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Securitize Expands Regulated Operations to Europe with Investment Firm Approval in Spain

December 17, 2024

Madrid, Spain & Miami, FL - Securitize announced today it has obtained approval by the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) as an Investment Firm, registering Securitize Europe Brokerage and Markets, S.A. to operate as a Sociedad de Valores (broker dealer), providing services for blockchain-based financial assets, including acting as an Entidad Responsable de Inscripción y Registro (ERIR). 

“Our approval as an Investment Firm and namely the ability to act as an ERIR in Spain is an important milestone for Securitize,” said Carlos Domingo, Co-founder and CEO of Securitize. “With this approval, Securitize can now tokenize, manage, and facilitate the lifecycle of digital securities in Europe, creating new opportunities for issuers to raise capital and for investors to access innovative, blockchain-powered investment opportunities under one unified, regulatory-compliant platform. 

The CNMV’s approval highlights the integration of blockchain technology into traditional financial systems under Spain’s progressive legal structure. This includes compliance with Spain’s Securities Market Law (Ley del Mercado de Valores) and alignment with European Union regulations such as MiFID II. 

As an Investment Firm, in addition to acting as an ERIR, Securitize may provide investment services such as tokenization of financial instruments and, pending approval under the Pilot Regulation, operation of a DLT trading and settlement system, all within a regulated environment that ensures robust investor protection and operational transparency. 

For more information, please reach out to info@securitize.io.

About Securitize

Securitize, the leader in tokenizing real-world assets, is bringing the world on-chain through tokenized funds in partnership with top-tier asset managers, such as BlackRock, Hamilton Lane, KKR and others. Securitize, through its subsidiaries, is a SEC-registered broker dealer and digital transfer agent, and operator of a SEC-regulated Alternative Trading System (ATS) and a MiFID-regulated broker-dealer (Sociedad de Valores). For more information, please visit www.securitize.io.  

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Securitize Disclosures

Securities are offered through Securitize Markets, LLC, (“Securitize Markets”) a registered broker-dealer and member FINRA/SIPC. Securitize Markets, LLC, and Securitize Capital, an Exempt Reporting Adviser, are not involved in Real-World Asset (RWA) tokenization, a service provided by Securitize.

Assets such as digital assets or tokens using blockchain, are speculative, involve a high degree of risk, are generally illiquid, may have no value, have limited regulatory certainty, are subject to potential market manipulation risks and may expose investors to loss of principal.

Securitize, Inc. (Securitize) is a Delaware corporation. Securitize is a technology provider which, together with its affiliates, maintains an end-to-end web-based platform used by issuers for issuing securities, specifically including digital asset securities. Securitize is not a registered broker-dealer.

Securitize, LLC is a transfer agent registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securitize Markets also operates Securitize Markets ATS, an alternative trading system.

Securitize Capital, LLC is an exempt reporting adviser filed with the State of Florida. 

Securitize Europe Brokerage and Markets, S.V., S.A. is a broker-dealer (Sociedad de Valores) registered with the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV).