The Avalanche blockchain will supply the ledger that records and settles trades for a planned tokenized-securities venue affiliated with the New York Stock Exchange, Ava Labs announced Nov. 9.
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The upcoming alternative trading system (ATS) is intended to offer round-the-clock trading, clearing, and settlement, subject to regulatory approvals. Avalanche will provide the core ledger technology to the platform's clearing firm.
Dennis Lee, NYSE's head of digital issuance, said in the Ava Labs release that the ledger needed speed, reliability, predictable costs, developers, and the ability to “let us control who can take part.”
Lee also said the platform would support equities on a range of blockchains, so the announced clearing-ledger choice does not require every security traded on the venue to use Avalanche as its issuance chain.
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In its implementation explanation, Avalanche said institutions can tailor performance, capacity, costs and network participation to their operational requirements. Avalanche presents that flexibility as a way to meet a market operator's requirements, including control over participation.
How investors would reach the venue
NYSE parent Intercontinental Exchange outlined the platform on Jan. 19, with distribution through non-discriminatory access for qualified broker-dealers.
The design paired NYSE's Pillar matching engine with blockchain-based post-trade systems, along with planned dollar-sized orders, stablecoin funding, and immediate settlement.
ICE's earlier tokenized-securities plan described those access and settlement features without naming the blockchains it would use. November's announcement supplies the clearing-ledger choice for that earlier plan.
NYSE's Nov. 2 update reaffirmed distribution through participating broker-dealers and said regulatory approval remained pending.
Brokers above. Avalanche beneath.
The planned NYSE-affiliated ATS would distribute access through broker-dealers, with Avalanche supplying its clearing ledger. Regulatory approval is still required.
Proposed NYSE venue: broker access above an Avalanche clearing ledgerInvestors would reach a planned NYSE-affiliated ATS through participating broker-dealers. Avalanche supplies the clearing firm's core ledger. Approval remains required. Broker distribution was in January's design; Avalanche was named November 9.PROPOSED STRUCTURE · AS OF NOV. 9, 2026InvestorEligibility unspecified
Participatingbroker-dealer
NYSE-affiliated ATSPillar trade matching
CLEARING FIRM'S CORE LEDGERAvalancheRecords and settles trades
Control overledger participation
THE NEW DEVELOPMENT
Jan. 19Nov. 9Broker access in the designAvalanche ledger selected
Broker route to the proposed NYSE venue and Avalanche ledgerInvestor access through participating broker-dealers leads to a planned NYSE-affiliated ATS. Avalanche underpins the clearing firm's ledger. Broker access predates the November 9 ledger selection.PROPOSED STRUCTURE · NOV. 9, 2026InvestorEligibility unspecified
Participatingbroker-dealer
NYSE-affiliated ATSPillar trade matching
CLEARING FIRM'S CORE LEDGERAvalancheRecords and settles tradesParticipation controls
THE NEW DEVELOPMENT
Jan. 19Broker access in the designNov. 9Avalanche ledger selected
November names the clearing ledger; broker access was already in the January design.
The venue is upcoming and subject to regulatory approvals. Individual investor eligibility and account rules are unspecified. Ledger participation controls are not a complete customer eligibility policy.
Sources and evidence
Sources
- Ava Labs announcement, Nov. 9, 2026
- ICE venue design, Jan. 19, 2026
- NYSE operator update, Nov. 2, 2026
- Ava Labs announced on Nov. 9, 2026 that Avalanche will supply the core ledger technology to the clearing firm supporting an upcoming NYSE-affiliated digital alternative trading system for tokenized securities. [1]
- The Nov. 9 Ava Labs release describes the platform as upcoming and says its planned 24/7 trading, clearing and settlement are subject to applicable regulatory approvals. [1]
- NYSE's January 19 design provided for venue distribution through non-discriminatory access to all qualified broker-dealers. [2]
- NYSE's Nov. 2 operator update again described a venue pending regulatory approval, with distribution through non-discriminatory access to participating broker-dealers. [3]
- The published broker-dealer distribution model points investors toward participating intermediaries rather than establishing direct access merely by holding a blockchain wallet. [2] [3]
- Reported statement NYSE digital-issuance head Dennis Lee said the settlement ledger needs reliability, predictable costs, developers and control over who participates, and said Avalanche meets those needs. [1]
- ICE's January design combines NYSE's Pillar matching engine with blockchain-based post-trade systems and includes dollar-sized orders, stablecoin funding and immediate settlement as planned features. [2]
Supporting facts
Method
Schematic of the published access model and announced division between matching and clearing. The dates mark announcements. Arrows show functional relationships, not a verified transaction sequence, money movement, or a live system.
Scope
The venue is upcoming and subject to regulatory approvals. Individual investor eligibility and account rules are unspecified. Ledger participation controls are not a complete customer eligibility policy.
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NYSE's November update describes both third-party custodial tokens and issuer-sponsored tokenized securities as fungible with traditionally issued shares, carrying the same dividends and governance rights.
The intended use of blockchain for settlement would sit alongside those familiar ownership rights.