Securitize says its tokenized SECZ shares have become the largest individual tokenized stock as the broader onchain equity market crosses $3 billion for the first time. In a September 29 update, the company said tokenized stocks had grown 369% so far in 2026 and that SECZ now represents more than 13% of the category. The milestone builds on Securitize’s decision to bring its own common stock onchain from the first day it began trading publicly on the New York Stock Exchange.
According to Securitize’s official listing-day announcement, SECZ began trading on NYSE on July 2 while eligible U.S. investors gained separate access to its tokenized form through Securitize’s regulated platform on Avalanche and Solana. The tokenized security represents the same Securitize common stock traded on NYSE rather than a synthetic tracker or separate share class.
SECZ Uses an Issuer-Sponsored Equity Model
That legal structure distinguishes SECZ from many equity-linked tokens available in crypto markets. Securitize says tokenization changes the form in which ownership is recorded without changing the underlying nature of the common share or overriding securities-law and transfer restrictions. Access remains subject to investor onboarding, KYC/AML controls and eligibility requirements. SECZ therefore brings an existing public security onto blockchain infrastructure instead of creating a separate instrument that merely follows its market price.
The distinction has become increasingly important as tokenized stocks adopt several different legal and ownership structures. Products such as tracker certificates and structured notes can provide economic exposure without giving investors direct ownership of the referenced shares. Issuer-sponsored tokenization instead keeps the public company involved in the issuance and shareholder-record process, preserving the legal relationship with the underlying security.
Securitize is attempting to extend that model beyond its own stock. Its partnership with Socios.com is exploring regulated tokenized equity tied to minority interests in professional sports teams, while a separate agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald is designed to create infrastructure for onchain IPOs and follow-on offerings. Those initiatives move tokenization closer to primary capital formation rather than limiting it to wrapping securities after they have already been issued.
$3B Market Still Needs Liquidity and Usage
The headline market figures require qualification. Securitize itself reported the 369% year-to-date increase, the $3 billion threshold and SECZ’s greater-than-13% share, so those percentages should be treated as company-reported market measurements. Onchain value measures how much equity is represented through tokenized structures, not how much of that value is actively trading or available as secondary-market liquidity.
Secondary-market activity is developing separately. Tokenized stocks recently generated $20.9 billion in 30-day decentralized exchange volume, with most of that turnover concentrated on Uniswap v3 and v4. Trading volume can substantially exceed tokenized market value because the same assets can change hands repeatedly, so the $20.9 billion turnover figure and $3 billion onchain stock value measure different things.
Traditional market infrastructure is also moving toward blockchain-based securities. DTCC has already conducted live production transactions using tokenized equities, Treasuries and other securities ahead of its planned commercial Tokenization Service rollout. That development places issuer-sponsored public equity alongside a wider institutional effort to connect legally recognized securities with blockchain settlement and recordkeeping.
For SECZ, the next meaningful milestone is sustained onchain ownership and liquidity rather than another headline market-share figure. Growth in tokenized shareholder balances, secondary trading, additional blockchain support and adoption of similar issuer-sponsored structures by other public companies will determine whether the model becomes a repeatable capital-markets format. SECZ’s significance today is narrower but concrete: the company tokenized the same common stock it listed publicly, and Securitize now says that onchain position has grown into the largest individual tokenized equity.