In brief
- Securitize shares made their public debut on Thursday, and were recently up more than 8% on the day.
- SECZ is also trading on-chain, with $266 million worth of shares tokenized on Solana and Avalanche.
- The firm went public via merger with a Cantor Fitzgerald-backed blank check firm.
Shares in BlackRock-backed tokenization firm Securitize (SECZ) are up more than 8% in their trading debut, recently changing hands at $12.75.
The firm began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Thursday, eight years after its founding, thanks to a merger with a Cantor Fitzgerald-backed blank check firm.
“Our focus is unchanged: building the regulated infrastructure for the next generation of capital markets,” the firm posted on X.
While its shares hit traditional equity markets on Thursday, they also landed on the blockchain, with tokenized versions of $266 million worth of SECZ issued—a mark the firm said makes it the largest tokenized stock in the world.
“We have long said that public equities are moving on-chain, and there is no stronger validation of that belief than tokenizing our own public stock on Day 1,” said Carlos Domingo, co-founder and CEO of Securitize, in an article posted by the firm on X.
“SECZ is not a synthetic token or offshore wrapper,” he said. “It is issuer-sponsored tokenization of the same common stock trading on the NYSE, made available through regulated infrastructure.”
The tokenized version of SECZ is initially launching on layer-1 networks Avalanche and Solana, and is also accessible to eligible investors through the firm’s regulated tokenization platform.
“Bringing SECZ on-chain is not just a milestone for Securitize,” Domingo said. “It is a blueprint for public companies that want to use tokenization to create more efficient, transparent, and useful ownership experiences for their shareholders.”
Earlier this week, Securitize President Brett Redfearn told Decrypt that tokenization is an understated benefit for consumers, pointing to better opportunities to make use of their assets—like via decentralized lending, when middle men are cut out of the equation.
“I think that business is totally disruptible,” Redfearn told Decrypt. “There’s a lot of opportunities when you start to disintermediate traditional businesses.”
As of June, the tokenization firm had more than $4 billion in assets under management.
Editor’s note: This story was updated after publication to clarify wording.
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