Universal Safety Products rebrands to DeFi Capital Markets on NYSE American

NYSE American-listed Universal Safety Products, Inc. announced on October 7, 2026, that it will change its corporate name to DeFi Capital Markets, Inc., effective October 19, 2026 ¹. Along with the rebrand, the company's common stock is scheduled to begin trading under the ticker "DCM" instead of "UUU" on the same date, with no change to its CUSIP or action required from existing shareholders ¹. Management stated that the transition marks an intentional pivot toward tokenization, digital assets, quantitative trading, and blockchain infrastructure, while its legacy safety product design business will be phased out as the new operations scale ¹.

Expansion into Tokenization and Trading

The company is executing its digital asset strategy through its wholly owned subsidiary, Universal DeFi LLC, which has spent more than a year developing tokenization technology ¹. The unit recently completed its initial project—the tokenization of silver—on an invitation-only platform ¹. Universal DeFi is also running proprietary market-making operations in three cryptocurrencies, using internal capital, algorithms, and infrastructure ¹. The firm aims to combine tokenization technology, direct asset ownership, and liquidity provision rather than operating solely as an external vendor ¹.

The corporate pivot comes as traditional public issuers seek direct exposure to blockchain-based capital markets ¹. The broader crypto sector traded lower at the time of writing, with Bitcoin ($BTC) down 2.7% at $83,771 and Ethereum ($ETH) sliding 4.8% to $2,581. DeFi Capital Markets said it plans to deploy internal balance sheet capital into tokenized and digital assets while expanding market making into jurisdictions where legally permitted ¹. The company stated it will release subsequent updates as its trading operations and tokenization pipeline expand ¹.