Blockchain Meets Wall Street: Securitize and Cantor Team Up for Tokenized Public Offerings

Securitize and Cantor Fitzgerald have joined forces to enable public companies to conduct initial public offerings (IPOs) and follow-on offerings on a blockchain. The partnership brings together Cantor's equity capital markets and trading capabilities with Securitize's regulated tokenization infrastructure.

Securitize Markets, an SEC-registered broker-dealer affiliate, will participate in offering and settlement processes. This collaboration aims to provide public companies with enhanced transparency, operational efficiency, modernized ownership records, and access to a global onchain investor base.

Cantor brings conventional market credibility, while Securitize provides the regulated digital-securities stack. The partnership tries to preserve Wall Street mechanics but update how ownership, distribution, and servicing are handled.