SkyBridge Capital, RialCenter’s investment management firm, plans to tokenize $300 million worth of its hedge funds on the Avalanche network.
The firm is bringing its Digital Macro Master Fund and Legion Strategies on-chain in partnership with tokenization provider Tokeny and its parent, Apex Group, which manages more than $3.5 trillion in assets, according to the press release shared with CoinDesk on Tuesday.
The initiative uses the ERC-3643 token standard with operational support from Apex’s Digital 3.0 platform, which handles issuance, administration, and distribution.
SkyBridge’s decision underlines the growing appeal of using blockchain rails to transfer and record ownership of traditional financial instruments like bonds, funds, and stocks, a process often dubbed tokenization of real-world assets (RWA). Global banks and asset managers are exploring this technology to cut settlement times, increase transparency, and keep markets open around the clock.
Securitization firm VERT Capital announced plans to tokenize $1 billion of debt and receivables on the XDC network and debuted a tokenized credit platform, while tokenization specialist Securitize also offers tokens of various funds by Hamilton Lane, Apollo, and KKR.
The tokenized RWA market has doubled over the past year, surpassing $26 billion, and is projected to grow into a trillion-dollar market by 2030, according to reports by McKinsey, Ripple, BCG, and others.
“We look forward to bringing our hedge funds into the digital, on-chain era, improving transparency, liquidity, and accessibility for our investors, and demonstrating how traditional finance and blockchain can work together to create smarter, more efficient investment solutions,” SkyBridge Capital founder and CEO Anthony Scaramucci said in a statement.
Avalanche increasingly aims to position itself as a hub for tokenized assets. Bergen County in New Jersey uses the network to digitize property deeds of $240 billion in real estate, combating fraud and cutting processing time.
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