San Francisco, Nov. 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Securitize, a compliance platform for the issuance and lifecycle management of digital securities on the blockchain, has announced a new partnership with BnkToTheFuture, a global financial technology investment platform that has hosted funding rounds and invested in companies such as BitStamp, Kraken, ShapeShift, BitFinex, BitPay, and over 100 others.
This partnership gives Securitize’s customers access to one of the most effective and established investment platforms in the space, while also providing BnkToTheFuture with preferred status for their fundraising customers on the Securitize platform. BnkToTheFuture has also agreed to adopt and advocate for Securitize’s Digital Securities Protocol (DS Protocol) on their upcoming securities token exchange launch, which allows for compliant trading across multiple marketplaces and exchanges. The partnership with BnkToTheFuture continues the trend of rapid adoption across the digital securities ecosystem.
Securitize has successfully issued multiple digital securities on the Ethereum blockchain, including 22X Fund, SPiCE VC, and a recent upgrade of the Blockchain Capital BCAP token. Securitize has also previously disclosed that it has over 19 signed customers, with many more coming online in the next few quarters.
“We are very excited to partner with BnkToTheFuture. Much like Securitize, it executes on its mission and has proven to deliver on its product’s promise. BnkToTheFuture is a pioneering thought leader in the crypto space, and has been selling securities for Bitcoin and Blockchain companies since as early as 2011,” said Carlos Domingo, CEO of Securitize.
“Having invested in over 100 companies in the industry, and opening those offerings up to our network of qualifying crypto investors with securities laws in mind from the beginning, we are impressed with the pace and technology that Securitize is bringing to market, as well as their focus on compliance and innovation. We are happy to both partner with Securitize and also make a strategic investment through one of our syndicates of crypto investors on BnkToTheFuture.com.”
About BnkToTheFuture
BnkToTheFuture is an online investment platform that has invested over $625m in funding rounds listed on its platform including Kraken, BitStamp, BitFinex, ShapeShift, and BitPay. It is a registered securities business with ownership stakes in other licensed companies, including a U.S. broker-dealer and an SEC-registered Alternative Trading System (ATS), among others. To learn more about the platform, please visit bnktothefuture.com.
About Securitize, Inc.
Securitize is a software compliance platform for issuing and managing digital securities (security tokens) on the blockchain, including dividends, distributions, and share buy-backs. Securitize’s innovative Digital Securities Protocol (DS Protocol) enables seamless, fully compliant trading across multiple markets simultaneously. As a market leader, Securitize is heavily invested in the overall security token space, and actively partners with exchanges, broker-dealers, custodians of crypto, escrow services, and other financial infrastructure for security tokens. For more information, visit securitize.io.