Securitize – Weekly Recap

Securitize advanced its onchain infrastructure strategy this week, unveiling a partnership between Securitize Fund Services and Upshift to deliver institutional-grade fund administration for onchain vaults. The move aims to bring traditional fund controls and reporting standards to blockchain-based capital markets.

Through the Upshift collaboration, Securitize will provide independent performance reporting, investor-level allocation transparency, and reconciliation of complex onchain and protocol activity. These capabilities are designed to produce audit- and tax-ready data that address compliance, risk, and oversight requirements for institutional allocators.

The initiative extends Securitize’s Vault Registrar architecture by adding a third-party validation layer that independently confirms investor-level ownership and performance. By aligning onchain vaults with the transparency and reporting standards used in traditional funds, the company seeks to lower barriers for regulated capital to access DeFi-style vault strategies.

Securitize Fund Services, which already administers more than 700 private and listed funds, will redeploy its portfolio accounting and investor-relations expertise into this new segment. If adopted at scale, the enhanced vault infrastructure could deepen relationships with asset managers, support higher recurring administration revenue, and reinforce Securitize’s role in tokenized finance.

In parallel, Securitize announced the appointment of former IMF Alternate Executive Director and payments veteran Sunil Sabharwal to its board of directors. His background at institutions such as GE Capital, First Data, and the International Monetary Fund is expected to bolster the firm’s regulatory and policy capabilities.

The board addition comes as Securitize pursues a planned business combination with Cantor Equity Partners II, a SPAC sponsored by an affiliate of Cantor Fitzgerald, with the combined entity expected to list as Securitize Holdings, Inc. under the ticker SECZ, subject to approvals. Management emphasizes that execution remains contingent on regulatory developments, SPAC transaction risks, and broader digital-asset market conditions.

These developments reinforce Securitize’s positioning as a regulated platform for real-world asset tokenization, where it reports over $4 billion in assets under management and partnerships with major asset managers. Overall, the week underscored the company’s dual focus on institutional-grade infrastructure and governance as it prepares for potential public-market entry and broader institutional adoption of tokenized products.