Securitize, a company that uses blockchain technology to turn regular investments into tokens, is talking about becoming a public company by merging with Cantor Equity Partners II Inc. , a company created to help with such deals and backed by Cantor Fitzgerald LP.
Main Points:
- Securitize is discussing plans to become a public company by merging with Cantor Fitzgerald’s special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in a deal worth $1 billion.
- Supported by BlackRock and Morgan Stanley, the company is a leader in turning real assets into digital tokens.
- If Securitize lists its shares, it will be one of the first companies based on blockchain technology to become publicly traded.
The deal could value Securitize at more than $1 billion, which would be an important achievement for the quickly growing field of real-world asset tokenization, according to Bloomberg sources.
Securitize is thinking about becoming a public company, but might choose to stay private instead, sources say
Sources told Bloomberg that discussions are still happening and Securitize might choose to stay a private company. Spokespeople for both companies did not want to talk about the talks.
If it happens, the merger will make Securitize one of the few companies that use blockchain to go public through a SPAC (a special type of company created to buy another company). This is happening at a time when more big investors are interested in digital finance.
Supported by BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, and ARK Venture Fund, Securitize runs a legal platform that changes traditional assets like S&P indices, US government bonds, and real estate into digital tokens.
Its platform also helps BlackRock’s BUIDL fund, which is the biggest onchain fund in the U. STreasury tool with more than $2. 8 billion in digital assets.
In comparison, the Franklin OnChain US Government Money Fund (BENJI) has about $861 million, which is roughly one-third the size of BUIDL.
Securitize is approved by the US government to handle stock transfers and has permission to operate in some areas of Europe and Japan.
The company recently improved its operations by adding ways to withdraw funds for BUIDL and VanEck’s VBILL tokenized funds, using Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin. This is meant to make cashing out and settling easier.
Cantor Equity Partners II raised $240 million in its public offering in May. It is led by Brandon Lutnick, who is the chairman of Cantor Fitzgerald.
A successful merger could make Securitize a leader in combining traditional finance with blockchain-based financial products.
Tokenized real-world assets could open up a $400 trillion traditional finance market
A new study by the Web3 company Animoca Brands says that turning real-world assets (RWAs) into digital tokens could open up a $400 trillion market in traditional finance.
Animoca researchers Andrew Ho and Ming Ruan said that the global market for private loans, government debt, commodities, stocks, alternative funds, and bonds has a lot of potential for growth.
“They said that the estimated $400 trillion traditional finance market shows a big opportunity for turning real-world assets into tokens. ”
According to the 2025 Skynet RWA Security Report, the market for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) might reach $16 trillion by 2030.
Tokenized USmeans turning the U. Seconomy or assets into digital tokens. Treasuries are expected to total $4. 2 billion this year, mainly because of short-term government bonds.
More and more big banks, investment companies, and blockchain businesses are looking into tokenization to help with earning money and managing cash flow.
