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Unchained · Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Securitize IPOed to validate technology and raise capital, says CEO Carlos Domingo

Carlos Domingo, founder and CEO of Securitize, explains the company's decision to go public, contrasting it with the trend of startups staying private longer. He cites the opening of the IPO market for crypto companies and the inspiration from Circle's public listing as key factors.

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For us it was the right time because, uh, first, the IPO market was open for crypto companies after many years.
Carlos Domingo
And I think the Circle IPO was inspiring because, you know, Circle tokenizes dollars, we tokenize everything else, and the amount of, you know, attention and interest they got from public markets, uh, you know, was an eye opening for us in terms of of the interest that could be in our company.
Carlos Domingo
And and the final thing is that I think crypto is going to consolidate.
Carlos Domingo
Heard on Unchained — “Should Tokenized Stock Only Come From Issuers? Yes, Says Carlos Domingo, published Tuesday, August 4, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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Securitize IPOed to validate technology and raise capital, says CEO Carlos Domingo — Heardvine