Real Finance, Anchorage Digital partner to expand RWA infrastructure

• 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 entered into a strategic partnership aimed at supporting the full lifecycle of tokenized assets, as institutional interest in real-world asset (RWA) tokenization continues to grow.

The collaboration combines Real Finance’s blockchain-based tokenization infrastructure with Anchorage Digital’s regulated custody, treasury management, settlement, and institutional security capabilities.

The companies said the partnership is designed to address key operational challenges that have slowed broader institutional adoption of tokenized financial products.

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

The initiative is intended to provide a more integrated framework for institutions looking to participate in on-chain capital markets.

Focus on custody and tokenization infrastructure

Real Finance operates an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible Layer 1 blockchain developed specifically for real-world asset tokenization.

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

As part of the partnership, Anchorage Digital will provide regulated custody and treasury infrastructure for the Real Finance ecosystem and its native ASSET token.

The companies also said Anchorage Digital will act as a foundational custody layer for tokenized financial instruments launched on the Real Finance blockchain.

The arrangement is intended to support broader institutional participation by offering regulated custody services alongside tokenized asset issuance.

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

Real Finance expects to generate additional demand for custody services through asset issuers and onboarding initiatives, while 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 partnership is focused on building the infrastructure required for institutional-scale adoption of tokenized assets.

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, added:

“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.”

Addressing fragmentation in tokenized markets

The companies said the tokenized asset ecosystem remains fragmented across issuance, custody, compliance, settlement, servicing, and liquidity infrastructure.

According to the firms, institutions frequently cite operational trust concerns and disconnected counterparties as obstacles 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 Digital said the framework could support a 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 as a way to modernize capital markets infrastructure and expand access to blockchain-based financial services.

By integrating custody, settlement, and tokenization capabilities within a single ecosystem, the two companies aim to address some of the operational challenges that have limited the growth of institutional on-chain markets.