According to ChainCatcher, Morgan Stanley has reached an agreement to acquire Vinyl Equity, a digital stock transfer agency and shareholder recordkeeping platform registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

The acquisition will add stock transfer agency services to Morgan Stanley at Work, integrating cap table management, equity compensation management, share transfers, and wealth management to provide businesses and shareholders with integrated services across private and public markets. Morgan Stanley said the acquisition will also strengthen its digital asset ecosystem, providing key infrastructure for future asset tokenization plans. Vinyl’s digital technology is expected to advance the way equity ownership is recorded, transferred, and managed, while aligning with developments in blockchain technology, atomic settlement, and asset tokenization. The transaction remains subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2027.