BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), Tokenized By Securitize, Surpasses $1B in AUM

Achieves Industry Milestone, Cementing Role as Tokenization Leader Accelerating Digital Asset Usage Among Institutions

MIAMI, March 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Securitize today announced that the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), has surpassed $1B in assets under management, marking a significant milestone in the growth of the tokenization ecosystem. Securitize is the tokenization provider for BUIDL, which launched in March 2024 and is BlackRock's first tokenized fund to be issued on a public blockchain.

BUIDL offers qualified investors access to U.S. dollar yields on-chain with flexible custody, daily dividend payouts, and near real-time 24/7/365 peer-to-peer transfers. These features have unlocked innovative utility for institutions spanning treasury management, stablecoin backing, DeFi access, and collateral for trading. These use cases showcase enhanced liquidity and transparency with reduced counterparty risk with the backing of BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager.

Since inception, the BUIDL ecosystem has grown significantly. Initially launching on the Ethereum blockchain, BUIDL has expanded across Aptos, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Optimism, and Polygon, with cross-chain interoperability enabled by Wormhole to facilitate seamless and secure token transfers. Custodians supporting BUIDL subscribers include Anchorage Digital, BitGo, Copper, and Fireblocks, among others, and Bank of New York Mellon serves as BUIDL's cash and securities custodian.

"BlackRock's BUIDL surpassing $1B in AUM represents a significant moment for on-chain finance," said Securitize Co-founder and CEO Carlos Domingo. "We are proud of our pioneering work to make this product a reality, which demonstrates that tokenized securities are not just a concept, but a tangible innovation. BUIDL has set a new standard, proving to the investment community that this market is here to stay—and the momentum behind that recognition is only growing."

Joseph Chalom, Head of Strategic Ecosystem Partnerships at BlackRock noted: "BUIDL showcases the viability of real-world assets on-chain, offering institutional investors enhanced liquidity, flexibility, and yield opportunities. We're grateful to Securitize, BNYM and all of our partners, and we are thrilled to see BUIDL's growth accelerate even further."

As tokenization of real-world assets gains significant momentum, BUIDL will continue to expand to new blockchain ecosystems, with more use cases on the way to continue pushing on-chain finance forward.

About Securitize

Securitize, the leader in tokenizing real-world assets, is bringing the world on-chain through tokenized funds in partnership with top-tier asset managers, such as Apollo, BlackRock, Hamilton Lane, KKR and others. Securitize, through its subsidiaries, is a SEC-registered broker dealer, digital transfer agent, fund administrator and operator of a SEC-regulated Alternative Trading System (ATS). Securitize has also been recognized as a 2025 Forbes Top 50 Fintech company. For more information, please visit www.securitize.io. 

Securitize Disclosures

Securities are offered through Securitize Markets, LLC, ("Securitize Markets") a registered broker-dealer and member FINRA/SIPC. Securitize Markets, LLC, and Securitize Capital, an Exempt Reporting Adviser, are not involved in Real-World Asset (RWA) tokenization, a service provided by Securitize. Assets such as digital assets or tokens using blockchain, are speculative, involve a high degree of risk, are generally illiquid, may have no value, have limited regulatory certainty, are subject to potential market manipulation risks and may expose investors to loss of principal.

Securitize, Inc. (Securitize) is a Delaware corporation. Securitize is a technology provider which, together with its affiliates, maintains an end-to-end web-based platform used by issuers for issuing securities, specifically including digital asset securities. Securitize is not a registered broker-dealer.

Securitize, LLC is a transfer agent registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securitize Markets also operates Securitize Markets ATS, an alternative trading system. Securitize Capital, LLC is an exempt reporting adviser filed with the State of Florida. 

SOURCE Securitize