Securitize
The tokenization platform behind BlackRock's BUIDL fund — SEC-registered transfer agent and broker-dealer that went public on the NYSE in July 2026 and tokenized its own stock at listing.
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- Location
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Country
- United States
- Founded
- 2017
- Co-founder and CEO
- Carlos Domingo
- Public listing
- NYSE ticker SECZ, July 2026, via $400M+ SPAC merger with Cantor Equity Partners II
- Tokenized assets issued
- ~$4.4 billion (largest tokenized asset issuer per RWA.xyz, July 2026)
- Flagship client product
- BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), ~$2.2B
- Regulatory licenses
- SEC-registered transfer agent, broker-dealer, ATS operator; EU DLT Pilot regime authorization
Overview
Securitize is a tokenization platform that puts traditional securities on blockchain rails — and in July 2026 it became a publicly traded company itself, listing on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker SECZ after a SPAC merger with Cantor Equity Partners II that raised more than $400 million (CoinDesk). Founded in 2017 and led by co-founder and CEO Carlos Domingo, the company provides issuance, transfer-agency and fund-administration services for tokenized securities to clients including BlackRock, Apollo, KKR, Hamilton Lane and VanEck (CoinDesk).
Its defining relationship is with BlackRock: Securitize is the SEC-registered transfer agent, tokenization platform and placement agent for the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) — BlackRock’s first tokenized fund on a public blockchain, launched in March 2024 and the world’s largest tokenized Treasury fund at roughly $2.5 billion (Tech Times). BlackRock also led a $47 million strategic investment in Securitize alongside BUIDL’s launch, making the asset manager both its largest institutional client and a significant shareholder (Tech Times).
The licensing moat
Securitize’s pitch to institutions is regulatory rather than technological: it operates as an SEC-registered broker-dealer and transfer agent and runs an alternative trading system, while its European unit works under the EU DLT Pilot Regime — a combination its backers present as uniquely complete for regulated digital-securities infrastructure across both jurisdictions (TipRanks). Its tokenized fund shares embed compliance in the token itself, using the ERC-3643 standard so that transfers automatically verify KYC and accreditation before settling (Tech Times).
At its NYSE debut the company tokenized its own shares on Solana and Avalanche — described as the largest tokenized stock globally at launch — and by July 2026 it had issued roughly $4.4 billion in tokenized assets, the most of any issuer tracked by RWA.xyz (CoinDesk; Tech Times). CEO Domingo told CoinDesk the $400 million war chest would fund acquisitions of complementary businesses — “not rivals,” which he said would add nothing technologically — toward a one-stop shop for institutional tokenization (CoinDesk).
The UAE push
In September 2026 Securitize signed a memorandum of understanding with Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority and integrated ADI Chain — a blockchain built by a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi conglomerate International Holding Company and licensed under the Abu Dhabi Global Market — as the sixth network in its multichain ecosystem (Tech Times). The move creates a technical pathway for tokenized products from clients like BlackRock, KKR, Apollo and Hamilton Lane to be issued and settled on Gulf infrastructure under a dual US–UAE regulatory framework — though no product had actually deployed on ADI Chain at announcement (Tech Times).
What this profile does not claim
This profile does not claim Securitize is the only licensed tokenization venue — “first” and “unique” characterizations come from industry press, not from SEC records checked here. Asset figures are mid-2026 values and move with markets. The UAE integrations are pathways and MOUs, not launched products. The profile does not assess whether tokenized equities will achieve the multi-trillion-dollar scale projected by Domingo, Citi or BCG.
Timeline
- 2017
- Securitize is founded to build issuance and compliance infrastructure for tokenized securities, growing out of the tokenized VC fund SPiCE VC.
- 2024
- BlackRock selects Securitize as transfer agent, tokenization platform and placement agent for BUIDL, its first tokenized fund on a public blockchain; BlackRock leads a $47 million strategic investment in Securitize.
- 2025
- Securitize agrees to go public via SPAC merger with Cantor Equity Partners II at a $1.25 billion pre-money equity valuation.
- 2026
- Securitize completes the SPAC merger, lists on the NYSE as SECZ on 2 July, and tokenizes its own shares — the largest tokenized stock at launch; it then signs UAE regulatory MOUs and integrates ADI Chain.
What we could not verify
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- Asset figures ($4.4B issued, BUIDL $2.2B) are July 2026 values from CoinDesk/RWA.xyz and move with markets.
- The "first/only" licensing characterizations (e.g. first SEC-registered transfer agent in tokenization) are industry-press framings, not independently verified against SEC records here.
- UAE deployments (VARA MOU, ADI Chain) establish pathways, not launched products, per the sources.
Sources
3 sources (2 tier 2, 1 tier 3), each opened and read against the claim it supports. Every source is independent of the subject; no first-party material is cited. See the source policy.
Built from sources fetched and read in full: CoinDesk (tier2), TechTimes (tier2) and TipRanks (tier3, used for listing mechanics only). Wikipedia was used only as a lead index and is not cited. No first-party sources were used.
- Supports: Founded 2017, NYSE listing July 2026 via Cantor SPAC, $400M+ raised, $4.4B tokenized assets, BUIDL $2.2B, clients BlackRock/Apollo/KKR/Hamilton Lane/VanEck, acquisition strategy, ICE/NYSE and Computershare/Continental partnerships Open original source
- Supports: SEC-registered transfer agent/tokenization platform/placement agent for BUIDL, BUIDL launched March 2024 (~$2.5B, largest tokenized Treasury fund), BlackRock $47M strategic investment, own-share tokenization at NYSE debut, KKR/Apollo/Hamilton Lane/VanEck/BNY/Neuberger Berman clients, VARA MOU, ADI Chain sixth network Open original source
- Supports: SPAC completion mechanics, SECZ trading from 2 July 2026, $4B+ tokenized RWAs, broker-dealer/ATS/transfer-agent/EU DLT Pilot licenses, Forbes Top 50 Fintech 2026 Open original source
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