Securitize has agreed to acquire River One, a New York-based financing firm, in a deal designed to bring stablecoin funding to the asset-backed lending market, which the company placed within a $6 trillion asset-backed finance market in its announcement. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026.

The BlackRock-backed tokenization platform announced the agreement on Monday, saying the acquisition would add a financing layer to its existing business of issuing and servicing tokenized assets for companies including BlackRock. The deal would also expand Securitize’s role into credit arrangement and asset-backed lending.

River One is developing technology that would allow lenders to access stablecoin funding. Under the proposed model, lenders could use pools of small-business loans or receivables as collateral to borrow capital and fund new loans. The proposed structure would connect stablecoin-based funding with collateral drawn from pools of real-world assets such as small-business loans and receivables.

The companies announced the transaction alongside Securitize’s third-quarter results. Revenue increased 13% year over year to $18.6 million, while Securitize reported a net loss of $66.3 million. The company said approximately $60 million of the loss consisted largely of noncash expenses and accounting charges, mainly related to its business combination and public listing.

Securitize is the second-largest real-world asset (RWA) platform, with $3.7 billion in total RWA value, according to RWA.xyz. Ondo ranked first with $4.1 billion.

The acquisition was also announced in a company release. Securitize and River One did not immediately provide comments to Cointelegraph, which reached out to both companies for additional information.