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tZERO Named a 2026 Info-Tech Innovator of the Year Award Winner tZERO’s transfer agent platform unifies traditional and tokenized share classes onto a single cap table with synchronized on-chain ownership records tZERO Group, Inc. ("@tZERO"), the Infrastructure-as-a-Service company powering the tokenized economy, today announced it has been named a winner of the Innovator of the Year Award as part of the 2026 Info-Tech Awards. Presented by Info-Tech Research Group (@infotechRG), a global IT research and advisory firm, the award recognizes organizations that have implemented innovative technology initiatives to solve business challenges, improve operational efficiency and deliver results. tZERO’s award centered on its transfer agent, developed to bring blockchain-based securities into the same process used to administer traditional shares. The platform connects to more than 20 blockchains and combines tokenization with established transfer agent functions, including ownership recordkeeping, compliance and corporate actions. “Transfer agency still relies heavily on batch files and manual reconciliation, and tokenization can end up adding another ledger to manage,” said Chris Russell, EVP, Chief Technology & Security Officer at tZERO. “We built our platform so the official shareholder register and blockchain record are one book, not two to reconcile. Traditional and tokenized share classes sit on the same cap table, with compliance and corporate actions built into the workflow.” Built as a modular platform with APIs, a white label platform, pluggable blockchain adapters and Halborn-audited smart contracts, the system processes standard transfer agent files on-chain with penny-level precision. It also automates certain corporate actions, including USDC dividend distributions and dividend reinvestment. Each record change is documented with before-and-after values, providing compliance teams with an audit trail. Issuers can manage cap tables, distributions and employee equity in one place, while investors and employees can access a self-service view of their holdings. By using industry-standard transfer agent formats, tZERO’s platform allows institutions to incorporate tokenized securities administration into existing workflows. Offered through tZERO’s Infrastructure-as-a-Service model, its transfer agent and tokenization capabilities can be integrated through APIs and white label solutions, allowing institutional partners to expand their digital asset services without building the underlying technology and regulatory infrastructure themselves. Read the full announcement: tzero.com/news/tzero-named-a…

@tZERO and @ICE_Markets have entered into a set of agreements to help build the infrastructure for the next generation of public securities markets. Under a new MOU, tZERO will serve as a premier design partner for digital transfer agent and broker-dealer infrastructure intended to support on-chain settlement on ICE’s upcoming NYSE-affiliated tokenized securities platform. ICE has also agreed to participate in tZERO’s latest financing round – deepening a relationship that now extends across investment, technology and market infrastructure. As part of the agreements, ICE will license tZERO’s blockchain patent portfolio for use in the platform and other potential applications. The companies will also explore the use of tZERO tokenized assets for collateral management across ICE clearing houses and affiliates. For more than a decade, tZERO has been building regulated, end-to-end infrastructure for tokenized securities. This relationship represents an important opportunity to bring that experience, technology and intellectual property to public equities at institutional scale. Public markets are coming on-chain. tZERO is helping build the rails. 🔗 tzero.com/news/tzero-and-ice…

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