Distributors: guide to integrate T-REX Engine APIs

Overview

The issuance and distribution of financial assets—whether traditional or blockchain-based—require a comprehensive and interconnected infrastructure. Within this ecosystem, various participants such as legal advisors, asset servicers, and distributors play critical roles in ensuring compliance, managing operations, and facilitating market access. As blockchain technology becomes increasingly integrated into capital markets, distributors must adopt new technical capabilities to engage seamlessly with tokenized assets and decentralized networks.

When assets are tokenized, the core infrastructure shifts toward distributed ledger technology (DLT), where compliance, permissions, and asset management can be enforced programmatically through smart contracts. This transition enhances transparency and efficiency but also demands robust technology stacks capable of bridging traditional financial systems with blockchain environments. Distributors, in particular, benefit from standardized, API-driven interfaces that allow them to interact with tokenized securities, manage investor onboarding, and execute compliant transfers within a regulated ecosystem.

Standards such as ERC-3643 provide the foundation for this interoperability. By defining a widely accepted framework for permissioned tokens, ERC-3643 simplifies the technical and regulatory complexity of token issuance and distribution. Adopting this standard enables financial institutions and distributors to accelerate their integration timelines, reduce custom development, and ensure compatibility with a growing global network of blockchain-based asset service providers.

Tokeny’s Distribution Framework builds upon ERC-3643 by delivering a complete suite of APIs and user interfaces designed for both Web2 and blockchain environments. These APIs allow distributors to connect directly to smart contract infrastructures, manage tokenized asset operations, and integrate blockchain functionality within their existing compliance and back-office systems. Through standardized endpoints and authentication mechanisms, distributors can interact securely with multiple blockchain networks—public or private—while maintaining seamless interoperability with KYC/AML providers, custodians, payment rails, and DeFi protocols.

By leveraging Tokeny’s Distribution Framework, financial distributors gain immediate access to a compliant, scalable, and interoperable blockchain ecosystem. This approach not only reduces technical barriers but also accelerates the adoption of tokenized assets in mainstream finance, enabling efficient and secure asset distribution across a decentralized infrastructure.

Distributor integration journey

  1. Getting started with T-REX Engine APIs
  2. Accessing the Catalog of assets
  3. Qualifying investors
  4. Routing primary market orders
  5. Routing secondary market orders (coming soon)
  6. Connecting to DeFi protocols (coming soon)