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Story: Securitize Hits NYSE as SECZ With $400M Raise and BlackRock’s BUIDL Behind It

By Pankaj K

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SPAC Redemptions Came In Low. Here's where it gets interesting from a market confidence angle.

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NYSE Partnership Goes Deeper Than a Listing. Securitize didn't just list on the NYSE. It signed a memorandum of understanding with the exchange…

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What Investors Are Watching Now. The July 2 opening session sets the first public market benchmark for tokenization infrastructure…

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Securitize is going public. The tokenization firm starts trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker SECZ on July 2, following a merger with Cantor Equity Partners II…

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The deal, approved June 29, pulls in roughly $400 million at a pre-money valuation of $1.25 billion.

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The asset management giant's BUIDL fund — a tokenized money market product — runs on Securitize's platform.

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Here's where it gets interesting from a market confidence angle. In a typical SPAC deal, redemptions from Class A shareholders often blow past 80%. It's basically expected.

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The $400 million raise also included a $225 million PIPE — and that PIPE was oversubscribed. Oversubscribed. That kind of demand doesn't happen when investors are lukewarm.

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The real-world asset tokenization market has grown fast. The sector went from roughly $9.55 billion to $21.84 billion over the past year — a 128% expansion.

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Securitize didn't just list on the NYSE. It signed a memorandum of understanding with the exchange to serve as digital transfer agent for a new tokenized stock and ETF trading…

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That dual role is kind of unusual. A company goes public on an exchange and simultaneously helps that same exchange build out its next-generation settlement rails.

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The firm was founded in 2017. Getting from there to a NYSE listing with $400 million in fresh capital and BlackRock as a flagship client is a long road.

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Capital deployment is the other big question. Securitize raised $400 million. Where it goes — new institutional partnerships, expanded tokenized equity offerings, platform…

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