The firm is not interested in buying rivals, Domingo said. “They won’t bring me anything I don’t have in terms of technology.”
Instead, Domingo said Securitize is looking for businesses that complement its institutional tokenization offering, with the goal of building a broader “one-stop shop” for clients.
“We’re going to look at what things are adjacent to tokenization and what our current clients have in the tokenization space,” he said.
Tokenization of public markets
The overall tokenization market has grown rapidly as banks, asset managers, and exchanges adopt blockchain-based financial infrastructure. Real-world tokenized assets now exceed $32 billion, data from RWA.xyz shows. Citi has projected that tokenized securities could grow to be a $5.5 trillion market by 2030, while Boston Consulting Group and Ripple estimate the sector could reach $18.9 trillion by 2033.
Much of that momentum is now shifting beyond tokenized Treasury funds and into public markets.
Earlier this year, NYSE parent Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) partnered with Securitize to develop infrastructure for tokenized stocks. The company has also partnered with transfer agents Computershare and Continental to allow 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 scheduled to launch in October.
