Overview
- Bullish announced on Monday, November 9, 2026, that Stacey Cunningham, the 67th president of the New York Stock Exchange, will join the company as president, creating a leadership team that includes two former NYSE presidents.
- Cunningham built her resume at the NYSE where she helped roll out the Pillar trading platform, led the exchange through the COVID-19 disruption, and was the first woman to hold the presidency.
- CEO Tom Farley said Cunningham will help build new services for market participants and that her long relationships with corporate issuers align with Bullish’s plans to integrate market infrastructure.
- Bullish has already advanced tokenization and licensing steps after winning approval from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission in June and beginning to trade its own tokenized shares in August.
- The company is pursuing a $4.2 billion acquisition of transfer agent Equiniti that Bullish expects to close in January pending regulatory approvals, a move that could supply trusted custody and shareholder recordkeeping needed for broader tokenized-share trading.