What is Securitize?
Securitize is a firm that tokenizes securities, including public stock, and has pursued a compliance-first approach to on-chain markets. Its CEO, Carlos Domingo, has described a partnership with transfer agents Computershare and Continental and a preference for permissioned, KYC-gated issuance over fully open access.
Company timeline
- Jul 2026 - Ryan Sean Adams noted Securitize’s tokenized stock was not first launched on Ethereum; Domingo attributed this to slow block times preventing market makers from compliantly quoting prices.
- Sep 2026 - Domingo said Securitize’s own stock was made available on chain on the day it went public, becoming the largest tokenized stock.
- Sep 2026 - Domingo cited partnerships with transfer agents Computershare and Continental.
- Sep 2026 - Domingo said Securitize has not yet determined whether going fully permissionless and removing KYC would backfire.
- Sep 2026 - Domingo said Securitize is in talks with investment banks about tokenizing portions of IPOs, potentially around $100 million worth of stock per offering.
Where it appears in the record
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Securitize has partnerships with Computershare and Continental (two of the largest transfer agents) to pursue issuer-sponsored tokenized stock initiatives.
“We have a partnership with Computershare and Continental, two of the biggest transfer agents.”Carlos Domingo · 11 Sep 2026
Securitize tokenized its own stock on its IPO day and that token is now the largest tokenized stock by size, making it a key benchmark for the asset class.
“On the day that we went public, we made sure that our stock was available on chain. it is now the largest tokenized stock.”Carlos Domingo · 11 Sep 2026
Ethereum's slow block times prevent compliant market-maker price quoting, which is why real-world asset tokenization is launching on Solana and Avalanche before Ethereum.
“The fact that it's not first on Ethereum is very notable to me and I asked Carlos like why not? He was like, "Well, the block times are really slow and that prevents our market makers from being able to compliantly quote the price that it needs to be.”Ryan Sean Adams · 10 Jul 2026
Securitize has deliberately avoided fully permissionless, no-KYC tokenization, arguing that bad actors using the system could trigger regulatory or market blowback that harms the entire industry.
“We just so far have taken the view that we're not sure yet if going fully permissionless and taking away KYC is going to blow back in a bad way.”Carlos Domingo · 11 Sep 2026
Securitize is in discussions with investment banks to include up to $100 million of tokenized stock as a tranche within future IPOs.
“We're also talking to investment banks by the way about doing this as portions of IPOs, right? So when an IPO comes out, we'd like to have, you know, maybe $100 million worth of stock that's tokenized that we can offer out to investors in a tokenized form as part of an IPO.”Carlos Domingo · 11 Sep 2026