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The deployment marks Aave V4’s first expansion beyond Ethereum and introduces lending infrastructure designed to support future markets for tokenized real-world assets. Decentralized lending protocol Aave has launched V4 on Avalanche, marking the first expansion of its latest lending infrastructure beyond Ethereum and setting the stage for future lending markets backed by tokenized real-world assets. The deployment introduces Aave V4’s Hub & Spoke architecture, which allows specialized lending markets to operate with their own collateral requirements and risk parameters while drawing on shared liquidity across the protocol. According to Aave, one of the first planned markets on Avalanche will support borrowing against tokenized assets. Read more

Securitize has issued tokenized versions of its shares on Solana and Avalanche, marking the first time a newly public company has done so on its debut. Tokenization platform Securitize rallied on its New York Stock Exchange debut on Thursday, as it brought tokenized versions of its shares to two blockchains. The company, which is backed by BlackRock and Morgan Stanley, began trading on the NYSE under the ticker SECZ on Thursday after merging with a Cantor Fitzgerald-backed special-purpose acquisition company to take it public. Securitize said Thursday that it simultaneously launched tokenized versions of its shares on the Avalanche and Solana blockchains, which will be available to eligible US investors on its platform. Read more

BlackRock-backed tokenization firm Securitize now has shares trading on the New York Stock Exchange—or via Solana and Avalanche.

The product is designed to generate yield by participating in network validation, adding an income component to passive exposure. Bitwise Asset Management has launched a spot Avalanche exchange-traded product, giving investors exposure to the Avalanche token while staking a portion of its holdings to generate yield. Bitwise plans to stake roughly 70% of its AVAX holdings through its in-house infrastructure, while maintaining a liquidity reserve of about 30% to meet redemptions and operational needs. The fund began trading Wednesday on the NYSE under the ticker BAVA, closing up about 1.5%, to $25.50 per share, according to Yahoo Finance. The Avalanche token (AVAX) was last trading at $9.52, up 1.8%, according to CoinMarketCap. Read more

CME Group said it will launch Avalanche and Sui futures contracts pending regulatory approval, as it expands its regulated crypto product offering. CME Group is expanding its suite of cryptocurrency futures products, as more traditional finance (TradFi) entities launch regulated crypto trading products. On Tuesday, CME Group announced plans to launch Avalanche (AVAX) and Sui (SUI) futures contracts on May 4, pending regulatory review. Market participants will be able to trade both micro-sized and larger-sized contracts, including AVAX futures sized at 5,000 AVAX and Micro AVAX futures sized at 500 AVAX, as well as SUI futures sized at 50,000 SUI and Micro SUI futures sized at 5,000 SUI. Read more

The Web3 company will provide capital, advisory support and business development to help Avalanche projects scale, with a focus on real-world assets and digital identity. Animoca Brands has made a strategic investment in Ava Labs and entered a partnership to support projects building on the Avalanche blockchain, focusing on capital deployment, advisory support and expansion in Asia and the Middle East. According to Thursday’s announcement by the Hong Kong-based Web3 company, the collaboration will target sectors including real-world assets, digital identity and entertainment, with Animoca providing business development support and access to regional networks to help Avalanche-based projects scale and reach institutional users. Projects pursued under the partnership may also tap into the broader ecosystem of portfolio companies, Animoca said. Read more

The newly launched fund offers exchange-traded exposure to AVAX as other proposed Avalanche ETFs remain under regulatory review. Global asset manager VanEck has launched a US-listed exchange-traded product offering exposure to Avalanche’s native token, AVAX (AVAX), marking the first spot Avalanche ETF to trade in the United States. According to Monday’s announcement, the product is not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, though it may be subject to other US securities laws. The fund will trade under the ticker VAVX, tracking the price of Avalanche’s AVAX token and potentially generating returns through staking. VanEck said it will waive sponsor fees on the ETF’s first $500 million in assets through Feb. 28. Assets over $500 million before Feb. 28 will be charged a 0.20% sponsor fee, which will apply to all assets after that date. Read more

Galaxy Digital has completed its first tokenized CLO, using blockchain infrastructure to bring private credit and crypto-backed loans onchain. Galaxy Digital has closed its first tokenized collateralized loan obligation (CLO), bringing private credit onto blockchain infrastructure. The deal, known as Galaxy CLO 2025-1, was issued on Avalanche and has financed roughly $75 million in loans so far, according to a Thursday announcement. The transaction is anchored by a $50 million allocation from Grove, an institutional credit protocol within the Sky ecosystem, formerly known as MakerDAO. “By uniting our strengths in debt capital markets, blockchain technology, and asset management, we're opening a new avenue for institutional engagement in credit markets—one that benefits from greater efficiency, transparency, and expanded collateral flexibility through onchain execution,” Chris Ferraro, president and chief investment officer at Galaxy, said. Read more

