Bullish Picks Solana, Aptos and Ethereum for Issuer-Sponsored Tokenized Shares

Bullish has selected Solana, Aptos and Ethereum as the first blockchain networks for its issuer-sponsored equity-tokenization services, giving issuers a choice of public chains for tokenized shares. The November 3 announcement follows a New York Stock Exchange demonstration in which Bullish and transfer agent Equiniti moved 61 million reserved Bullish shares on Solana.

The selection broadens an initiative that Bullish had previously demonstrated on Solana and applied to its own equity. Under the model outlined by the company, blockchain tokens can be distributed across multiple networks, while the transfer agent continues to hold the official ownership record.

Bullish adds Aptos and Ethereum after Solana transfer demonstration

Bullish said Solana, Aptos and Ethereum will be its initial network partners for issuer-sponsored tokenized equity. The arrangement is designed to give corporate issuers a choice of blockchain rather than limit tokenized-share distribution to a single chain.

The company and Equiniti demonstrated a transfer of 61 million reserved Bullish shares at the NYSE on October 27. Bullish said the Solana-based transfer completed in seconds. The event supplied a live demonstration of the process before the company set out its three-network approach the following week.

The 61 million shares were described as reserved Bullish shares, an important distinction from a general announcement that all listed shares would move across chains. The supplied announcement does not set out a broader volume target for third-party issuers or specify how issuance will be divided among the selected networks.

Solana therefore remains the network on which Bullish has publicly demonstrated a transfer. Aptos and Ethereum join the program as selected networks, extending the potential distribution footprint beyond that initial proof point.

Transfer agents remain the official ownership record

The company’s proposed operating structure leaves the transfer agent at the center of the shareholder-record system. Bullish said the official record of ownership for tokenized shares will remain with the transfer agent, even as support is extended across different public blockchains.

Bullish’s model keeps the authoritative ownership record with the transfer agent while distributing tokens across public networks; the on-chain token is not presented as a substitute for the official register.

Bullish said multi-network support is intended to reach investors on different public blockchains. The announcement does not describe network-specific eligibility rules, custody arrangements or transfer processes, so those implementation details remain outside the information currently disclosed.

Equiniti’s role in the NYSE demonstration places a transfer agent in the process from the outset. It also gives Bullish a framework for expanding from its own tokenized shares to services intended for other issuers without changing where the company says the official record resides.

From Bullish’s cap table to issuer-sponsored shares

Bullish has already used tokenization for its own equity. On May 5, it announced the tokenization of its ordinary shares on Solana, saying it had become the first NYSE-listed company to fully tokenize its equity cap table.

That earlier step provides the company’s clearest precedent for the issuer-sponsored service now being outlined. The latest announcement shifts the emphasis from a Solana-only implementation involving Bullish’s own shares to a network selection intended to provide issuers with more than one blockchain option.

A Bullish investor-relations filing described the tokenized BLSH shares that began trading on Bullish Exchange in August as issuer-sponsored direct ownership, rather than synthetic exposure or third-party-wrapped instruments.

The distinction is central to how Bullish is positioning the shares. Its prior rollout involved tokens tied directly to the issuer’s own equity, and the new services are framed as issuer-sponsored tokenization rather than a product built around derivative or wrapped stock exposure.

Aptos and Ethereum timing remains unannounced

The Token Press reported that Bullish selected Aptos and Ethereum alongside Solana, but has not disclosed launch dates or otherwise publicly attached a timeline to the two networks’ deployment.

The plan currently consists of three initial network choices, a Solana demonstration involving 61 million reserved Bullish shares, and a transfer-agent recordkeeping model.

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