Securitize Unveils Onchain IPO Platform With Cantor Fitzgerald

• Securitize and Cantor enable regulated onchain IPOs using blockchain infrastructure.
• Partnership expands tokenization from secondary markets to capital formation.
• Platform combines traditional capital markets with blockchain-based settlement.

Securitize has partnered with Cantor Fitzgerald to enable public companies to conduct initial public offerings (IPOs) and follow-on offerings using blockchain infrastructure. The collaboration aims to bring tokenization into the capital formation process while maintaining compliance with existing securities regulations and traditional public market standards.

Partnership Brings Blockchain to Public Capital Raising

Securitize and Cantor Fitzgerald on July 15, announced a partnership to support onchain IPOs and follow-on offerings for public companies. The initiative combines blockchain technology with established capital markets infrastructure to modernize how companies raise capital.

The agreement expands tokenization beyond secondary market trading into the primary issuance of securities. As a result, companies can issue shares using blockchain infrastructure while remaining within existing regulatory frameworks.

Cantor Fitzgerald will contribute its equity capital markets expertise, underwriting capabilities, and trading network. Meanwhile, Securitize will provide the tokenization infrastructure used to issue, distribute, and service digital securities.

Securitize and Cantor Fitzgerald are bringing IPOs and follow-on offerings onchain.

Together, we’re creating a regulated way for companies to raise capital and conduct IPOs using blockchain-based infrastructure. pic.twitter.com/lWmaXrvT7E

— Securitize (@Securitize) July 15, 2026

In addition, Securitize Markets LLC, the company’s SEC-registered broker-dealer affiliate, will participate in offering execution and settlement. This structure allows blockchain-based securities to operate alongside traditional market processes.

According to Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo, public companies should not have to choose between conventional capital markets and blockchain technology. He stated that the partnership supports capital formation onchain while preserving regulatory oversight and investor protections.

The companies believe blockchain can improve transparency, increase operational efficiency, modernize ownership records, and provide access to a broader global onchain investor base.

Tokenization Expands Into the Primary Market

The partnership marks another milestone for tokenized real-world assets, which have gained significant traction during the past two years. Until now, most tokenization projects have focused on investment funds and secondary market trading rather than new share issuance.

By extending tokenization to IPOs, Securitize and Cantor aim to test whether blockchain infrastructure can improve the efficiency of public offerings without changing existing securities laws.

Cantor Co-CEO and Global Head of Equities Pascal Bandelier said the investment bank ranked first in U.S. IPOs during 2025. He added that the firm is now applying that experience to onchain settlement and securities distribution as tokenization becomes part of mainstream capital markets.

The announcement follows Securitize’s recent public listing on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker SECZ through a business combination with Cantor Equity Partners II. The two firms already share a longstanding relationship that now extends into blockchain-based capital markets.

Securitize manages more than $5 billion in tokenized assets under management and works with major asset managers including BlackRock, Apollo, BNY, Hamilton Lane, KKR, and VanEck. 

However, neither company has identified the first issuer expected to use the new onchain IPO framework, leaving market adoption as the next major milestone.