Catenaa, Sunday, June 14, 2026-Securitize, one of the leading firms in the rapidly expanding tokenization sector, has cleared a major regulatory hurdle in its bid to become a publicly traded company after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved a key registration filing tied to its planned merger with a special purpose acquisition company.
The BlackRock-backed company is seeking to merge with Cantor Equity Partners II, a blank-check company sponsored by an affiliate of Cantor Fitzgerald. Shareholders are scheduled to vote on the transaction on June 29, and if approved, the combined company is expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “SECZ.”
The development marks another milestone for the tokenization industry, which has emerged as one of the fastest-growing segments of digital finance. Tokenization involves creating blockchain-based versions of traditional financial assets such as government bonds, money market funds, private credit, equities and real estate.
Industry supporters argue that tokenized assets can improve market efficiency by reducing settlement times, lowering transaction costs and enabling 24-hour trading.
Securitize has established itself as one of the sector’s most prominent infrastructure providers, supplying tokenization, transfer-agent and trading technology for major financial institutions including BlackRock, Apollo, KKR, Hamilton Lane and VanEck. Its highest-profile project is BlackRock’s BUIDL fund, a tokenized money market product launched in 2024 that has become one of the largest tokenized U.S. Treasury offerings in the market.
The company is also involved in efforts to help modernize securities trading infrastructure, including work related to tokenized securities platforms.
The proposed listing comes as interest in tokenized real-world assets accelerates. Industry data indicates the tokenized asset market has grown to more than $30 billion, while major financial institutions increasingly view blockchain-based settlement and asset management as a significant future growth opportunity.
Analysts forecast that tokenized assets could eventually reach several trillion dollars globally over the next decade, positioning firms such as Securitize at the center of one of finance’s most closely watched technological shifts.
