Tokenization platform Securitize, this week, came closer to going public in the U.S. In a fresh development, the company said that the SEC has approved its merger with Cantor Equity Partners II — which is already listed on Nasdaq under the ticker CEPT. The merger will now undergo a shareholder vote on June 29.
The old CEPT entity on Nasdaq will effectively be shut if the shareholders approve its merger with Securitize. Upon merging, the new entity that will be formed will be called the Securitize Corp. — which will move to the NYSE under a new ticker SECZ. Securitize has already been working with the NYSE to build its own upcoming tokenized securities infrastructure.
The SEC on Friday declared its S-4 Registration Statement from Secrutize effective.
“Over the past several years, we have built regulated infrastructure designed to bring capital markets onchain in partnership with many of the world’s leading financial institutions,” said Carlos Domingo, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Securitize.
The platform believes that going public would give it more avenues to scale its infrastructure internationally especially now at a time when the tokenization of real world assets is becoming a part of mainstream finance.
Securitize is merging with Cantor Equity Partners II for two main reasons: speed to the stock market and institutional powerhouse backing. Now, Cantor Equity Partners is a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) went public on the Nasdaq on May 1, 2025. Backed by investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald had raised $240 million.
Securitize decided to merge with this shell company to dodge the long and expensive traditional IPO process. It is a faster, streamlined shortcut to getting listed on the public stock market.
Earlier in May, Securitize announced that it managed to fetch a $19.5 million revenue in the first quarter of 2026 — clocking a 39 percent increase compared to the previous year. While this was the highest-ever recorded quarterly revenue for the firm, Securitize had registered zero profitability.
It ended the quarter with $3.4 billion in tokenized assets under management and $24.9 billion in assets under administration and $1.9 billion in total transaction volume.
The company is now attempting to get deeper inroads into the public markets.
