A tokenization company just posted its first earnings report as a public company, and Wall Street didn’t like the math. Shares fell more than 20% in a single after-hours session, erasing a solid gain from earlier the same day. The same week, U.S. regulators quietly cleared the path for one of the world’s largest asset managers to push blockchain-based funds further into the mainstream.
Securitize Falls 20% After First Earnings Report Misses on Revenue and Losses Widen
Securitize Corp. (NYSE: SECZ) reported its first quarterly results as a public company on August 12, three months after going public through a Cantor-backed SPAC merger. Revenue came in at $14.4 million, down 5% from a year earlier. Net loss widened to $21.7 million, or $2.37 per diluted share, from $6.1 million a year earlier. Adjusted EBITDA swung to a $5.95 million loss from a $1.8 million profit. Shares had closed the regular session up more than 6%. They fell over 20% after hours, to a fresh low near $6.26.
First-half 2026 revenue tells a different story: $33.9 million, up 16% and a company record. Average tokenized assets under management grew to $4.3 billion in the quarter, and Securitize says it has already crossed $5 billion so far in Q3, a first for any tokenization platform. Full-year 2026 revenue guidance: $70 million to $80 million, trimmed from an earlier $85 million target as crypto market growth cooled more than the company expected. Post-merger, Securitize holds about $350 million in net cash and no debt. CEO Carlos Domingo, on years of tokenization skepticism: “That debate is largely over.”
SEC Clears Franklin Templeton’s Tokenized Money Fund for Broader Use, With More Crypto Rules Expected This Week
The SEC’s Division of Investment Management issued a no-action letter on August 12 allowing Franklin Templeton’s traditional mutual funds and ETFs to invest in the firm’s own blockchain-based OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund, known as BENJI. The fund holds about $726 million in assets and runs on the Stellar network. Standard custody rules generally require registered funds to hold assets through a qualified physical custodian, a structure blockchain-recorded shares don’t fit neatly. The SEC’s relief waives that requirement here, subject to 12 conditions, including that Franklin’s transfer agent retain control of the private keys and that the fund undergo at least three independent audits per year.
The letter applies only to Franklin Templeton’s own funds. It still sets a template other asset managers, and the tokenization platforms that service them, are likely to study closely. Securitize’s own CEO referenced the broader regulatory picture on his company’s earnings call the same week, telling analysts the SEC has additional custody and exemption frameworks under discussion that could arrive as soon as this Friday, a reference to the agency’s scheduled August 14 meeting on tailored rules for crypto investment contracts.
SECZ, Franklin Templeton BENJI: Forward-Looking FAQ
Unclear from one quarter. AUM and transaction volume grew even as revenue fell, since the newest AUM growth sits in areas Securitize hasn’t fully monetized yet. Whether monetization catches up depends on how fast its new equity-trading and NYSE ATS partnerships start generating transaction fees.
No. The no-action letter covers only Franklin Templeton’s registered funds investing in Franklin’s own BENJI fund. BlackRock or other asset managers would need to seek comparable relief on their own facts before their registered funds could hold tokenized products like BUIDL the same way.
Not immediately. Domingo told analysts the company’s business does not depend on the outcome, though it would benefit. The meeting itself isn’t a final rule; it’s the SEC considering whether to advance a dedicated framework, an early step that could take months to translate into anything operational.
Sources
- CoinDesk: Securitize (SECZ), BlackRock’s Tokenization Partner, Falls 20% After Earnings Miss, August 12, 2026
- Investing.com: Earnings Call Transcript, Securitize Q2 2026 Loss Widens as Shares Sink 20%, August 13, 2026
- Benzinga: Securitize (SECZ) Shares Tumble 22% After Hours, August 12, 2026
- The Block: SEC Clears Franklin Templeton Funds to Use Onchain BENJI System for Cash Management, August 12, 2026
- SEC.gov: Franklin Templeton No-Action Letter, Division of Investment Management, August 12, 2026
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