- Real Finance and Anchorage Digital form RWA infrastructure pact.
- Partnership combines tokenization, custody, and settlement tools.
- Firms target institutional adoption of on-chain capital markets.
Real Finance and Anchorage Digital have announced a strategic partnership to support the complete lifecycle of tokenized assets as institutional interest in real-world asset (RWA) tokenization grows.
The collaboration pairs Real Finance’s blockchain-native tokenization infrastructure with Anchorage Digital’s regulated custody, treasury management, settlement, and institutional security services.
Both firms say the arrangement is designed to resolve operational gaps that have slowed broader institutional adoption of tokenized financial products.
Under the agreement, the companies will collaborate across asset issuance, custody, settlement, servicing, and secondary market liquidity to provide a more integrated experience for institutional participants.
The initiative aims to offer a coherent framework for institutions seeking access to on-chain capital markets without sacrificing regulatory controls or operational reliability.
Focus on custody and tokenization infrastructure
Real Finance runs an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible Layer 1 blockchain built specifically to support real-world asset tokenization and related financial workflows.
Anchorage Digital, the parent company of the United States’ first federally chartered crypto bank, operates as a qualified institutional custodian offering regulated custody and treasury services.
As part of the partnership, Anchorage Digital will provide regulated custody and treasury infrastructure for the Real Finance ecosystem and its native ASSET token, acting as a foundational custody layer for tokenized instruments launched on the Real Finance chain.
This combination is designed to encourage broader institutional participation by pairing token issuance with regulated custody, settlement, and lifecycle management.
Both companies will also support each other’s institutional client pipelines: Real Finance expects to drive additional demand for custody services from asset issuers and onboarding initiatives, while Anchorage Digital plans to introduce institutional clients to tokenization and blockchain solutions built on Real Finance.
Companies target institutional adoption
Executives from both firms emphasize that the partnership focuses on building the infrastructure required for institutional-scale adoption of tokenized assets.
Ivo Grigorov, CEO of Real Finance, said that tokenization alone is not sufficient for widespread institutional use; institutions require trusted, regulated layers that integrate custody, servicing, settlement, and lifecycle management to move from experimentation to functional on-chain capital markets.
Nathan McCauley, Co-Founder and CEO of Anchorage Digital, added that RWAs illustrate how blockchain can modernize capital markets, but institutions need secure, regulated infrastructure that supports custody, settlement, and lifecycle connectivity at scale. He said the partnership brings together the core building blocks needed to shift from isolated pilots to operational on-chain markets.
Addressing fragmentation in tokenized markets
The firms note the tokenized asset ecosystem remains fragmented across issuance, custody, compliance, settlement, servicing, and liquidity infrastructure. Institutions frequently cite operational trust concerns and disconnected counterparties as obstacles to wider adoption.
By combining blockchain infrastructure, regulated custody, treasury management, settlement capabilities, and tokenization tools, the partners aim to create a more connected framework that reduces operational friction and strengthens institutional trust.
Real Finance and Anchorage Digital say the framework is designed to support a broad range of tokenized asset classes, including private credit, investment funds, real estate, structured products, and bank-integrated financial instruments.
The announcement comes as financial institutions continue exploring tokenized assets to modernize capital markets infrastructure and expand access to blockchain-based financial services. By integrating custody, settlement, and tokenization within a single ecosystem, the two companies aim to address operational barriers that have limited the growth of institutional on-chain markets.