Securitize began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday under the ticker SECZ, opening its public market chapter with a first-day price of $12.75 and a gain of more than 8%. On the same day, a tokenized version of SECZ also went live on-chain. The company said it has now issued $266 million worth of tokenized shares across Solana and Avalanche, making SECZ the world’s largest tokenized equity by its count.
A dual listing structure puts SECZ on Wall Street and on-chain
Founded in 2017, Securitize has built its name around the digitalization of real-world assets. The company said eligible investors can access tokenized SECZ shares through its regulated platform. Its stated focus remains the same: building compliant infrastructure for the next generation of capital markets.
What stands out here is the structure. SECZ is trading in traditional public markets while also existing as a blockchain-based security on two layer-1 networks. Securitize said that as of June, it managed more than $4 billion in assets, giving added weight to this public-market and on-chain combination.
Carlos Domingo frames the launch as a model for other public companies
Co-founder and CEO Carlos Domingo described the move to place the company’s own publicly traded shares on blockchain rails as a strong validation of Securitize’s long-held vision. He said the step is not only a milestone for the company itself, but also a reference point for listed firms looking to use tokenization to improve efficiency, transparency, and functionality in the shareholder ownership experience.
That message places tokenization at the level of public equity infrastructure rather than a side experiment. Instead of focusing on private assets alone, Securitize is using its own listed shares to show how blockchain records and public-company ownership can sit within the same framework.
Brett Redfearn points to investor control and lending use cases
President Brett Redfearn, who joined Securitize in April after serving as Director of Trading and Markets at the US Securities and Exchange Commission, said tokenization should not be treated as an opportunity reserved for Wall Street institutions. In his view, putting real-world assets on blockchain can also deliver direct benefits to individual investors.
Redfearn added that stronger investor control over assets, paired with less intermediary influence, could open new use cases, especially in decentralized lending. He said tokenized ownership structures may reshape conventional securities lending models, with disintermediation creating new opportunities in that segment.