Overview
- Securitize is in talks on a potential merger with Cantor Equity Partners II, according to reporting that the companies have not confirmed.
- A deal under discussion would value Securitize at more than $1 billion, though the firm may still choose to remain private.
- Shares of Cantor Equity Partners II rose by more than 12.5% following the report of the possible transaction.
- The SPAC raised about $240 million in its Nasdaq IPO and holds the proceeds in a trust for an acquisition.
- Securitize oversees roughly $4.62 billion in tokenized assets and administers BlackRock’s BUIDL fund with more than $2.8 billion, backed by investors including BlackRock, Morgan Stanley Tactical Value, Blockchain Capital, Coinbase Ventures, and Jump Crypto.