Ohanae Securities LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ohanae, Inc., announced today that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has authorized the expansion of its business activities to include the custody, clearing, settlement, and carrying of crypto asset securities. This landmark authorization, announced on May 26, 2026, marks a significant step toward establishing a regulated market infrastructure for digital securities.
New Capabilities Under FINRA Authorization
The authorization permits Ohanae Securities to provide custody services for crypto asset securities for both customer and proprietary accounts. Additionally, the firm can now clear and settle crypto asset securities, operate as a self-clearing broker-dealer for digital asset securities, retail corporate equity securities over-the-counter, sell corporate debt securities, and conduct private placements of securities.
These expanded activities are conducted within the framework of a FINRA member broker-dealer. It is important to note that this authorization does not constitute an endorsement by FINRA of any specific security, product, or service.
Building a New Generation of Market Infrastructure
According to Ohanae, the authorization establishes the regulatory foundation for the next phase of its mission: building market infrastructure specifically designed for tokenized securities. For decades, capital markets have relied on fragmented systems for issuance, custody, trading, clearing, settlement, and shareholder recordkeeping. While blockchain technology introduced the possibility of tokenized securities, much of the industry's focus has been on tokenizing assets rather than modernizing the underlying infrastructure.
Ohanae was founded on a different premise. The company believes that the future of capital markets requires more than just tokenized securities; it requires purpose-built market infrastructure designed for how securities can be issued, held, traded, settled, and serviced in a digital environment.
CEO Statement on the Milestone
Greg Hauw, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ohanae, commented: "Today's authorization represents a defining milestone for our company and validates years of work building the regulatory foundation for a new category of market infrastructure. The industry has spent years discussing tokenization. We believe the larger opportunity is market structure. Tokenized securities require infrastructure purpose-built for the digital era. This authorization enables us to continue executing that vision within a regulated broker-dealer framework."
Integrated Ecosystem for Tokenized Securities
Ohanae is developing an integrated infrastructure platform designed to unify capital formation, custody, liquidity, settlement, transfer agent services, and blockchain-based recordkeeping within a single ecosystem for tokenized securities. This holistic approach aims to address the inefficiencies of current market systems and provide a seamless experience for digital asset securities.
