A New Standard for Shareholder Participation - Secure, Verified, and Recorded On-Chain

NEW YORK, NY and BOSTON, MA - November 4, 2025 (NEWMEDIAWIRE) - tZERO Group, Inc., a leader in blockchain and tokenization for capital markets, and Voatz, a pioneer in secure mobile voting, today announced a strategic collaboration to deliver blockchain‑backed proxy voting.

tZERO and its broker-dealer subsidiaries were among the first to bring private securities on-chain, establishing the leading broker-dealer-led infrastructure for the issuance, trading, and custody of tokenized securities in the US. As blockchain technology gains momentum across private and public markets, tZERO is aligning its regulated market infrastructure with Voatz’ identity‑verified voting platform to power a new era of transparent, secure, and efficient corporate governance.

“Markets have gone digital - governance should follow,” said Alan Konevsky, CEO of tZERO. “tZERO is reaffirming its roots as a pioneer of blockchain innovation in public markets. By pairing our regulated market infrastructure with Voatz’s verified voting technology, we’re transforming shareholder engagement into a real-time, transparent and accountable process - delivering verifiable truth quickly and seamlessly - not trust through opaque and over-intermediated legacy processes.  We look forward to partnering with a range of transfer agents and other market participants to deliver these solutions.”

“Shareholders deserve a secure, convenient, and verifiable way to vote,” said Nimit Sawhney, Co-Founder and CEO of Voatz. “Our platform provides identity‑verified voting with a blockchain‑backed audit trail. Partnering with tZERO means those votes directly reflect issuer records and can be reported faster, with greater transparency.”

The product vision includes plans for providing governance solutions for late-stage private companies, tokenized real‑world assets and DAOs and other distributed entities. tZERO also expects to offer this solution to its tokenized securities and RWA clients as part of its end-to-end solution set for private markets.  

This partnership advances tZERO’s long-term vision of uniting traditional market infrastructure with the efficiencies of digital finance. By integrating security, automation, and transparency, tZERO is reshaping how capital formation and ownership evolve in the Web3 economy.

Media Contact:

Julie Ros, Head of Marketing & Communications
jros@tzero.com 

Voatz Marketing Team
mktg@voatz.com

 About Voatz

Voatz is an award winning mobile-first elections platform backed by cutting-edge security, biometrics and a blockchain-backed infrastructure. Voatz has successfully served more than 5 million voters across 150 elections in 8 countries. In 2018, Voatz ran the first mobile vote in U.S. Federal Election history, and, in 2020, Voatz became the first blockchain-based election system to be used for voting in the U.S. Presidential Elections. Voatz was selected by multiple jurisdictions in Canada for the 2022 Ontario Municipal Elections and was recently used in the historic 2024 Presidential Elections in Mexico. For more information, please visit our website.

About tZERO

tZERO Group, Inc. (tZERO) and its broker-dealer subsidiaries provide an innovative liquidity platform for private companies and assets. We offer institutional-grade solutions for issuers looking to digitize their capital table through blockchain technology, and make such equity available for trading on an alternative trading system. tZERO, through its broker-dealer subsidiaries, democratizes access to private assets by providing a simple, automated, and efficient trading venue to broker-dealers, institutions, and investors. All technology services are offered through tZERO Technologies, LLC. For more information, please visit our website. 

About tZERO Digital Asset Securities

tZERO Digital Asset Securities, LLC is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and a member of FINRA and SIPC. It is the broker-dealer custodian of all digital asset securities offered on tZERO’s online brokerage platform. It operates in accordance with the SEC’s statement, dated December 23, 2020, regarding the Custody of Digital Asset Securities by Special Purpose Broker-Dealers. Digital asset securities may not be “securities” as defined under the Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA)-and in particular, digital asset securities that are “investment contracts” under the Howey test but are not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission are excluded from SIPA’s definition of “securities”-and thus the protections afforded to securities customers under SIPA may not apply. More information about tZERO Digital Asset Securities may be found on FINRA’s BrokerCheck.

About tZERO Securities, LLC

tZERO Securities, LLC is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and a member of FINRA and SIPC. It is the operator of the tZERO Securities ATS. More information about tZERO Securities may be found on FINRA’s BrokerCheck. 

Investor Notice

Digital asset securities, as well as any particular investment, may not be suitable or appropriate for everyone. Investors should note that investing or trading in securities could involve substantial risks, including no guarantee of returns, costs associated with selling and purchasing, and no assurance of liquidity which could impact their price and investor’s ability to sell, and possible loss of principal invested. There is always the potential of losing money when you invest in securities. There are also unique risks specific to digital asset securities, including, without limitation, fraud, manipulation, theft, and loss. 

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This release is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell, a solicitation to buy, or a recommendation for any security, nor does it constitute an offer to provide investment advisory or other services by tZERO or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, directors or employees. No reference to any specific security constitutes a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold that security or any other security. Nothing in this release shall be considered a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any security, future, option or other financial instrument or to offer or provide any investment advice or service to any person in any jurisdiction. Nothing contained in this release constitutes investment advice or offers any opinion with respect to the suitability of any security, and the views expressed in this release should not be taken as advice to buy, sell or hold any security. In preparing the information contained in this release, we have not taken into account the investment needs, objectives, and financial circumstances of any particular investor. This information has no regard to the specific investment objectives, financial situation, and particular needs of any specific recipient of this information and investments discussed may not be suitable for all investors. Any views expressed in this release by us were prepared based upon the information available to us at the time such views were written. Changed or additional information could cause such views to change. All information is subject to possible corrections. Information may quickly become unreliable for various reasons, including changes in market conditions or economic circumstances.

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