{"id":406327,"date":"2025-09-26T23:48:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T18:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/blackrock-backed-tokenization-firm-securitize-expands-to-sei-crypto-news\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T00:24:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T18:54:31","slug":"blackrock-backed-tokenization-firm-securitize-expands-to-sei-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/blackrock-backed-tokenization-firm-securitize-expands-to-sei-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"BlackRock-Backed Tokenization Firm Securitize Expands to Sei &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Apollo\u2019s ACRED fund becomes Securitize&#8217;s first tokenized RWA offering on the Sei blockchain.\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Securitize, a platform focused on tokenizing real-world assets (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/tag\/rwa\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">RWAs<\/a>), has expanded its offerings to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/tag\/sei\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">the Sei blockchain<\/a>, launching the Apollo Diversified Credit Fund (ACRED) as its inaugural tokenized product on the network.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.sei.io\/announcements\/securitize-expands-to-sei-with-apollos-acred-as-first-tokenized-offering\/\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">blog announcement<\/a> on Thursday, Sept. 25, Sei said that the product will leverage the network\u2019s parallel processing architecture to facilitate features such as daily net asset value pricing, automated compliance reporting, and access to liquidity through cross-chain interoperability via a partnership with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/tag\/wormhole\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">Wormhole<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/news\/defi\/securitize-and-gauntlet-bring-apollo-credit-fund-on-chain-in-defi-push\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">ACRED<\/a>, a fund for accredited investors and managed by global investment firm Apollo, currently has more than $112 million in value on-chain, per data from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/app.rwa.xyz\/assets\/ACRED\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">RWAxyz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The fund, which invests across a mix of company loans, asset-backed deals, and other credit opportunities, is designed to generate returns from both interest income and capital growth, with a focus on steady income and relatively low risk, according to Securitize\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/securitize.io\/primary-market\/apollo-diversified-credit-securitize-fund\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">description<\/a> of the product.<\/p>\n<p>With the launch, Sei <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/news\/defi\/apollo-launches-785-billion-aum-tokenized-credit-fund-acred-on-solana-defi-drift-c7022e98\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">becomes the seventh network<\/a> where Securitize has rolled out a tokenized version ACRED, joining Solana and Ethereum.<\/p>\n<p>Justin Barlow, executive director at the Sei Development Foundation, said in the blog post that the integration comes after \u201cexplosive growth in both stablecoin adoption and RWA tokenization,\u201d and added that private credit alone is \u201cprojected to be a $2.8 trillion market by 2028.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption class=\"text-center text-xs\">SEI 7-day price chart. Source: CoinGecko<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/prices\/sei-network\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">SEI<\/a> is down nearly 17% over the past week following the broader <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/news\/markets\/crypto-market-drops-as-upbeat-us-economic-data-dashes-rate-cut-hopes\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">market sell-off<\/a>, but has recovered slightly in the past 24 hours, currently trading near $0.27.<\/p>\n<h2>Multibillion RWA Market<\/h2>\n<figure><img alt=\"the-defiant\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"947\" height=\"498\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"mx-auto\" style=\"color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 947 498'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/jpeg;base64,\/9j\/2wBDAAYEBQYFBAYGBQYHBwYIChAKCgkJChQODwwQFxQYGBcUFhYaHSUfGhsjHBYWICwgIyYnKSopGR8tMC0oMCUoKSj\/2wBDAQcHBwoIChMKChMoGhYaKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCj\/wAARCAAFAAoDASIAAhEBAxEB\/8QAFgABAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQI\/8QAGhAAAgMBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIBAxQhEf\/EABUBAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB\/8QAFxEBAQEBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQARMf\/aAAwDAQACEQMRAD8A1BY8wvi8JM9k90OAXU5A2\/\/Z'\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E\")\" srcset=\"\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.thedefiant.io%2Fpasted-1758894106866-png-7ba3de0d-3e58-46c9-aaf6-f5bcfb613533.png&#038;w=1080&#038;q=100 1x, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.thedefiant.io%2Fpasted-1758894106866-png-7ba3de0d-3e58-46c9-aaf6-f5bcfb613533.png&#038;w=1920&#038;q=100 2x\" src=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.thedefiant.io%2Fpasted-1758894106866-png-7ba3de0d-3e58-46c9-aaf6-f5bcfb613533.png&#038;w=1920&#038;q=100\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Data from RWAxyz shows that the total value of RWAs on-chain is <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/news\/defi\/tokenized-real-world-assets-surpass-usd30-billion-amid-growing-institutional-adoption\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">approaching<\/a> $31 billion, up more than 8% over the past 30 days. Ethereum remains the largest network by on-chain value, accounting for over 52% of the market\u2019s share.<\/p>\n<p>BlackRock\u2019s BUIDL fund, also issued via Securitize, remains the largest RWA so far, with over $2 billion in on-chain value. ACRED, by comparison, is the 28th largest tokenized RWA product by total value, according to RWAxyz.<\/p>\n<p>As The Defiant <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/news\/research-and-opinion\/tokenized-assets-shift-from-wrappers-to-building-blocks-in-defi\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">reported<\/a> last week, a report from Dune and RWAxyz asserts that RWAs are moving beyond digital versions of traditional securities to key building blocks of DeFi, noting that tokenization\u2019s \u201creal breakthrough\u201d is composability, or the ability to combine and reuse assets across different protocols.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apollo\u2019s ACRED fund becomes Securitize&#8217;s first tokenized RWA offering on the Sei blockchain. Securitize, a platform focused on tokenizing real-world assets (RWAs), has expanded its offerings to the Sei blockchain, launching the Apollo Diversified Credit Fund (ACRED) as its inaugural tokenized product on the network. In a blog announcement on Thursday, Sept. 25, Sei said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[274,273,272,244,266,271,268,270,269,267],"class_list":["post-406327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-de-fi","tag-crypto-finance","tag-decentralized-finance","tag-liquidity","tag-metamask","tag-pancake","tag-slippage","tag-sushiswap","tag-tronlink","tag-trust-wallet","tag-uniswap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":406329,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406327\/revisions\/406329"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}