The firm received approval from Spain’s National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) to operate under the EU’s DLT Pilot Regime. With this authorization, Securitize becomes the first company globally to hold licensed tokenization infrastructure in both the U.S. and the European Union, effectively connecting the world’s two largest capital markets via blockchain.
The new license significantly expands its previous capabilities. Back in December 2024, Securitize obtained an investment firm license valid in Germany, France, Italy, and other EU jurisdictions. The latest approval, however, allows the company to run a full market infrastructure stack — issuance, trading, and settlement of tokenized securities.
For its European platform, Securitize is relying on the Avalanche blockchain. According to the company, the decisive factors were near-instant transaction finality and network configurability for institutional-grade requirements.
For Avalanche, this marks a major vote of confidence from institutional players. Integrating a regulated trading and settlement layer could dramatically accelerate the adoption of Real World Assets (RWA) on the network. The first issuance under the new regime is planned for early 2026.
Securitize already works with major clients such as BlackRock, Apollo, and VanEck. A key milestone for the company was the success of the BlackRock BUIDL fund — the first on-chain U.S. Treasury product to surpass $1 billion in assets, later growing beyond $4 billion.
The EU’s DLT Pilot Regime serves as a regulatory sandbox that lets market participants test blockchain-based trading and settlement infrastructures without violating existing financial regulations.
For investors, the approval reinforces the accelerating shift toward tokenizing traditional financial instruments. The Real World Assets sector is widely seen as one of the strongest long-term growth areas in the digital-asset market.