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Securitize

Tokenisation group holding an SEC-registered transfer agent, broker-dealer and alternative trading system inside one structure, and the issuance and transfer agent behind BlackRock's BUIDL, with more than $4bn of tokenized assets under management.

Kind Tokenization platform
Jurisdiction United States
Founded 2017
Stories filed 1

The profile

Tokenisation group founded in November 2017 that holds an SEC-registered transfer agent, broker-dealer, alternative trading system, investment adviser and fund administrator inside one structure, so a single firm can register a security, keep the shareholder record on a public blockchain and operate the secondary venue. It is the issuance and transfer agent behind BlackRock's BUIDL, Apollo's ACRED and vehicles for Hamilton Lane, KKR and VanEck, reporting more than $4bn of tokenized assets under management and over 580,000 investor accounts on its investor site in July 2026. It began trading on the New York Stock Exchange as SECZ on 2 July 2026 after combining with Cantor Equity Partners II at a $1.25bn pre-money equity value, and tokenized its own shares on the first day of trading.

Products and services

Securitize transfer agent
SEC-registered transfer agent that maintains the official register of holders on public blockchains instead of a private book.
Securitize Markets
Registered broker-dealer and alternative trading system on which tokenized fund and private-market interests change hands between verified investors.
Fund tokenisation
Issuance and administration of tokenized share classes for third-party managers, including BlackRock's BUIDL and Apollo's ACRED.

Coverage

Developments in which Securitize is a named party, newest first.

On the record

BlackRock launches the BUIDL tokenised dollar fund on Ethereum

BlackRock introduced the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund, holding cash, US Treasury bills and repurchase agreements, with shares issued as tokens on Ethereum. Securitize acted as transfer agent and tokenisation platform, BNY Mellon as custodian of the fund's assets, and the minimum investment was $5m.

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