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TradingBlock customers see continuity today — and new possibilities for innovation, access,
and efficiency tomorrow
CHICAGO, Jan. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — TradingBlock, recently named the “2025 Best Brokerage for Options Trading” by Benzinga, today announced that it is extending its history of innovation by joining Nant Global Finance, Inc. (“NANT”), a newly formed, fully integrated, blockchain-enabled capital markets platform, subject to final FINRA approvals.
Founded in 2003, TradingBlock is a technology-driven online brokerage designed for active and professional traders seeking control, transparency, and performance. TradingBlock provides electronic trading access to U.S. equities, options, and futures, supported by advanced order routing, customizable interfaces, and professional-grade options trading tools.
Built by traders, TradingBlock draws on decades of real-world experience that began on the Chicago Board Options Exchange trading floor. That heritage continues to shape the firm’s focus on customized execution capabilities, flexible platform design, and tools built to support sophisticated trading strategies.
TradingBlock further differentiates itself through responsive, U.S.-based trade desk support staffed by seasoned trading professionals who understand the urgency and complexity of active trading. The firm serves individual traders, small institutions, asset managers, hedge funds, and registered investment advisors (RIAs) through web-based and mobile platforms.
Joining NANT represents a strategic milestone in TradingBlock’s evolution — one that reinforces its commitment to innovation while preserving the customer experience traders rely on today.
Continuity for Customers, Opportunity for Innovation
There are no changes to TradingBlock’s platforms, tools, or customer relationships today. TradingBlock will continue to operate as a regulated broker-dealer platform, delivering the same high-performance trading experience customers expect.
At the same time, joining NANT gives TradingBlock access to a broader, fully integrated blockchain-based capital markets ecosystem — combining regulated broker-dealers, transfer agents, exchanges, and blockchain-enabled settlement infrastructure. This foundation creates opportunities to enhance transparency, efficiency, and market access over time, while remaining squarely within existing regulatory frameworks.
Through NANT, TradingBlock is positioned to:
Continue delivering professional-grade trading access across equities, options, and futuresExplore digital securities trading aligned with evolving market structure and regulationEvaluate advanced settlement and tokenization technologies, where appropriate and permittedScale innovation while maintaining strong investor protections and regulatory discipline
“TradingBlock has always believed that better technology and broader access lead to better markets,” said Jere Wickert, CEO of TradingBlock “Joining NANT allows us to continue serving our customers exactly as we do today, while positioning TradingBlock to thoughtfully evolve alongside a modern, regulated market infrastructure.”
A Shared Vision for the Future of Public Markets
NANT is supported by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong and by the Los Angeles Times as a strategic shareholder and marketing partner. NANT also brings a portfolio of blockchain intellectual property and a leadership team with decades of experience modernizing capital markets infrastructure.
“TradingBlock brings a deep trading heritage and a technology-first culture to the NANT ecosystem,” said Mark Elenowitz, CEO of Nant Global Finance, Inc. “As we build a fully integrated capital markets platform, TradingBlock will play an important role in delivering innovative, compliant trading access for active and professional investors.”
Looking Ahead
As regulatory approvals are completed, TradingBlock will continue to operate as it does today while evolving alongside NANT’s broader initiative to modernize capital markets infrastructure. Customers can expect continuity now and the potential for meaningful enhancements over time — guided by transparency, compliance, and a trader-first philosophy.
About TradingBlock
TradingBlock is a FINRA-member broker-dealer and comprehensive trading technology platform and brokerage solutions provider launched in 2003 and headquartered in Chicago. Made for the way you trade, TradingBlock offers highly customizable trading tools across three lines of business serving sophisticated individual traders, small institutions, hedge funds and asset managers, and independent RIA firms. When it comes to building, implementing, and supporting custom trading technology, TradingBlock provides customers with a top-tier brokerage team that can meet their unique and evolving demands, through a platform that seamlessly integrates options trading. TradingBlock is a member of FINRA, SIPC and NFA. For more information, visit tradingblock.com.
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