The firm is not interested in buying rivals, Domingo said. “They’re not going to bring anything to me that I don’t have in terms of technology.”
Instead, Domingo said Securitize is looking at companies that complement its institutional tokenization offering, with the goal of building a broader “one-stop shop” for clients.
“We’ll look at things that are adjacent to tokenization, like either our existing customers from the tokenization space,” he said.
Tokenization of public markets
The broader tokenization market has grown rapidly as banks, asset managers and exchanges embrace blockchain-based financial infrastructure. Real-world tokenized assets now exceed $32 billion, data from RWA.xyz shows. Citi has predicted that tokenized securities could grow to a $5.5 trillion market by 2030, while Boston Consulting Group and Ripple estimate that the sector could reach $18.9 trillion by 2033.
Much of that momentum is now shifting beyond tokenized Treasuries toward public markets.
Earlier this year, the NYSE’s parent company Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) partnered with Securitize to develop infrastructure for tokenized shares. The company also partnered with transfer agents Computershare and Continental to enable public companies to issue shares directly on blockchain rails.
Elsewhere, Nasdaq has publicly explored tokenization initiatives, while DTCC, the backbone of US securities settlement that oversees more than $114 trillion in assets, recently revealed plans to introduce a tokenized securities platform targeting an October launch.
