Broadridge expands tokenized securities infrastructure amid Wall Street blockchain push

Broadridge Financial Solutions announced a significant expansion of its governance infrastructure for tokenized securities on April 6, 2026, extending its market-leading proxy voting and disclosure solutions to digital assets. The new capability enables public companies, funds, broker-dealers, wealth managers, and institutional and retail investors to manage proxy voting, corporate actions, and shareholder disclosures across both traditional and tokenized securities within their existing platforms and workflows. This initiative directly addresses a critical bottleneck in the tokenization adoption cycle: the absence of scalable, compliant governance mechanisms for digital assets.

Galaxy Digital, which previously announced itself as the first U.S. public company to issue native tokenized equity on a major public blockchain, will serve as the platform's flagship use case. Galaxy will leverage Broadridge's infrastructure to conduct its annual shareholder meeting and proxy vote in May 2026, marking a material milestone in public market tokenization. Mike Novogratz, Founder and CEO of Galaxy, stated: "Proxy voting is a core feature of equity ownership and bringing proxy voting on-chain for a public company is not theoretical anymore. With Broadridge, we're combining the credibility of traditional market infrastructure with the advantages of blockchain to deliver a more efficient model for shareholders."

Broadridge's existing tokenization infrastructure is already processing $8 trillion in tokenized assets monthly, demonstrating the velocity at which digital asset adoption is accelerating across institutional finance. The governance platform complements this scale by ensuring that tokenized securities can function within regulatory and operational frameworks familiar to market participants. The solution addresses voting capabilities for securities held across multiple custody arrangements—brokerage accounts, custodial platforms, digital wallets, and direct holdings—eliminating fragmentation in what remains a nascent but rapidly expanding market segment.

Tim Gokey, CEO of Broadridge, characterized the expansion as essential infrastructure: "Ensuring accurate, scalable, and cost-effective governance has never been more critical to supporting the growth of tokenized equities." The platform's integration into existing Broadridge systems leverages the company's established relationships and operational credibility, potentially positioning it as the de facto governance standard as tokenized equities move from pilot programs to mainstream adoption. This infrastructure play reflects a broader transition across Wall Street, where blockchain-based tokenization is shifting from theoretical discussion to operational reality.