Nikolas Sargeant
Real Finance, an EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain focused on real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, has announced a strategic partnership with Anchorage Digital, the first federally chartered crypto bank in the United States and a qualified institutional custodian.
Strategic Alliance Targets Full Lifecycle of Tokenized Assets
Thanks to this partnership, Anchorage Digital's regulated custody, treasury management, settlement, and institutional security capabilities will be combined with Real Finance's issuance infrastructure, lifecycle management tools, risk visibility framework, and programmable financial primitives.
Anchorage Digital will serve as the regulated custodian for the Real Finance ecosystem, including support for its native $ASSET token and related treasury operations.
The collaboration is designed around several key areas:
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Treasury & Ecosystem Custody: Anchorage Digital will provide regulated custody and treasury infrastructure for the Real Finance ecosystem and its native $ASSET token.
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Foundational Custody Layer: As new tokenized financial instruments are launched on the Real Finance Layer 1 blockchain, Anchorage Digital will serve as a custody layer supporting broader institutional participation.
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Mutual Pipeline Support: The two organizations will support one another's institutional pipelines. Real Finance will create additional demand for regulated custody through its asset issuers and onboarding efforts, while Anchorage Digital will connect institutional clients with tokenization and blockchain infrastructure solutions built on Real Finance.
As Real Finance launches new tokenized financial products on its Layer 1 blockchain, Anchorage Digital will act as a foundational custody provider, enabling broader institutional participation.
While commenting on this partnership, 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."
Mutual Institutional Pipeline Development
Both firms will coordinate on institutional outreach. Real Finance will generate demand for custody services through asset issuers and onboarding initiatives. Meanwhile, Anchorage Digital will connect institutional clients to Real Finance’s tokenization infrastructure
Nathan McCauley, Co-Founder and CEO, Anchorage Digital, added that, “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.”
The companies concluded that the partnership is intended to address these challenges by bringing together blockchain infrastructure, regulated custody, treasury management, settlement capabilities, and tokenization infrastructure within a more connected framework.
REAL is a Layer 1 blockchain designed to bring institutional-grade real-world assets into the digital economy. Through a business-integrated consensus model, risk classification framework, and decentralized governance, REAL enables institutions to tokenize, insure, and manage assets transparently onchain.
Anchorage Digital is a global crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through trading, staking, custody, governance, settlement, stablecoin issuance, and the industry's leading security infrastructure.
Home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the first federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., Anchorage Digital also serves institutions through Anchorage Digital Singapore, which is licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore; Anchorage Digital NY, which holds a BitLicense from the New York Department of Financial Services; and Porto, its self-custody wallet platform. Anchorage Digital Bank also offers fiat custody services through the use of an FDIC-insured licensed sub-custodian.
Anchorage Digital is funded by institutions including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with a valuation of $4.2 billion. Founded in 2017, Anchorage Digital has offices in San Francisco, New York, Singapore, Porto, and Sioux Falls.
