Securitize Goes Public on NYSE as BlackRock Ties Fuel Tokenization Push

Securitize, the tokenization infrastructure firm that serves as transfer agent for BlackRock’s tokenized money market fund, has completed a SPAC merger and begun trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker SECZ, according to Crypto Briefing. The listing, finalized in July 2026 through a merger with Cantor Equity Partners II, raised roughly $400 million in gross proceeds and marks a milestone for a company that spent seven years pitching Wall Street on blockchain-based finance.

From startup pitch to public markets

Securitize’s most consequential relationship remains its partnership with BlackRock, which named the firm transfer agent for its BUIDL fund when it launched on March 20, 2024, per Crypto Briefing’s reporting. BUIDL, a tokenized money market product, now holds between $2.2 billion and $2.5 billion in assets under management spread across Ethereum, Solana, and Avalanche.

As part of the SPAC transaction, Securitize tokenized between $295 million and $300 million of its own common stock, a step the outlet described as both a symbolic gesture and a strategic one, reinforcing the company’s core business by applying its own tokenization tools to its public listing.

A growing slice of the RWA market

Beyond BlackRock, Securitize’s client roster includes Apollo and KKR, with an estimated $4 billion in assets under management tied to tokenized products built on its infrastructure, according to Crypto Briefing. ARK Invest is also cited as among the backers of the sector.

The broader real-world asset tokenization market is currently estimated at somewhere between $18 billion and $37 billion, with projections cited by the outlet putting that figure at $80 billion by the end of 2026 if institutional adoption continues at its current pace.

What comes next for investors

The SPAC route via Cantor Equity Partners II gave Securitize a faster path to public markets than a traditional IPO, and its NYSE listing gives conventional investors a way to gain exposure to the tokenized-asset theme without holding crypto directly, Crypto Briefing noted.

Securitize’s revenue outlook is closely tied to the continued expansion of tokenized asset markets, which in turn depends on regulatory clarity, the pace of institutional adoption, and asset managers’ willingness to keep building on-chain products. BlackRock’s continued use of BUIDL as its flagship tokenized offering is described as the single most important signal to watch, since further growth in BUIDL’s assets under management would validate the broader infrastructure stack, including Securitize’s role as transfer agent underneath it.

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