Standard & Poor's Dow Jones Indices is in talks to introduce Tokenized Index on the trading platform and DeFi.

BlockBeats News, August 16th, according to Stephanie Rowton, Director of U.S. Equity Business at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), the company is in discussions with major exchanges, custodians, and DeFi protocols to authorize and list tokenized versions of its benchmark indices. Rowton stated in an interview that the index provider is taking a "strategic approach" to ensure that tokenized S&P products are only launched based on meeting high standards of transparency, security, and regulatory compliance.

She said, "Through establishing these types of partnerships, we hope to collectively contribute to building a robust infrastructure to support the trading and accessibility of our index tokenized versions, ultimately enhancing the investor experience." This move into blockchain comes as institutional interest in tokenized financial products is accelerating. S&P DJI entered the space earlier this year through a tokenization collaboration with Centrifuge, which leverages on-chain data to provide programmable tracking index funds through smart contracts.