Cantor and Securitize Chase Onchain IPOs for Public Companies

Securitize and Cantor open IPOs to blockchain issuance

Securitize and Cantor Fitzgerald announced an agreement on 15 July 2026 to let public companies run initial public offerings (IPOs) and follow-on share sales using blockchain-based infrastructure. The deal extends tokenization beyond secondary trading and into the moment companies first raise capital. Both firms said the offerings would stay inside the established framework for traditional public offerings. Securitize trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker SECZ and describes itself as a leader in tokenized assets.

Securitize Markets handles offerings and settlement

Under the agreement, Cantor provides equity capital markets and trading capabilities. Securitize supplies the tokenization infrastructure used to issue, distribute, and service tokenized securities. It will also use Securitize Markets, its SEC-registered broker-dealer affiliate, to join the offering and settlement process. The two companies already share history. Securitize went public through a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company backed by Cantor Fitzgerald.

"Public companies shouldn't have to choose between access to traditional capital markets and the benefits of blockchain technology that improve how securities are issued, distributed, owned, and serviced", 15 July 2026. — Carlos Domingo, Co-Founder and CEO, Securitize

DTCC pushes tokenized stocks toward live trading

The partnership lands during a wider effort to bring shares onchain. In mid-July, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) advanced plans to tokenize stocks, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and US Treasury bonds. Named participants include JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, and Vanguard. The pilot covers major equities, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 ETFs, and short-term government debt, with a full commercial launch planned for later in 2026. That signals that large institutions are now testing tokenized versions of mainstream assets, not just crypto-native products. The Securitize and Cantor agreement targets the earlier step, when a company issues stock for the first time.

Stablecoin scale sits behind the tokenization push

Circle, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, is among the firms named in the broader tokenization effort. USDC traded at $1.00 with a market capitalization near $73.1 billion at the time of publication (CoinPaprika, 16 July 2026). That figure shows how much regulated dollar value already settles on public blockchains, the same type of infrastructure Securitize and Cantor plan to use for equity issuance.

Onchain issuance moves markets past tokenized funds

Most tokenization so far has focused on funds and secondary-market trading. Cantor said it ranked first in US IPOs in 2025 and now plans to bring that equity capital markets expertise to onchain settlement and distribution. Pascal Bandelier, Cantor's Co-CEO and Global Head of Equities, said the partnership brings the rigor of traditional equity capital markets to onchain settlement. Carlos Domingo, Securitize's chief executive, called the deal a step toward digital securities becoming a standard part of how capital markets operate. Neither company set a date for the first tokenized IPO.

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