Kimber Labs: Associated company obtains qualification as a U.S. broker-dealer, plans to put U.S. stocks and other asset rights on-chain

According to CoinDesk, Kimber Labs, operating under the Plume brand, announced that its affiliate Kimber Digital Securities (KDS) has completed registration with the U.S. SEC and received approval for membership from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Finra), becoming a broker-dealer.

The company stated that this registration allows KDS clients to access the U.S. securities depository DTC. Once KDS is launched, investors will be able to hold digital rights to eligible stocks, ETFs, and bonds in self-custody wallets while retaining book-entry evidence recorded by DTC. KDS will also support stablecoin applications to provide users with SEC-regulated interest-bearing products, including tokenized shares of funds managed by leading U.S. asset management firms.