Securitize starts NYSE trading as SECZ after Cantor SPAC

Securitize Corp. completed its merger with Cantor Equity Partners II (CEPT) on July 1, 2026, and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker SECZ on July 2, giving public markets their first pure-play real-world asset tokenization platform on a major U.S. exchange.

CEPT shareholders voted to approve the merger on June 29. The transaction raised approximately $400 million in gross proceeds, combining SPAC trust cash with a $225 million PIPE that was oversubscribed. Fewer than 30% of Class A shares were redeemed. The deal was originally announced October 28, 2025, and the SEC declared the Form S-4 registration statement effective June 5, 2026.

Securitize tokenizes traditional securities, including funds, bonds, and equities, as on-chain assets. Its platform handles issuance, compliance, and transfer-agent services for institutional products, making it infrastructure for regulated tokenized markets rather than a token issuer.

The company manages more than $4 billion in tokenized assets across 650-plus funds and processed $1.9 billion in transaction volume in Q1 2026.

Its institutional clients include BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, Coinbase, and Circle, alongside Hamilton Lane, KKR, Apollo, ARK Invest, and VanEck, all running live products on the infrastructure. BlackRock's BUIDL fund, a $2.3 billion tokenized treasury product on Ethereum, uses Securitize for token issuance and transfer-agent services. BlackRock also led a $47 million strategic investment in the company in 2024.

The listing gives analysts a public equity comparable for the RWA infrastructure layer: not a protocol token or fund product, but the company running the issuance and settlement stack beneath both. No listed comparable existed before July 2.

The deal also lands inside a defined regulatory opening. The SEC issued a joint interpretive release on March 17, 2026, clarifying how federal securities law applies to tokenized securities. The DTCC's Russell 1000 tokenization pilot entered limited production in July 2026.

"Reaching the public markets is a significant milestone for Securitize and a reflection of the growing momentum behind tokenization," CEO Carlos Domingo said.