Tagged: securitize

June 11, 2025 @ 1:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The launch of Securitize’s DS Protocol whitepaper reflects a key moment in the fusion of blockchain and traditional finance. Published recently, the document has been released as the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation nears full enforcement by December 2024, shaping the landscape for… Read More

May 13, 2025 @ 12:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

VanEck, a global investment management firm, in partnership with Securitize, the platform for real-world assets with over $3.9 billion (as of May 12, 2025) in tokenized securities, announced the launch of the VanEck Treasury Fund, Ltd. (VBILL), its tokenized fund, designed to provide investors with… Read More

April 30, 2025 @ 8:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Securitize has announced a “new chapter for institutional DeFi.” The tokenization platform has partnered with Gauntlet to enable a Real World Assets (RWA) strategy, powered by Morpho, deployed on the Polygon Network. Securitize states that the institutional-grade solution enables permissioned Apollo Diversified Credit Securitize Fund… Read More

April 16, 2025 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Securitize, the platform for real-world asset tokenization, has announced the acquisition of MG Stover’s Fund Administration business, the  fund administration firm for digital assets. With this acquisition, Securitize’s subsidiary, Securitize Fund Services (SFS), reportedly becomes the “world’s largest digital asset fund administrator.” This acquisition expands… Read More

March 26, 2025 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a recent statement, Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, envisioned a transformative future for investing, noting that if we can tokenize bonds and stocks tomorrow, it “would democratize investing in all ways we can’t imagine.” This assertion underscores a fast-evolving movement in the financial sector… Read More

March 16, 2025 @ 5:10 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Securitize announced that the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) has surpassed $1 billion in assets under management (AUM), marking a key milestone in the development of tokenized finance. BUIDL, BlackRock’s first tokenized fund on a public blockchain, launched in March 2024 and provides… Read More

March 12, 2025 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital security enabler Securitize has announced that it will utilize Redstone as its blockchain oracle to support tokenized assets on DeFi ecosystems. Securitize is one of the leading, regulated  tokenization platforms in the world. The company works with big institutions including Apollo, BlackRock, Hamilton Lane,… Read More

March 4, 2025 @ 11:12 am By JD Alois  |  

  Georgia Quinn has joined Securitize as its Chief Legal Officer. Quinn, well known in the Fintech sector, previously was General Counsel at Anchorage Digital, the only federally chartered digital asset bank, but has worked at several prominent Fintechs and large law firms focusing on… Read More

January 5, 2025 @ 7:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Frax Finance, a “decentralized” stablecoin cryptocurrency protocol, has recently announced the launch of a new stablecoin, frxUSD, that will leverage BlackRock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), tokenized by Securitize, to deliver a “fully auditable” backing mechanism. This partnership marks a milestone in the integration… Read More

January 3, 2025 @ 12:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Franshares is an online investment platform that is targeting the franchising industry. The company is not regulated as either a funding portal or a broker-dealer; rather, it chooses to work with a regulated entity to create a market for private securities. The niche investment platform says it is offering… Read More

December 20, 2024 @ 11:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Securitize announced it has obtained approval by the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) as an Investment Firm, registering Securitize Europe Brokerage and Markets, S.A. in order to operate as a Sociedad de Valores (broker dealer), providing services for blockchain-based financial assets, including acting as… Read More

November 20, 2024 @ 10:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Securitize, the tokenization platform bringing the world onchain, today announced the launch of its new “sToken”, based on ERC-4626 vault technology. This functionality, offered via subsidiary Securitize Credit, in partnership with Elixir’s “deUSD RWA Institutional Program” reportedly unlocks yield-opportunities and “composability for more than $1B… Read More

November 13, 2024 @ 11:37 am By JD Alois  |  

BlackRock (NYSE:BLK), the largest asset manager in the world, has announced the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), which is powered by Securitize’s tokenization platform. First launched on Ethereum in March, the Fund will expand across the blockchain ecosystem with new shares utilizing Aptos,… Read More

October 31, 2024 @ 10:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Securitize, a digital securities enabler, says it has topped $1 billion in tokenized assets. The company also reports over 500,000 accounts. In a company statement, Securities said that tokenized real-world assets on-chain have “surged” with expectations of growth to continue as their Securitize Fund Services… Read More

October 16, 2024 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Securitize, the firm focused on tokenizing real-world assets, announced that qualified institutions can now convert their USDC to USD via Securitize’s integration with Zero Hash, a crypto and stablecoin infrastructure platform which facilitates conversion between U.S. dollars and digital assets, to subscribe into BlackRock’s USD… Read More

September 21, 2024 @ 2:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Securitize, bringing the world on-chain as the enablers of real-world asset tokenization, announced an integration with the Wormhole Foundation that will bring cross-chain capabilities to all assets tokenized through the Securitize platform. The collaboration results in all current and future tokenized assets from Securitize “leveraging… Read More

September 13, 2024 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ParaFi Capital, an alternative asset management and technology firm with over $1 billion in assets under management, has tapped Securitize, a firm focused on tokenizing real-world assets, to tokenize an interest in one of its venture funds on the Avalanche blockchain. Since inception in 2018,… Read More

August 16, 2024 @ 1:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Securitize, the platform for tokenizing real world assets, and global private markets investment management firm Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE), announced that qualified investors now have exclusive access to Hamilton Lane’s recently closed Secondary Fund VI through the Securitize platform. Hamilton Lane Secondary Fund VI has… Read More

July 18, 2024 @ 9:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Arca Labs, the innovation division of one of the leading digital assets investment managers, Arca, and Securitize, a key player focused on tokenizing real-world assets (RWA), have “unlocked liquidity for investors and achieved a significant milestone for registered, tokenized funds.” Arca received SEC exemptive relief… Read More

June 5, 2024 @ 2:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Today, the Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion Subcommittee, part of the House Financial Services Committee, held a hearing on the tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs) and the migration to digital securities. The hearing was entitled “Next Generation Infrastructure: How Tokenization of Real-World Assets Will… Read More