
The world’s largest clearing and settlement firm has just picked $XLM as its tokenization backbone for over $114 trillion in assets under custody. DTCC, which processed $4.7 quadrillion in securities transactions last year, will anchor DTC-custodied assets on Stellar’s network starting H1 2027. The move sidesteps $ETH and its L2s entirely, with institutions favoring $XLM’s compliance‑minded architecture and built‑in asset controls that allow forced transfers or burns when needed.

