Lise Exchange Secures EU Approval for First Blockchain Stock Trading Platform

Lise Exchange, a French financial technology company, has received authorization from three national regulators to operate the first trading platform in the European Union that handles stock transactions entirely using blockchain technology. This marks a significant step towards modernizing securities markets through distributed ledger systems that enable 24/7 trading and immediate settlement. The platform combines two traditionally separate functions – matching buyers and sellers, and recording share ownership – leveraging blockchain technology to create tokenized equities that exist as cryptographic records while maintaining full shareholder rights.