Securitize has launched Securitize Stocks, bringing widely held US equities onchain for eligible investors in the EU, US, and other permitted jurisdictions.
The initial offering includes security entitlements to shares of Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Alphabet, Tesla, Meta, Amazon, Netflix, Circle, SpaceX, Strategy, and Palantir, available on Solana and tradable via Securitize’s registered broker-dealer platform.
Secondary market trading on Solana is supported by Jump Trading acting as market maker via Securitize’s PropAMM, with transactions settling in USDC and RQD Clearing providing institutional custody, clearing, and settlement.
The firm expects the tokens to trade on the New York Stock Exchange’s forthcoming 24/7 digital platform, subject to its launch and applicable regulatory requirements, alongside the OKXICE Tokenized Securities Venue.
Securitize Stocks are backed one-to-one by underlying shares held in segregated accounts without share lending, and represent security entitlements under Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Article 8, preserving economic rights including dividends and voting.
Using a Convertible Entitlement Token (CET) structure, the entitlements are convertible to direct ownership on the books of the issuer’s transfer agent where available, a design Securitize intends to “accelerate adoption of issuer-sponsored tokenisation”.
Speaking on the launch, Carlos Domingo, chairman and CEO of Securitize, says: “Tokenised stocks should give investors more than a price on a wrapper that tracks a stock and is only offered offshore.
“The opportunity is to bring equities onchain without leaving behind the ownership, investor protections, and market infrastructure that make US capital markets work.”
The offering is designed to be consistent with US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) guidance on tokenised securities, operating through Securitize's broker-dealer without requiring exemptions
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