Securitize, the world’s platform for tokenizing real-world assets, announced that it has received the regulatory approval to operate as an Investment Firm and a Trading & Settlement System (TSS) in the European Union. As part of this authorization, Securitize said that it will launch its European TSS on Avalanche, leveraging the blockchain’s architecture for regulated markets.
With these latest approvals, Securitize becomes the only company in the world licensed to operate digital securities infrastructure in the United States and the European Union, “enabling issuers and investors to participate seamlessly across two of the world’s largest capital markets.”
Securitize CEO and Co-Founder Carlos Domingo said that tokenizing the world means removing the borders that “have historically fragmented global capital markets.”
Domingo added that becoming the firm licensed to operate regulated digital-securities infrastructure across the U.S. and the EU puts them “in a position to connect issuers and investors across the world’s two largest financial markets,”
They further noted that the TSS authorization completes the last major regulatory piece to enable a “regulated, digital market in Europe that connects directly to our infrastructure in the US.”
Ava Labs President John Wu said that Avalanche was designed for the performance and predictability required to tokenize the world’s assets,”
They also mentioned that they’re eager to support Securitize “as they launch the first pan-European TSS powered by Avalanche.”
They further stated that this is a key 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 Dec 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 enables Securitize to manage and service tokenized assets end-to-end.”
That license has now reportedly 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 now expected early next year.