MIAMI and MADRID – Securitize, the world’s leading platform for tokenizing real-world assets, today announced that it has obtained the regulatory approval to operate as both an Investment Firm and a Trading & Settlement System (TSS) in the European Union. As part of this authorization, Securitize will launch its European TSS on Avalanche, leveraging the blockchain’s high-performance architecture for regulated markets.
With these approvals, Securitize becomes the only company in the world licensed to operate regulated digital securities infrastructure in both the United States and the European Union, enabling issuers and investors to participate seamlessly across two of the world’s largest capital markets.
“Tokenizing the world means removing the borders that have historically fragmented global capital markets. Becoming the only firm licensed to operate regulated digital-securities infrastructure across both the U.S. and the EU puts us in a unique position to connect issuers and investors across the world’s two largest financial markets,” said Securitize CEO and Co-Founder Carlos Domingo. “The TSS authorization completes the last major regulatory piece to enable a fully regulated, digital market in Europe that connects directly to our infrastructure in the United States.”
“Avalanche was designed for the performance and predictability required to tokenize the world’s assets,” said Ava Labs President John Wu. “We’re proud to support Securitize as they launch the first pan-European TSS powered by Avalanche. This is a major milestone for Europe’s tokenized markets and shows how institutional-grade blockchain infrastructure can unlock new levels of speed, transparency, and efficiency for issuers and investors.”
Avalanche combines sub-second finality with the ability to deploy purpose-built blockchains, giving institutions a predictable, compliant foundation for onchain trading, settlement, and lifecycle management.
Securitize’s authorization was developed with input from the CNMV, ESMA, Bank of Spain and the European Central Bank. The TSS allows Securitize to combine the roles of a Multilateral Trading Facility and a Central Securities Depository within one digital framework.
Securitize’s European entity, Securitize Europe Brokerage & Markets, SV SA, secured its Investment Firm license in December 2024, covering reception and transmission of orders, execution of orders, custody, transfer-agent services, and operation of market-infrastructure systems. The license in Spain also includes ERIR authorization, effectively the digital-transfer-agent role, which explicitly enables Securitize to manage and service tokenized assets end-to-end. That license has now been passported across most EU jurisdictions, including Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.
Securitize’s first issuance on Avalanche under the EU TSS is expected early 2026.
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About Securitize
Securitize, the world’s leader in tokenizing real-world assets with $4B+ AUM (as of November 2025), is bringing the world onchain through tokenized funds in partnership with top-tier asset managers, such as Apollo, BlackRock, BNY, Hamilton Lane, KKR, VanEck and others. In the U.S., Securitize operates as a SEC-registered broker dealer, digital transfer agent, fund administrator, and operator of a SEC-regulated Alternative Trading System (ATS). In Europe, Securitize is fully authorized as an Investment Firm and a Trading & Settlement System (TSS) under the EU DLT Pilot Regime, making it the only company licensed to operate regulated digital-securities infrastructure across both the U.S. and EU. Securitize has also been recognized as a 2025 Forbes Top 50 Fintech company.
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About Avalanche
Avalanche is an ultra-fast, low-latency blockchain platform designed for builders who need high performance at scale. The network’s architecture allows for the creation of sovereign, efficient and fully interoperable public and private layer 1 (L1) blockchains which leverage the Avalanche Consensus Mechanism to achieve high throughput and near-instant transaction finality. The ease and speed of launching an L1, and the breadth of architectural customization choices, make Avalanche the perfect environment for a composable multi-chain future.
Supported by a global community of developers and validators, Avalanche offers a fast, low-cost environment for building decentralized applications (dApps). With its combination of speed, flexibility, and scalability, Avalanche is the platform of choice for innovators pushing the boundaries of blockchain technology.
Securitize Disclosures
Securities are offered through Securitize Markets, LLC, (“Securitize Markets”) a registered broker-dealer and member FINRA/SIPC and Securitize Europe Brokerage and Markets, a broker-dealer (Sociedad de Valores) and operator of a EU DLT Pilot Regime TSS registered with the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV). 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.
