The company is not interested in buying competitors, Domingo said. “They’re not going to give me anything I don’t have in terms of technology.”
Instead, Domingo said Securitize is looking for companies that complement its institutional tokenization offering, with the aim of creating a broader “one-stop shop” for clients.
“We’re going to look at tokenization-adjacent pieces that our existing customers have in the tokenization space,” he said.
Tokenization of public markets
The broader tokenization market has grown rapidly as banks, asset managers and exchanges adopt blockchain-based financial infrastructure. Real-world tokenized assets now exceed $32 billion, according to data from RWA.xyz. Citi predicts that tokenized securities could become 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 this momentum is now moving beyond token Treasury funds to public markets.
Earlier this year, NYSE parent company Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) partnered with Securitize to develop infrastructure for tokenized stocks. The company has also partnered with transfer agents Computershare and Continental to enable public companies to issue shares directly on the blockchain.
Elsewhere, Nasdaq has publicly explored tokenization initiatives, while DTCC, the US securities settlement backbone overseeing more than $114 trillion in assets, recently unveiled plans to introduce a tokenized securities platform targeting an October launch.
