Cantor Fitzgerald and Securitize Partner to Bring IPOs On-Chain

Cantor Fitzgerald and Securitize have announced a collaboration to integrate blockchain infrastructure directly into initial public offerings and follow-on equity raises, marking one of the more concrete extensions of tokenisation into primary capital markets activity. Under the arrangement, Cantor contributes its equity capital markets and trading capabilities while Securitize supplies the tokenisation infrastructure used to issue, distribute, and service the resulting securities.

The structural approach is notable: a Securitize spokesperson described it as an issuer-sponsored model in which the token represents the actual security rather than a wrapper, special purpose vehicle, or synthetic instrument. Tokenisation is embedded in the issuance process itself rather than applied as a secondary layer. The companies stated that the framework operates within existing regulatory structures for traditional public offerings, meaning issuers are not required to exit established capital markets rails to participate.

The announcement arrives alongside separate moves by the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation, which this week disclosed plans to tokenise equities with partners including JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, and Vanguard. The convergence of these initiatives suggests that the primary and post-trade layers of equity markets are being targeted in parallel, rather than sequentially. For operators watching infrastructure consolidation, the Cantor-Securitize model represents a distribution-and-issuance stack being assembled ahead of broader regulatory clarity on digital securities.