Real Finance, Anchorage Digital partner on tokenized asset infrastructure

Real Finance, an EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain built for real-world asset tokenization, has announced a strategic partnership with Anchorage Digital, which operates the first federally chartered crypto bank in the United States and serves as a qualified institutional custodian. The partnership is intended to support the full lifecycle of tokenized assets, including issuance, custody, settlement, servicing, and secondary-market liquidity. Under the agreement, Anchorage Digital’s regulated custody, treasury management, settlement, and institutional security capabilities will be combined with Real Finance’s issuance infrastructure, lifecycle management tools, risk visibility framework, and programmable financial infrastructure. The partnership will focus on several areas across the tokenized asset ecosystem: Treasury and ecosystem custody: Anchorage Digital will provide regulated custody and treasury infrastructure for the Real Finance ecosystem and its native $ASSET token. Foundational custody layer: As new tokenized financial instruments are launched on the Real Finance Layer 1 blockchain, Anchorage Digital is expected to serve as a custody layer supporting broader institutional participation. Mutual pipeline support: The two companies will collaborate on institutional onboarding and business development. Real Finance aims to generate additional demand for regulated custody through its asset issuers and tokenization initiatives, while Anchorage Digital will connect institutional clients with tokenization and blockchain infrastructure solutions built on Real Finance. Ivo Grigorov, CEO of Real Finance, said: "Real Finance and Anchorage Digital are collaboratively building the institutional infrastructure for the next generation of tokenized financial markets. Tokenization alone is not enough. Institutions need trusted, regulated layers that integrate custody, servicing, settlement, and lifecycle management. Together we are moving the industry from experimentation toward functional on-chain capital markets and delivering the unified experience institutions demand." Nathan McCauley, Co-Founder and CEO, Anchorage Digital, said: “RWAs are one of the clearest examples of how blockchain can modernize capital markets, but institutions need more than tokenization rails alone. They need regulated, secure infrastructure that can support custody, settlement, and lifecycle connectivity at scale. Our partnership with Real Finance brings together the core building blocks institutions need to move from isolated pilots to real onchain capital markets.” As real-world assets increasingly move on-chain, institutions require more than tokenization infrastructure alone. The tokenized asset market remains fragmented across areas such as issuance, custody and compliance, settlement, servicing, and liquidity. According to the companies, operational trust and disconnected service providers continue to be among the key barriers to the development of fully functional on-chain capital markets. Real Finance and Anchorage Digital said the partnership is intended to address these challenges by bringing together blockchain infrastructure, regulated custody, treasury management, settlement services, and tokenization capabilities within a more integrated framework. The companies said the model is designed to support a range of tokenized assets and financial products, including private credit, investment funds, real estate, structured products, and bank-integrated financial instruments. The post Real Finance, Anchorage Digital partner on tokenized asset infrastructure appeared first on Invezz