Securitize’s Graham Ferguson explains why tokenized securities don’t need the Clarity Act to survive

While much of the crypto industry has been wringing its hands over the fate of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, Securitize is essentially shrugging. Graham Ferguson, the company’s Head of Ecosystem, appeared on The Starting Block to make a straightforward case: tokenized securities built on existing regulatory frameworks don’t need new legislation to function. The compliance moat Securitize operates as an SEC-registered broker-dealer, transfer agent, and alternative trading system operator. The company facilitates the issuance, custody, settlement, and trading of tokenized assets on public blockchains like Solana and Avalanche, all while maintaining compliance with US securities laws. The firm now oversees more than $4 billion in tokenized real-world assets across various funds. The CLARITY Act, a bipartisan bill designed to sort out jurisdictional boundaries between the SEC and CFTC over digital assets, passed the House with a 294-134 vote in July 2025. A Senate procedural vote followed on September 15, 2026. Securitize’s issuer-sponsored model means every token it creates already conforms to the regulatory standards that the CLARITY Act would theoretically codify. Going publ...