The New York Stock Exchange has been testing Avalanche blockchain technology for approximately one year as part of its infrastructure development for tokenized securities, according to Ava Labs President Charley Cooper. The testing represents the exchange's exploration of blockchain solutions for its tokenization business.
Avalanche is implementing a network upgrade scheduled for Sept. 22 that reduces validator lockup periods from weeks to 48 hours, while introducing auto-renewal features and new requirements for earning full cycle rewards.
Latin American telecommunications company VIVA has partnered with Iris, an Avalanche-based platform led by former IBM Blockchain partner Jules Miller, to use stablecoins for settlement, dollar reserves, and new financial services without replacing existing telecom infrastructure.
Aave Labs announced plans to launch the Aave V4 RWA Hub on Avalanche, a dedicated real-world asset credit market that would allow institutions to borrow USA₮ stablecoins against tokenized collateral. Both the hub and USA₮ listing require Aave DAO approval, with no launch date specified.
Indian agricultural warehouse company Arya.ag is putting records for approximately $2 billion in stored crops and grain-backed loans onto an Avalanche-based blockchain. The initiative tokenizes grain deposits, warehouse receipts, and loans for agricultural lenders in India.
Charles Schwab announced plans to add Solana (SOL), Avalanche (AVAX) and Chainlink (LINK) to its crypto trading platform in the coming months, expanding beyond its current Bitcoin and Ethereum offerings to nearly 40 million brokerage accounts.
Securitize and Neuberger launched the Neuberger Securitize High Income Tokenized Fund (HINC), a tokenized fixed-income fund investing primarily in high-yield bonds. The fund operates across Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, and Sui blockchains, marking Neuberger's first engagement as subadvisor to a tokenized fund.
The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has launched a blockchain-based system for verifying academic credentials, placing over 30 million education records on the Avalanche C-Chain to enable instant certificate verification for job seekers and recruiters.
Japan's dominant security token platform completed migration of ¥452 billion ($3 billion) in regulated assets from Corda 5 to a dedicated Avalanche L1, achieving 3–5x faster transfers. Concurrently, BlackRock's BUIDL fund on Avalanche surged 105% in seven days to surpass $900 million.
Galaxy shareholders holding tokenized GLXY shares will be able to participate in proxy voting on-chain in May through a partnership with Broadridge. This represents the first implementation of on-chain corporate governance for tokenized securities.
