DeFi· ★★★· bullish·

Backpack lists tokenized BlackRock shares on Solana

  • —$BLK token is live on Solana and redeemable 1:1 for BlackRock shares
  • —Tokenized stocks on Solana recorded over $4.9 billion in volume in H1 2026
  • —Backpack had listed about 200 tokenized stocks by September 2026
  • —CEO Armani Ferrante aims to eventually support 10,000 symbols
Why it matters: The expansion of tokenized equities on Solana intensifies competition with traditional brokers and could draw capital into on-chain trading.
Source: Crypto Briefing