SECURITIZE CLEARS SEC REGISTRATION HURDLE FOR NYSE LISTING WITH SHAREHOLDER VOTE SET FOR JUNE 29 Securitize, the tokenization platform behind BlackRock’s BUIDL fund and a range of institutional real-world asset products, moved substantially closer to becoming a publicly traded company on Friday after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission declared effective its registration statement on Form S-4 for a proposed merger with Cantor Equity Partners II, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of Cantor Fitzgerald. Securitize shareholders are scheduled to vote on the transaction on June 29, with closing expected shortly afterward under the ticker SECZ on the NYSE. The SEC’s effectiveness declaration is the last major regulatory hurdle before a shareholder vote, and its approval clears the path for Securitize to proceed as planned. The announcement came as several other crypto companies including Kraken and Consensys have paused or delayed IPO plans amid the 2026 crypto market downturn, making Securitize’s continued advance notable for the tokenization sector. Securitize has grown into one of the most deeply embedded institutional infrastructure providers in the digital asset space, supplying tokenization, transfer-agent, and trading technology to BlackRock, Apollo Global Management, KKR, Hamilton Lane, VanEck, and other major asset managers, with more than $4 billion in assets under management as of November 2025. Its highest-profile product is BlackRock’s BUIDL tokenized money market fund, which has become the largest tokenized Treasury product in the market. Securitize Markets was named the first broker-dealer to connect to the NYSE Digital Alternative Trading System, and the firm is also the design partner for the NYSE’s tokenized securities platform. Chief Executive Carlos Domingo said the company views tokenization as transforming global capital markets from isolated products into a fully interconnected financial system. The business combination values Securitize at an implied market capitalization that would make it one of the first pure-play tokenization infrastructure companies to trade on a major U.S. exchange. The merger partner, Cantor Equity Partners II, is led by Brandon Lutnick of Cantor Fitzgerald, which has separately been building one of the largest Bitcoin treasury operations among U.S. financial firms. A successful June 29 shareholder vote would close the transaction and list SECZ during a period when institutional tokenization infrastructure has attracted the most regulatory and commercial momentum in its history, with the CLARITY Act and GENIUS Act together expected to unlock new product categories for tokenized deposits, stablecoin yields, and on-chain securities by year-end.