Securitize Brings Wall Street Executives Together on Tokenization

Securitize brought executives from Intercontinental Exchange, BlackRock and Cantor Fitzgerald together in New York for an event examining how tokenization is changing capital-market infrastructure. According to the company’s official update, the discussion focused on moving conventional financial assets onto blockchain rails while preserving the ownership, trading and regulatory structures expected in traditional markets.

Participants included Michael Blaugrund of ICE, Max Stein of BlackRock and Ben Boehmke of Cantor Fitzgerald, alongside Securitize President Brett Redfearn and Deputy Suzy Singh. The event brought together institutions already involved in different parts of the tokenization stack, from asset management and exchange infrastructure to issuance, brokerage and secondary-market technology.

That institutional focus coincides with Securitize’s expansion beyond tokenized investment funds. The company says it has brought more than $4 billion in assets onchain, while SEC filings confirm that subsidiary Securitize Markets is an SEC-registered broker-dealer authorized to operate an Alternative Trading System for securities, including securities in digital form. The regulated entities sit between blockchain infrastructure and the legal machinery that continues to govern securities ownership and trading.

Last night in New York, we hosted The Future of Wall Street, bringing leaders from Intercontinental Exchange, BlackRock, Cantor Fitzgerald, and Securitize together with journalists to discuss how tokenization is changing capital markets.

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Tokenized Stocks Put the Infrastructure Debate Into Practice

The event follows Securitize’s October 8 launch of U.S. equities on Solana, including Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon. These tokens are not synthetic price trackers, but they are also not direct registered shares in the underlying companies. Each is structured as a security entitlement under UCC Article 8 and backed 1:1 by an underlying share held through Securitize Markets.

Eligible holders receive applicable dividends and voting benefits, while the backing shares are not lent out. Securitize’s disclosures nevertheless state that token holders are not registered shareholders of the underlying issuer unless a subsequent conversion occurs. The convertible entitlement structure is designed to enable that transition if an issuer later adopts a Securitize-supported tokenized share model.

The Solana launch enters an already developing market for tokenized-equity trading on the network, where multiple issuance structures compete for liquidity. It also extends a model Securitize has used with funds, including ARK’s tokenized venture fund and institutional credit products. Tokenization changes the ownership and distribution layer without automatically moving the underlying companies or portfolio assets themselves onto a blockchain.

NYSE and OKXICE Remain Future Trading Venues

Securitize says its stocks are expected eventually to become eligible for the upcoming NYSE digital venue and the OKXICE Tokenized Securities Venue. Neither destination should be described as a current Securitize Stocks trading venue, because access remains subject to regulatory approval, issuer review and operational requirements.

The OKXICE project has already filed to operate a tokenized-securities venue, while institutional market infrastructure is developing in parallel through projects such as DTCC’s multi-blockchain tokenization rollout. These initiatives show that the emerging market is not simply about issuing tokens, but about rebuilding trading, transfer agency, custody and settlement around legally recognized securities.

Securitize’s New York gathering reflects that transition. The practical question facing Wall Street is increasingly not whether securities can be represented onchain, but which parts of issuance, ownership, trading and settlement can move onto blockchain infrastructure without breaking the legal protections surrounding the underlying asset. Its newly launched stocks provide one live model, while the proposed NYSE and OKXICE venues represent the next, still-unfinished layer of that market structure.