Securitize Founder Carlos Domingo: Tokenizing Real Assets, BlackRock BUIDL, and Going Public

Описание: Welcome to CryptoTwits. In this episode, we sit down with Carlos Domingo, founder of Securitize.

Carlos shares his journey from Barcelona to Japan (master’s, PhD, postdoc), then back to Spain to lead major digital initiatives at Telefonica, eventually running R&D at scale. From there, we get into what Securitize actually is: a tokenization company that takes real-world financial assets—funds, bonds, stocks, credit funds—and represents ownership on public blockchains to modernize the “ledgers” behind capital markets.

Carlos explains why Securitize sits between TradFi and crypto, why open innovation on public chains matters, and how tokenization addresses siloed, inefficient recordkeeping that creates layers of intermediaries. We also dig into the tokenization market’s size, why 2021 was the hardest year to compete against unregulated crypto giants, and what it meant to raise a key round led by Morgan Stanley—right before crypto’s brand damage hit again after FTX.

Then we cover the moment tokenization shifted: BlackRock returned to the conversation and ultimately partnered with Securitize for BUIDL, and Carlos breaks down how DeFi integration works for security tokens (whitelisting, broker-dealer coverage, transfer reporting) and why the regulatory lift matters as much as the technology.

Finally, we discuss Securitize tokenizing its own equity as it goes public via a SPAC, how tokenized shares can coexist with DTCC rails, why widespread tokenized equity adoption is likely—but full TradFi replacement takes decades—and where Carlos sees Securitize by the end of 2026: public company life, DeFi integration, tokenized equities becoming real, and industry consolidation.

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Chapters
0:06 - Intro: Carlos Domingo, founder of Securitize
0:51 - Carlos’ story: PhD, Japan, and running R&D at Telefonica
3:09 - Is Securitize “crypto” or TradFi infrastructure? Defining crypto
4:43 - What Securitize does: tokenization explained simply
5:55 - BUIDL name origin and crypto “build” culture
7:54 - How big is tokenization and Securitize’s market share
8:55 - Did it ever feel “too early”? Why 2021 was the hardest year
12:00 - Raising from Morgan Stanley and what it meant
12:59 - Landing KKR and the Wall Street Journal moment
13:38 - FTX collapse: brand association and institutions backing off
14:54 - How BlackRock came back and Securitize won the partnership
16:17 - How BUIDL ends up on Uniswap X: DeFi for security tokens
18:25 - MEV question and why RFQ changes the risk
19:06 - Tokenizing Securitize equity: one share class, on-chain + DTCC
20:46 - Timeline: S-4 filed, waiting on SEC approval
21:35 - How fast tokenized equities grow vs how long full migration takes
24:33 - Chains supported: 18 networks and why they stay agnostic
25:32 - Building a company: managing people, the “drunken walk”
28:55 - End of 2026: tokenized equities, DeFi integration, M&A
30:43 - Bear markets and adoption: “only bearish thing is price action”
32:11 - Why Securitize bridges TradFi and crypto on StockTwits
33:14 - Closing: history-book moment and doing it the “right way”
35:11 - Wrap: do it again after going public