Securitize began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on 2 July 2026 and the tokenization platform also put its own stock onchain on the Solana and Avalanche blockchains.

The firm said in a statement that by tokenizing its own public stock on the first day, Securitize is demonstrating its confidence in the technology, market structure, and regulatory pathway it has spent years building.

Carlos Domingo, co-founder and chief executive of Securitize, said in a statement that bringing the public stock, SECZ, onchain is not just a milestone for Securitize. He added: “It is a blueprint for public companies that want to use tokenization to create more efficient, transparent and useful ownership experiences for their shareholders.”

The tokenization platform was founded in 2017 and Domingo said this was based on the thesis that blockchain would become the next generation of capital markets infrastructure.

“When we started more than eight years ago, the idea that major institutions would embrace tokenized securities was still largely theoretical,” he added. “Today, tokenization is moving into the mainstream, and we believe becoming a public company gives us the visibility, credibility, and capital to lead that next phase of growth.”

New milestone accomplished. Now a new era starts for us as a publicly traded company at NYSE under the ticker $SECZ (yes, you are meant to pronounce it SEXY). Thanks to all the employees, customers, partners and investors that helped us get here over the years. And for more to… https://t.co/Q7s1MuEJpB

— Carlos Domingo (@carlosdomingo) July 2, 2026

As a public company, Securitize will continue investing in infrastructure that enables public companies and financial institutions to issue, manage, and trade tokenized securities at scale; deepen relationships across the financial ecosystem; and expand globally into regulated markets.

The transformation of capital markets is still in its early stages, according to Domingo.

“Institutions don’t adopt infrastructure on enthusiasm. They adopt it because it’s trusted,” he added. “That’s been our focus from day one, and we believe that’s how tokenization becomes a permanent part of global capital markets.”

Securitize began trading on the NYSE under the symbol SECZ. The firm said in a statement that eligible U.S. investors can access tokenized SECZ separately through Securitize’s regulated platform. Access will be subject to onboarding, know your customer (KYC)/anti-money laundering (AML) checks, jurisdictional eligibility and applicable securities law requirements.

Domingo highlighted that SECZ is not a synthetic token or offshore wrapper, but is issuer-sponsored tokenization of the same common stock trading on the NYSE, made available through regulated infrastructure. He added: “This is how tokenization should scale: with real ownership, regulatory clarity and the issuer at the center.”

The token makes Securitize the first newly public company to bring its own stock onchain at the start of its life as a public company, according to Securitize. In addition the firm said tokenized SECZ is also expected to become the largest tokenized stock globally, based on expected shareholder participation of $266m.

Stein, an independent real world asset researcher, said on X: “Natively issue tokenized stock comes to live today and it’s the first time a tokenization company is tokenizing it’s own equity!”

https://t.co/9BtDnNqRIa

— stein (@steinRWA) July 2, 2026

Stein said: “However the case maybe, a new era starts for native stocks. It’s the era where you have:

> actual voting rights.

> the token being the stock and can be directly redeemed for the actual stock.

> the real stock being available globally.

> and the only time you can use the phrase “real stock”.

Again, this is the ONLY model with the real stock. Every other model has the feature incorporated and it’s not innate.

Securitize initiates this movement first, and we should see other companies follow suit.”

Joey Reinberg, research analyst at crypto hedge fund Arca, said in a blog that the tokenization market is becoming increasingly competitive and includes companies such as Ondo, Superstate, Figure, Centrifuge and xStocks.

In addition, the market is split amongst crypto-native platforms that prioritize open access, DeFi composability, and retail distribution, and institutional platforms that prioritize regulatory compliance, transfer agent oversight, and integration with traditional capital markets. Reinberg said: “Securitize has positioned itself firmly in the second category.”

The analyst added that Securitize’s biggest advantage is its vertically integrated platform which  operates across issuance, transfer agency, broker-dealer services, ATS trading, fund administration, compliance, onboarding, and asset servicing.

“We think owning the transfer agent is particularly important,“ added Reinberg. “Instead of creating wrapped versions of assets through intermediaries, Securitize can tokenize securities at the source while preserving the official shareholder record and investor rights.”

SPAC transaction

The tokenization platform did not go public through an initial public offering. Instead, Securitize completed a business combination with Cantor Equity Partners II, Inc, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by an affiliate of broker Cantor Fitzgerald, which was announced in October last year.

On 26 June 2026 Securitize said in a statement that it expects to receive approximately $400m in gross proceeds from the proposed business combination between the parties.

In its first quarter results for this year Securitize reported the highest quarterly revenue in the company’s history of $19.5m, up 39% from the prior-year period, although it made a loss of $7.9m.

During the first quarter Securitize and the New York Stock Exchange announced a collaboration to support the development of tokenized securities markets. As part of the initiative, Securitize was named the design partner as well as the first digital transfer agent eligible to mint blockchain-native securities for corporate and ETF issuers on the upcoming NYSE-affiliated Digital Trading Platform.

In addition Securitize Markets was appointed as the first broker-dealer to connect to the NYSE Digital ATS to onboard investors to trade on the platform.

Advisors

Citigroup Global Markets was financial and capital markets advisor to Securitize. Cantor Fitzgerald was financial and capital markets advisor to Cantor Equity Partners II, Citi and Cantor are acting as co-placement agents for the PIPE.

Davis Polk & Wardwell is legal advisor to Securitize. Hughes Hubbard & Reed is legal advisor to Cantor Equity Partners II.  Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is legal advisor to Citi and Cantor in connection with their roles as co-placement agents.