Real World Assets

Real World Assets

Finance

RWA Chain Plume Acquiring Dinero to Expand Institutional DeFi Yield Offering

The deal aims to boost Plume's institutional push offering a broader set of yield strategies including liquid staking, co-founder Teddy Pornprinya said.

Plume co-founders Teddy Pornprinya and Chris Yin (Plume, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Cathie Wood's ARK Bets on Tokenization With a Stake in BlackRock-Backed Securitize

The ARK Venture Fund invested around $10 million in the tokenization specialist, according to CoinDesk's calculation.

Ark Invest's Cathie Wood (CoinDesk)

Finance

Tether Looking to Launch Tokenized Gold Treasury Firm With Antalpha Raising $200M: Report

The report comes after Antalpha, a key lender of mining hardware firm Bitmain, launched lending and infrastructure tools for Tether Gold (XAUT).

Close-up of stacked gold bars. (Jingming Pan/Unsplash)

Finance

Mantle Launches Tokenization Platform, Adds WLFI’s USD1 Stablecoin in RWA Push

Mantle's native token has been one of the best performing cryptocurrencies recently, gaining 73% over the past month amid ecosystem expansion and an integration with Bybit.

(CoinDesk)

Finance

Circle Expands $635M Tokenized Treasury Fund to Solana Amid Rapid RWA Growth

USYC, Circle’s tokenized money market fund, is currently the fifth largest offering in the rapidly growing $8 billion tokenized treasuries sector.

(Sandali Handagama/ CoinDesk)

Finance

Keel Debuts as Sky's Solana-Focused 'Star' With a $2.5B Roadmap to Boost RWAs and DeFi

The new protocol will channel USDS stablecoin reserves into Solana-based lending markets and real-world asset strategies.

Solana Logo

Markets

SEC Willing to Engage With Tokenized Asset Issuers, SEC’s Hester Peirce Says

We are willing to work with people who want to tokenize, Peirce said.

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

Tokenized Gold Market Nears $3B as Bullion Blasts to Fresh Record Highs

Tether's XAUT and Paxos' PAXG, the two largest gold-backed tokens, posted record monthly trading volumes in September as spot gold pushed above $3,800.

Gold bars.

Finance

Centrifuge Launches Tokenized S&P 500 Index Fund on Coinbase's Base Network

The SPXA offering is the first blockchain-based index fund licensed by the S&P Dow Jones Indices.

Centrifuge CEO Bhaji Illuminati (Centrifuge)

Opinion

Tokenization Is Finance’s Next ETF Moment, And Wall Street Isn’t Ready

Tokenization of real world assets (RWA) on blockchain rails is not a futuristic thought experiment, argues Nick Cherney, head of innovation at Janus Henderson Investors. It is happening right now.

Close-up of stacked gold bars. (Jingming Pan/Unsplash)