hold — broker-dealer, transfer agent, debt.

• 2024SPBD APPROVAL

  Digital Asset Custody

  tZERO is cleared as one of the first special purpose broker-dealers in the U.S. licensed to custody digital asset securities at scale.

• 2024Settlement Network

  Lynq Network

  Lynq launches with participants including Arca Labs, Avalanche, B2C2, Crypto.com, FalconX, Fireblocks, Galaxy, Tassat, tZERO, US Bank and Wintermute.

• 2025CORPORATE DEBT

  Tokenized corporate debt, approved

  FINRA approval extends the platform to bring corporate debt instruments fully on-chain.

2025-2026

The Open Network

Correspondent clearing, self-hosted wallets, multi-chain.

• 2025OMNIBUS CLEARING

  Clearing built for digital assets

  Correspondent clearing with omnibus and individual on-chain wallets brings institutional plumbing to tokens.

• 2025MULTI-CHAIN

  18+ chains, one regulated rail

  Live across chains including Algorand, Avalanche, Aptos, Ethereum, Hedera, Hyperledger, Polygon, Solana, Stellar, and many more – issuers choose the chain.

• 2025SELF-CUSTODY

  Self-hosted wallet support

  Investors can hold regulated tokenized securities in their own self-custody wallets — true ownership.

• 2025ALWAYS ON

  24/7 trading

  Markets that never close: round-the-clock order entry and a 23.5-hour trading day.

• 2026DERIVATIVES MARKETS

  Introducing Broker

  NFA approves expansion into derivatives markets through tZERO Introducing Broker

12 YEARS · ONE STACK

12 Years. Building Foundations.

One regulated stack – tokenization, issuance, secondary trading, custody, clearing and settlement – for the next decade of financial markets.

LEGAL

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