- Elixir and Securitize have partnered to unlock $1 billion in tokenized real-world belongings (RWA) to DeFi.
- The platforms have launched DeFi vaults for BlackRock’s BUIDL fund, with Elixir’s decentralized greenback deUSD core to the undertaking.
Elixir, the community powering the decentralized yield-bearing artificial greenback deUSD, has teamed up with BlackRock’s tokenization companion Securitize to launch a liquid staking token for tokenized securities.
The partnership seeks to deliver billions of {dollars} in gated capital to the decentralized finance market, Elixir stated in an announcement on Nov. 19.
Introducing Elixir’s “deUSD RWA Institutional Program” – a primary ever partnership with Securitize
After months of design and $1B+ of capital curiosity, this joint program permits Blackrock BUIDL and different RWA holders to seamlessly entry DeFi utilizing deUSD as the first foreign money pic.twitter.com/rbUTNNadYr
— Elixir (@elixir) November 19, 2024
Elixir, Securitize launch DeFi vaults for BUIDL
In keeping with the platform, customers will leverage deUSD to entry Blackrock’s tokenized fund BUIDL and different RWA belongings for DeFi throughout the market. deUSD would be the major foreign money of the “deUSD RWA Institutional Program.”
In a remark, Elixir founder & chief govt officer Philip Forte stated:
“Elixir is excited to partner with Securitize to bring this 0 to 1 innovation to DeFi. The Elixir Network is a purpose-built stack powering exchange orderbooks and deUSD (“Decentralized US Dollar”). For the primary time ever, holders of tokenized real-world belongings can natively use their belongings onchain in DeFi, accessing unified liquidity through deUSD.”
The collaboration seeks to make use of deUSD to unlock yield-opportunities for the over $1 billion actual world belongings that Securitize has issued throughout DeFi. The providing is through the sToken and the brand new ERC-4626 vault expertise in partnership with Elixir’s “deUSD RWA Institutional Program.”
“With the launch of this innovative sToken functionality, Securitize is enabling a new frontier in DeFi by making it possible to leverage any Real World Asset token issued using the DS Protocol,” Securitize co-founder & chief govt officer Carlos Domingo stated in a assertion.
“This functionality not only provides liquidity options but also bridges the gap between traditional assets and the digital asset economy, offering investors more ways to manage and optimize their portfolios,” he added.
The RWA onchain market is presently valued at over $13 billion, whereas tokenized US Treasuries account for over $2.4 billion. On Nov. 19, Bitfinex Securites introduced the launch of the primary tokenized US T-bill in El Salvador.
