Securitize Becomes a Registered Investment Adviser
MIAMI, July 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Securitize Corp. (“Securitize”) (NYSE: SECZ), the leader in tokenized assets, today announced that its subsidiary, Securitize Capital LLC (“Securitize Capital”), is now registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as an investment adviser.
The registration marks another expansion of Securitize’s regulated platform for onchain capital markets. Through its U.S. affiliates, Securitize now combines an SEC-registered investment adviser with an SEC-registered broker-dealer and Alternative Trading System (“ATS”), an SEC-registered transfer agent and fund administration services.
The registration provides a broader foundation for Securitize Capital’s advisory business and positions Securitize to deepen its relationships with asset managers, institutional investors and other sophisticated market participants. The timing comes as regulators consider how established investment-adviser obligations may apply to emerging onchain portfolio-management tools. In a July 22 statement, SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce noted that managing certain crypto vaults and lending strategies may implicate investment-adviser issues, depending on their structure and activities.
“Becoming an SEC-registered investment adviser is an important step in the continued expansion of Securitize’s platform,” said Carlos Domingo, Co-Founder and CEO of Securitize. “Asset managers and institutional investors want to work with partners that understand both the opportunity of tokenization and the obligations that come with operating in regulated markets.”
Securitize Capital previously operated as an exempt reporting adviser. As an SEC-registered investment adviser, Securitize Capital is subject to additional public disclosure, compliance, recordkeeping and examination requirements under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
Securitize reports $5B+ AUM (as of July 2026) and partners with asset managers including Apollo, BlackRock, BNY, Hamilton Lane, KKR, VanEck and others. It issues BlackRock’s BUIDL tokenized money market fund.
CoinDesk context (Jul 27, 2026)
Securitize listed publicly earlier this month under ticker SECZ; share price down nearly 40% through July. Curated crypto vaults hold about $8.6 billion in assets (Vaults.fyi). Securitize has built permissioned lending vaults with Euler allowing tokenized assets such as VanEck’s VBILL as collateral while maintaining investor eligibility.