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How Real-World Assets are Driving the DeFi Evolution

  Decentralized finance (DeFi) emerged to challenge the inefficiencies and oftentimes lack of inclusivity of traditional finance (TradFi). In its earliest form, DeFi prized innovation over accountability, often prioritizing yield mechanics untethered to real economic activity. That era is ending. Today, tokenized real-world assets (RWAs)… Read More

Real-World Assets (RWAs) Have Reportedly Matured into Well-Capitalized Digital Assets Sector

In 2024, while the crypto world buzzed with meme coins, Layer 2 scaling solutions, and speculative political betting markets, a quieter yet transformative narrative unfolded: the revival of Real World Assets (RWA) in cryptocurrency. Once a niche experiment, RWAs have solidified their place as one… Read More

Guggenheim Treasury Services Taps Zeconomy Platform to Issue Digital Commercial Paper on XRP Ledger

Digital Commercial Paper DCP, a fixed income asset secured by U.S. Treasuries and rated Prime-1 by Moody’s, is now live on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), a public blockchain built for the efficient tokenization of real-world assets. Administered by Guggenheim Treasury Services, “one of the largest… Read More

Web3 Chatter: AI Agent Risks, RWAs, and Weaker Cybersecurity

Even with the short week, Web3 was busy discussing cybersecurity disclosure, stablecoins and security vulnerabilities with AI agents. Read more below. Repealing cybersecurity incident public disclosure requirements is a big mistake “It would be a huge mistake for the SEC to repeal the cybersecurity incident… Read More

Bitget Forays into RWAs with BGUSD, Merges TradFi with Crypto

Bitget, the cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, has announced the launch of BGUSD, a yield-bearing stable asset certificate designed to enhance capital efficiency and provide “passive income opportunities for users worldwide.” BGUSD is integrated into the platform’s “trading and wealth management infrastructure, offering a multifaceted… Read More

R3 and Solana Foundation to Enable Regulated Financial Institutions and RWAs on Solana Blockchain

R3 and Solana Foundation announce a collaboration to bring regulated financial institutions and their real-world assets onto Solana. It will deliver enterprise-grade, “permissioned consensus service offered to the public on a Layer 1 network.” This brings the institutional TradFi and DeFi worlds “into convergence, marrying… Read More

Libre Brings Laser Digital’s Carry Fund On-Chain via Avalanche, Providing Access to Alternative Strategies

Libre, the on-chain infrastructure purpose-built for regulated real-world assets (RWAs) has brought its Libre Gateway to the Avalanche network, starting with the tokenization of the Laser Carry Fund (LCF). This integration marks yet another milestone in “expanding institutional access to tokenized financial products on public… Read More

Chainlink, Kinexys by J.P. Morgan, Ondo Finance to Bring Bank Payment Rails to Tokenized Asset Markets

Chainlink, the “standard” for onchain finance, Kinexys by J.P. Morgan, the financial services firm’s blockchain business unit, and Ondo Finance, the real-world asset tokenization specialist, announced the completion of a cross-chain Delivery versus Payment (DvP) test transaction. The transaction utilized blockchain deposit accounts “on Kinexys… Read More

Tokenization and Institutional-Grade Compliance : Chainalysis Announces Integration with Hadron by Tether

Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has announced a significant milestone in its strategic partnership with Tether, one of the world’s largest stablecoin issuers. Chainalysis’ compliance and monitoring tools have reportedly been integrated into Hadron by Tether, which is a platform designed to tokenize real-world assets (RWAs)…. Read More

Tokenization Firm Savea Raises $2.5 Million Pre-Seed, Targets “High Value Assets” including Wine

Tokenization firm Savea has raised $2.5 million in pre-seed funding, according to the company. The platform aims to tokenize “high-value assets” in a regulated environment. The funding came from angel investors and venture firm EmergentX. Savea says it will utilize blockchain technology to improve liquidity… Read More

Web3 News of the Week: Disappearing NFTs, Data Center Shortages and RWAs

Web3 executives comment on disappearing NFTs, data center shortages and other issues of the week. Disappearing/reappearing NFTs highlight risk with centralized cloud networks “After Nike’s CloneX collection went dark on Thursday, we worked closely with the Nike RTFKT team to hurriedly upload the files to… Read More

Soneium by Sony Block Solutions Labs and Plume Pursue Real World Asset Yield

Plume and Soneium by Sony Block Solutions Labs are working together to enable real-world asset (RWA) yield. Plume is a blockchain focusing on the RWA sector. Soneium is an Ethereum layer-2 developed by Sony Block Solutions Labs. The goal of the partnership is to bring RWA staking and real-world… Read More

Securitize: Institutional DeFi with Apollo Diversified Credit Securitize Fund (ACRED)

Securitize has announced a “new chapter for institutional DeFi.” The tokenization platform has partnered with Gauntlet to enable a Real World Assets (RWA) strategy, powered by Morpho, deployed on the Polygon Network. Securitize states that the institutional-grade solution enables permissioned Apollo Diversified Credit Securitize Fund… Read More

Digital Assets: Tokeny, HBAR Foundation (Hedera) Partner on Tokenized RWAs

Tokenization enabler Tokeny and blockchain entity HBAR Foundation have revealed a partnership pertaining to the digitization of Real World Assets (RWAs). The collaboration is said to deliver a “compliant, scalable, and green institutional tokenization on the Hedera Network. The agreement is described as a “major milestone”… Read More

Securitize Announces Acquisition of MG Stover’s Fund Administration Business

Securitize, the platform for real-world asset tokenization, has announced the acquisition of MG Stover’s Fund Administration business, the  fund administration firm for digital assets. With this acquisition, Securitize’s subsidiary, Securitize Fund Services (SFS), reportedly becomes the “world’s largest digital asset fund administrator.” This acquisition expands… Read More

Raze Finance and Redbelly Network to Enable RWA Tokenization

Raze, a tokenization engine for real-world assets (RWAs), announced a partnership with Redbelly Network, a blockchain designed specifically for real-world asset tokenization. This collaboration creates a solution for asset issuers looking “to tokenize and trade compliant on-chain structured products.” The partnership brings together Raze’s no-code… Read More

Apollo Funds Invests in Plume, an RWA Blockchain

Apollo Funds has committed money to back Plume, according to a note from the company. Deal terms were not revealed. Plume is a blockchain built specifically for Real World Assets or RWAs. Plume says it is building an EVM compatible environment to transform traditional financial… Read More

Centrifuge Teams Up with BounceBit, Extending Reach of Tokenized Real-World Assets (RWAs) Offerings

Centrifuge is pleased to announce a partnership with BounceBit, further extending the reach of their tokenized real-world asset offerings. This collaboration will bring the Janus Henderson Anemoy Treasury Fund (JTRSY) to the BounceBit portal, providing their users “with access to our institutional-grade tokenized Treasury product.”… Read More

Plume and Goldfinch to Expand Onchain Access to Private Credit Funds

Plume, the RWAfi (real world asset finance) chain, and Goldfinch, the onchain private credit platform, announced a partnership to expand access to high quality private credit assets on Plume’s RWA staking platform, Nest. This partnership will reportedly aim to widen access to institutional-grade private credit… Read More

DTCC Moves to Better Support Digital Assets, Joins ERC3643 Token Standard Movement Created by Tokeny

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has joined the ERC3643 Association – the advocate group for the ERC3643 token standard. ERC3643 was created by Tokeny, a leading digital security enabler based in Luxembourg. Luc Falempin, CEO of Tokeny, said that having “DTCC join the… Read More

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