Real Finance, an EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain focused on real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, has announced a strategic partnership with Anchorage Digital, the operator of the first federally chartered crypto bank in the United States and a qualified institutional custodian. The collaboration aims to provide a comprehensive infrastructure covering the full lifecycle of tokenized assets, including issuance, custody, settlement, servicing, and secondary market liquidity.
Under the agreement, Anchorage Digital will contribute its regulated custody, treasury management, settlement services, and institutional-grade security. Real Finance will supply tokenization infrastructure, asset lifecycle management tools, risk visibility capabilities, and programmable financial mechanisms designed for tokenized markets. According to the companies, this partnership is intended to bridge the fragmented landscape of tokenized asset services, where institutions currently juggle multiple providers for issuance, custody, compliance, settlement, and liquidity.
Anchorage Digital will serve as the custody and treasury infrastructure for the Real Finance ecosystem and its native $ASSET token. It will also act as a foundational custody layer for tokenized financial instruments launched on the Real Finance blockchain, encouraging broader institutional participation. Additionally, the two firms will collaborate on mutual business development: Real Finance will direct its network of asset issuers toward regulated custody through Anchorage, while Anchorage will introduce its institutional clients to tokenization solutions on Real Finance.
Ivo Grigorov, CEO of Real Finance, stated, “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.” Nathan McCauley, Co-Founder and CEO of Anchorage Digital, added, “Our partnership with Real Finance brings together the core building blocks institutions need to move from isolated pilots to real onchain capital markets.”
The integrated model is designed to support a range of tokenized assets, including private credit, investment funds, real estate, structured products, and bank-integrated financial instruments.
