The deployment aims to connect tokenized funds with Plume\u2019s RWA investors.<\/p>\n
Plume<\/a> \u2013 a blockchain focused on real-world asset finance (RWAfi) with $159 million in total value locked \u2013 announced Thursday that tokenization platform Securitize<\/a> will deploy institutional-grade assets on its Nest staking protocol.<\/p>\n Nest currently holds over $39.5 million in distributed assets, down nearly 30% over the past month, according to RWAxyz. The upcoming deployment will connect Securitize\u2019s tokenized assets with Plume\u2019s network of roughly 280,000 RWA investors, according to a press release viewed by The Defiant. Securitize also tokenized BlackRock\u2019s BUIDL fund<\/a> \u2013 the largest RWA product with over $2.5\u202fbillion in assets.<\/p>\n The deployment onto Nest will start with Hamilton Lane funds and expand throughout 2026 to include additional issuers and asset classes. The fund is targeting $100 million in capital, the release noted. <\/p>\n The move highlights how RWA and decentralized finance (DeFi) projects are increasingly exploring compliant ways to bring traditional assets on-chain for trading, staking, and other DeFi use cases.<\/p>\n As part of the initiative, Solv Protocol, a Bitcoin finance platform with over $2.8 billion in assets, will invest up to $10 million in Plume\u2019s RWA vaults. Users can trade and stake these assets on Plume, which is backed by Apollo Global Management, while keeping them under Securitize\u2019s regulated framework.<\/p>\n \u201cBitcoin\u2019s role is becoming the foundation for real, yield-bearing capital markets,\u201d said Ryan Chow, co-founder and CEO of Solv Protocol. \u201cAs regulated on-chain markets emerge, Bitcoin will underpin a new generation of yield, credit, and liquidity infrastructure, where demand for yield-bearing Bitcoin with RWA-backed yields replaces passive treasuries as the next phase of institutional adoption.\u201d<\/p>\n The deployment will also utilize Bluprynt\u2019s Know-Your-Issuer (KYI) system to verify assets and issuers. <\/p>\n The move comes a little over a month after Plume announced it would be acquiring Dinero, the developer of a liquid staking protocol on Ethereum. The deal added institutional staking products for Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), and Bitcoin (BTC) to Plume\u2019s platform, The Defiant previously reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n