Real Finance, Anchorage Digital Partner to Expand RWA Infrastructure

Real Finance and Anchorage Digital Form RWA Infrastructure Agreement. The partnership combines tokenization, retention and settlement tools. Firms target institutional adoption of capital markets on a chain basis.

Real Finance and Anchorage Digital have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at supporting the full lifecycle of tokenized assets, as institutional interest in real-world assets (RWA) tokenization grows.

The partnership combines Real Finance’s blockchain-based token infrastructure with Anchorage’s digital control, treasury management, settlement and institutional security capabilities.

The companies said the collaboration was designed to address key challenges that have slowed institutional adoption of tokenized financial products.

Under the agreement, the two firms will work together on asset provision, custody, settlement, servicing and secondary market liquidity.

This initiative aims to provide a more integrated framework for institutions wishing to participate in the chain capital market.

Focus on storage and token infrastructure

Real Financial operates an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatible Layer 1 block.

Anchorage Digital, meanwhile, is the parent company of the first federally chartered crypto bank in the United States and serves as the qualified institutional custodian.

As part of the partnership, Anchorage Digital will provide regulated custody and treasury infrastructure for the real financial ecosystem and its home country ASSET token.

The companies also said that Anchorage Digital will act as a basic layer of protection for tokenized financial instruments opened on the Real Financial blockchain.

The arrangement aims to support broad institutional participation by providing controlled conservation services alongside planned asset delivery.

In addition, both firms support each other’s institutional client pipelines.

Anticipating that real finance will drive increased demand for custodial services through asset providers and onboarding initiatives, Anchorage Digital plans to connect institutional clients with tokenization and blockchain infrastructure solutions built on real finance.

Companies target institutional adoption

Executives from both companies said the collaboration is focused on building the infrastructure needed to take on institutionally held assets.

Real Finance CEO Ivo Grigorov said:

“Real Finance and Anchorage Digital are collaborating to build the institutional infrastructure for the next generation of alternative financial markets. Token alone is not enough. Institutions need trusted, regulated layers that integrate protection, servicing, settlement and lifecycle management.”

Nathan McCauley, co-founder and CEO of Anchorage Digital, added:

“RWAs are one of the clearest examples of how blockchain can modernize capital markets, but institutions need more than just tokenization rails. They need regulatory and reliable infrastructure that supports regulation, settlement and lifecycle connectivity at scale. Our partnership with Real Finance brings the key building blocks for institutions to transition from isolated pilots to true onchain capital markets.”

Dealing with fragmentation in tokenized markets

The companies said the paid asset ecosystem is segmented into provisioning, custody, compliance, settlement, servicing and liquidity infrastructure.

According to the organizations, institutions frequently cite operational trust issues as barriers to wider adoption.

The partnership is intended to create a more connected framework by combining blockchain infrastructure, regulated custody, treasury management, settlement capabilities and tokenization tools.

Real Finance and Anchorage’s digital framework can support a variety of asset classes, including personal loans, investment funds, real estate, structured products and bank-integrated financial instruments.

The announcement comes as financial institutions continue to explore tokenized assets to modernize their capital markets infrastructure and expand access to blockchain-based financial services.

By integrating security, settlement and tokenization capabilities into a single ecosystem, the two companies aim to address some of the operational challenges that limit institutional on-chain market growth.