Securitize Capital LLC officially became a registered investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 22.
This registration adds a key advisory license to the tokenization company’s regulatory portfolio, following Securitize Corp.'s NYSE debut just three weeks earlier.
Carlos Domingo, CEO and co-founder of Securitize, highlighted that this step broadens their platform's appeal to asset managers and institutional investors who seek partners well-versed in tokenization and regulatory compliance.
Before the registration, Securitize Capital operated as an exempt reporting adviser in Florida since March 2023, which restricted it to advising venture capital or private funds with under $150 million in U.S. assets. The new status removes those limits and subjects the Miami-based firm to public disclosure and regulatory oversight under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
With this advisory license in place, Securitize completes its regulatory framework around tokenized securities. Its U.S. entities now include an SEC-registered investment adviser, Securitize Markets an SEC-registered broker-dealer running an alternative trading system regulated by the SEC plus Securitize Transfer Agent and Securitize Fund Services.
In May, FINRA approved Securitize Markets to custody tokenized securities and settle them atomically, while in Europe, Securitize Europe Brokerage and Markets operates under the EU’s DLT Pilot Regime.
The company expects this registration to enhance collaboration with asset managers and institutional investors working on onchain investment strategies like vaults and lending structures.
This announcement came shortly after SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce cautioned about regulatory challenges tied to managing vaults and lending strategies. Peirce noted on July 22 that as securities move onchain, vaults and lending could become standard portfolio management tools, urging operators to seek compliance paths with the SEC.
The vault sector is already significant, with $8.1 billion locked in onchain lending vaults managed by risk-curator platforms, while tokenized real-world assets, excluding stablecoins, stand at $36.9 billion.
