Securitize Wins EU Approval to Operate as Investment Firm and TSS on Avalanche Blockchain

• Securitize granted authorisation under the EU’s DLT Pilot Regime to operate a regulated trading platform.
• Securitize will launch its European trading and settlement system on Avalanche.

Securitize has secured full regulatory approval from the European Union to operate a regulated digital‑asset market infrastructure. The authorisation grants Securitize the ability to function both as an Investment Firm and as a Trading & Settlement System (TSS) across the EU.

According to Securitize’s announcement,

The license is under the EU’s DLT Pilot Regime and was issued by Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), Spain’s national securities regulator. Through passporting, the authorisation now extends to other major EU jurisdictions. This includes Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, enabling it to execute trades, hold assets in custody, and act as a digital transfer agent for tokenised securities.

For its European launch, Securitize chose Avalanche (AVAX) due to its combination of speed, scalability, and flexibility. Avalanche’s consensus protocol, known as the “Avalanche Consensus”, allows transactions to achieve irreversible finality in just 1–2 seconds.

AVAX is EVM-compatible, meaning the existing Ethereum (ETH) smart contracts, developer tools, and expertise can be reused. As a result, engineering friction for organisations is reduced, and this makes it suitable for regulated, institutional-grade applications. Securitize plans to launch its first tokenised securities issuance on this platform in early 2026.

Last month, Securitize announced plans to go public through a $1.25 billion SPAC deal backed by Cantor Fitzgerald, further establishing itself as a leading provider of tokenisation infrastructure.

Meanwhile, Avax One Technology Ltd expanded its digital asset treasury by acquiring an additional 9,377,475 Avalanche tokens, bringing its total holdings to over 13.8 million AVAX. This is part of a plan to scale its infrastructure and optimise returns, making Avax One the first Nasdaq-listed firm to build a crypto treasury.

Bitwise, the $15 billion asset manager, is gearing up to launch its Avalanche ETF after filing an updated S‑1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, with plans to list the shares on NYSE Arca under the ticker “BAVA.”

This has sparked optimism for a surge in AVAX as it trades around $14. AVAX now faces a key resistance level at $16, and over the past day, its price has climbed 6%.