Digital Financial Technology Company Securitize Advances Merger with Nasdaq
Digital financial technology company Securitize is advancing its merger with Nasdaq SPAC Cantor Equity Partners II (ticker: CEPT), aiming to list on Nasdaq with a post-merger stock code of SECZ.
Securitize founder and CEO Carlos Domingo stated that the company has achieved profitability in asset tokenization through collaborations with several financial institutions and will leverage the listing to accelerate the issuance and trading of more real-world assets in digital token form beyond stablecoins.
The transaction values Securitize at $1.25 billion pre-money and is expected to be completed in the first half of 2026.
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Securitize has focused on real-world asset (RWA) tokenization since its establishment in 2018, having issued multiple tokenized funds for institutions like BlackRock. This SPAC merger continues the trend of crypto infrastructure companies going public via reverse mergers since 2025, having previously secured strategic investments from BlackRock, ARK Invest, and others.
In terms of capital strategy, Securitize will direct PIPE financing and listing funds towards platform expansion and the issuance of new asset types, concentrating resources on compliant blockchain infrastructure and institutional-grade tokenization services. The motivation is to capture the $19 trillion potential market for RWAs, enhance brand trust through public market valuation, and deepen ties with traditional financial institutions.
Recent financing and listing activities by RWA platforms like Ondo Finance and Mantra, as well as public market strategies by stablecoin/payment companies like Circle and Ripple, indicate that the asset tokenization industry is transitioning from early experimentation to mainstream institutional adoption. Early compliant platforms are locking in long-term capital advantages through listings.
Essentially, this represents a restructuring of the industry chain: SPAC listings shift pricing power from private financing to public market liquidity. The mechanism is that RWA tokenization requires strong compliance endorsement and institutional trust, and public company status can significantly lower the cooperation threshold for traditional asset issuers, creating a scalable issuance loop that expands from stablecoins to broader asset classes like stocks, bonds, and funds.
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The more mature compliant tokenization becomes, the more it turns trust into pricing power upon listing. Stablecoins are just the entry point; more real-world assets on-chain will be the long-term income flywheel. The more institutional collaborations, the higher the public market valuation, moving RWA benefits from experimentation to the mainstream.