Cardano and Draper Dragon unveiled the $80 million Orion Fund on April 7, targeting real-world asset tokenization and institutional DeFi to accelerate on-chain growth. The fund aims to create compliant, yield-bearing instruments for institutional investors on Cardano.
Franklin Templeton’s head of digital assets says Ripple is directing XRP-based capital toward infrastructure development and real-world financial services. The remark highlights institutional flows of crypto into tangible economic projects.
Hedera has onboarded 12 money-market funds from BlackRock and State Street, marking a major real-world asset win for the network. The move opens the door to potentially trillions in tokenized cash management on HBAR rails.
Aster announced a March mainnet launch for Aster Chain, expanding its DEX to support both blockchain-native tokens and tokenized real-world assets. The move aims to broaden liquidity and increase ASTER's utility.
Galaxy has issued a $75 million tokenized collateralized loan obligation on Avalanche, anchored by a $50 million investment from Grove as tokenized RWAs top $20 billion marketwide.
Goldman Sachs says clearer regulation and growing real-world crypto applications will drive greater institutional involvement beyond trading. The bank highlights compliance frameworks and tokenized assets as key enablers for banks, asset managers, and custodians.
R25, incubated by Ant Financial, has launched an on-chain yield-bearing stablecoin backed by real-world assets and selected Polygon as its first network partner. The debut brings RWA liquidity and native yield mechanisms to a major L2, with potential implications for MATIC demand and DeFi yield products.
R25, backed by Ant Financial, has launched a yield-bearing, asset-backed stablecoin protocol on Polygon aimed at institutions seeking compliant onchain yield. The debut highlights growing demand for tokenized real-world assets and could expand DeFi utility on Polygon.