Securitize Dismisses Clarity Act Necessity
Securitize's Graham Ferguson is shrugging off the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, saying tokenized securities built on existing regulatory frameworks don't need new legislation to function. The company operates as an SEC-registered broker-dealer, transfer agent, and alternative trading system operator, facilitating the issuance, custody, settlement, and trading of tokenized assets on public blockchains like Solana and Avalanche.
Securitize now oversees more than $4 billion in tokenized real-world assets across various funds. The CLARITY Act, a bipartisan bill designed to sort out jurisdictional boundaries between the SEC and CFTC over digital assets, passed the House with a 294-134 vote in July 2025. However, Securitize's issuer-sponsored model means every token it creates already conforms to the regulatory standards that the CLARITY Act would theoretically codify.
Ferguson joined Securitize in 2025 with a specific mandate: integrating tokenized assets with decentralized finance protocols. The company went public on the NYSE under the ticker SECZ on July 2, 2026, through a deal valued at roughly $400 million, simultaneously tokenizing its shares on both Solana and Avalanche.