After completing its $4.2 billion acquisition of Equiniti, Bullish (NASDAQ:BLSH) has announced it will put its entire equity structure on-chain. The crypto exchange is tapping Solana to tokenize its 151 million shares.
Bullish CEO Reveals Launching Tokenized BLSH Shares On Solana
CEO Tom Farley recently made the announcement at the Consensus 2026 stage. In a live demonstration, Farley used Phantom to share wallet tokens with the real person without any intermediaries.
He was able to perform a live wallet-to-wallet transfer without any intermediaries and spotlighted the utility of the new infrastructure. The exchange has tokenized 151 million shares on the Solana blockchain. It represents one of the most tangible tokenized equity deployments by an exchange listed crypto company so far.
The Equiniti deal is at the heart of Bullish’s expansion into the tokenized securities ecosystem. For context, the London-based transfer agent is the registry and payments processor for nearly 3,000 large public companies.
It also processes approximately $500 billion in payments annually. Moreover, it has more than 20 million verified shareholders worldwide.
Thus, Bullish plans to incorporate those features into their current blockchain platform. Bullish aims to expand their ecosystem with capabilities extending from token creation to compliance, trading, and liquidity services.
The deal’s strategic rationale is a straight shot to the goal of tokenization changing capital markets. The partnership will enable the exchange to operate as a one-stop provider in between blockchain based settlement and traditional methods in finance.
It thus aims to combine Bullish’s on-chain infrastructure and Equiniti’s proven experience in traditional finance. However, the markets were slow to respond to the news. The BLSH stock price fell nearly 2% in pre-market trading on Thursday, May 7.
The Ripple Partnership In Spotlight
The Equiniti acquisition is not the only acquisition that is changing Bullish’s product mix. As CoinGape reported earlier, on April 29, the exchange announced a collaboration with Ripple.
This initiative allows the RLUSD stablecoin settled Bitcoin options markets to be accessed by Ripple Prime clients. The integration expands upon Bullish’s extensive suite of products, such as spot, perpetual futures and dated futures.
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