Securitize clears SEC registration hurdle, moves toward NYSE listing as SECZ

Securitize moved one step closer to going public through its SPAC merger. On Friday, the firm announced the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission had declared its S-4 Registration Statement effective, meaning Securitize's proposed merger with Cantor Equity Partners II (Nasdaq: CEPT) will head to a shareholder vote on June 29. If approved and other customary conditions are met, the deal is expected to close shortly after that special CEPT shareholder meeting, according to a Friday announcement. The combined company will be called Securitize Corp. and is expected to list on the NYSE under the ticker symbol SECZ.

"This marks another important milestone for Securitize and for the broader institutional adoption of tokenization," Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo said. "Becoming a public company would position Securitize to continue scaling that infrastructure globally as tokenization increasingly becomes part of mainstream financial markets."

CEPT is a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services firm with ties to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick — because, naturally, no nine-figure financial deal is complete without at least one Washington connection.

Securitize is one of the largest players in the tokenization space, with over $4 billion in tokenized assets and partners including BlackRock, Apollo, KKR, Hamilton Lane, and VanEck, among others. It services roughly 650 funds through its Securitize Fund Services.

In recent months, Securitize has also announced partnerships with the New York Stock Exchange to build a tokenized equities trading platform and with Computershare on issuer-sponsored tokenized shares, among other products.

Securitize, which most recently raised funds during a strategic $47 million funding round in 2024 led by BlackRock, posted $1.9 billion in transaction volume in the first quarter of the year.

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