Overview
- Securitize signed a definitive merger agreement with Cantor Equity Partners II, with the combined company set to trade on Nasdaq under the ticker SECZ.
- The firm expects up to $465–$469 million in gross proceeds, including a $225 million committed PIPE and cash from the SPAC trust, assuming no redemptions.
- CEO Carlos Domingo said shares could begin trading as soon as January, subject to regulatory review and closing conditions.
- Existing backers including BlackRock, ARK Invest, and Morgan Stanley Investment Management will roll their equity into the public company.
- Securitize, which powers BlackRock’s BUIDL fund and reports more than $4 billion in tokenized assets, plans to tokenize its own equity as RWA markets grow to about $35 billion, with Citi projecting multi-trillion potential by 2030.