Backpack Launches Securities Platform Bridging Traditional and Digital Asset Markets

Backpack Exchange, a regulated global cryptocurrency exchange, has launched Backpack Securities — a new platform that lets investors buy, hold, and trade real stocks backed by U.S. securities infrastructure while also tokenizing those holdings for use across blockchain networks.

The move marks a strategic expansion beyond digital assets into traditional securities and capital markets. Backpack aims to create a single portfolio and platform where traditional stocks and digital assets coexist.

Backpack Securities includes two complementary offerings. The first is a regulated brokerage service that provides real equity ownership through standard U.S. infrastructure. Investors gain access to cash dividends, corporate actions, and ACATS/DTCC rails, all integrated into Backpack's unified portfolio.

The second is a tokenization infrastructure that allows publicly traded securities to move seamlessly between traditional markets and blockchain-based financial networks. Investors can convert traditional security entitlements into tokenized securities and vice versa via the platform. Tokenized securities are transferable across supported blockchains, compatible with wallets and DeFi ecosystems, and available around the clock.

"Backpack was founded on the belief that capital should work as one and move seamlessly across asset types and markets," said CEO Armani Ferrante. "Real equity ownership and blockchain-native access are not competing models; they are two parts of the same financial system."

Brokerage services are set to launch in June 2026. The first tokenized securities will debut on Solana in partnership with Sunrise, bringing tokenized stocks with native liquidity to the Solana ecosystem.

Backpack Exchange, which serves users from over 150 countries and has processed more than $447 billion in trading volume, continues to broaden its product suite from crypto into yield, derivatives, payments, and prediction markets.