The collaboration aims to bring more than 1,000 entertainment properties onchain and establish a new framework for funding and distributing media as real-world assets. Mugafi, an AI-driven platform for entertainment intellectual property (IP), has partnered with Avalanche to tokenize films, anime, music and other media assets, allowing creators to finance and distribute projects directly onchain. The initiative will draw from Mugafi’s catalog and upcoming films. According to the company, its AI systems, trained on thousands of scripts and story structures, help evaluate projects before they are brought onchain for financing. Mugafi and Avalanche plan to finance more than $10 million in entertainment IP. The companies said their long-term target is to exceed $1 billion in annual IP financing throughput. Read more

Digital Liquidity Gateway, built on the Avalanche network, helps regional banks tokenize loans, automate settlement and connect them with investors.

Avalanche (AVAX) is suddenly the target of a planned billion-dollar buying spree from public market digital asset treasury (DAT) vehicles. AgriFORCE said it will rebrand to “AVAX One” and accumulate roughly $700 million of AVAX. Meanwhile, Avalanche Treasury Co. (AVAT) unveiled a $675 million SPAC deal that seeds about $460 million in balance sheet assets […] The post Avalanche treasuries line up $1 billion to make AVAX part of the multi-chain finance appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Avalanche inks a deal to tokenize South Korean financial giant’s ETFs, Hong Kong hits back at yuan stablecoin ‘fake news.’ Asia Express. Mirae Asset Global Investments has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ava Labs, the developer of the Avalanche blockchain, to tokenize fund products and build onchain asset management and settlement systems.  Mirae Asset Group is one of South Koreas largest independent asset managers. The total assets under management (AUM) in the groups umbrella are estimated at 1.024 quadrillion Korean won (over $730 billion). Mirae Asset Global Investments, which handles the groups overseas investments, as the name suggests, contributes 430 trillion won (about $306 billion). The global investment arm is also a top 12 exchange-traded fund issuer in the world based on estimated revenue, and 15th by AUM, as of Thursday, according to data from ETFdb. Read more

Avalanche inks a deal to tokenize South Korean financial giant’s ETFs, Hong Kong hits back at yuan stablecoin ‘fake news.’ Asia Express. Mirae Asset Global Investments has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ava Labs, the developer of the Avalanche blockchain, to tokenize fund products and build onchain asset management and settlement systems.  Mirae Asset Group is one of South Koreas largest independent asset managers. The total assets under management (AUM) in the groups umbrella are estimated at 1.024 quadrillion Korean won (over $730 billion). Mirae Asset Global Investments, which handles the groups overseas investments, as the name suggests, contributes 430 trillion won (about $306 billion). The global investment arm is also a top 12 exchange-traded fund issuer in the world based on estimated revenue, and 15th by AUM, as of Thursday, according to data from ETFdb. Read more

Avalanche inks a deal to tokenize South Korean financial giant’s ETFs, Hong Kong hits back at yuan stablecoin ‘fake news.’ Asia Express. Mirae Asset Global Investments has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ava Labs, the developer of the Avalanche blockchain, to tokenize fund products and build onchain asset management and settlement systems.  Mirae Asset Group is one of South Koreas largest independent asset managers. The total assets under management (AUM) in the groups umbrella are estimated at 1.024 quadrillion Korean won (over $730 billion). Mirae Asset Global Investments, which handles the groups overseas investments, as the name suggests, contributes 430 trillion won (about $306 billion). The global investment arm is also a top 12 exchange-traded fund issuer in the world based on estimated revenue, and 15th by AUM, as of Thursday, according to data from ETFdb. Read more

Avalanche inks a deal to tokenize South Korean financial giant’s ETFs, Hong Kong hits back at yuan stablecoin ‘fake news.’ Asia Express. Mirae Asset Global Investments has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ava Labs, the developer of the Avalanche blockchain, to tokenize fund products and build onchain asset management and settlement systems.  Mirae Asset Group is one of South Koreas largest independent asset managers. The total assets under management (AUM) in the groups umbrella are estimated at 1.024 quadrillion Korean won (over $730 billion). Mirae Asset Global Investments, which handles the groups overseas investments, as the name suggests, contributes 430 trillion won (about $306 billion). The global investment arm is also a top 12 exchange-traded fund issuer in the world based on estimated revenue, and 15th by AUM, as of Thursday, according to data from ETFdb. Read more

Avalanche inks a deal to tokenize South Korean financial giant’s ETFs, Hong Kong hits back at yuan stablecoin ‘fake news.’ Asia Express. Mirae Asset Global Investments has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ava Labs, the developer of the Avalanche blockchain, to tokenize fund products and build onchain asset management and settlement systems.  Mirae Asset Group is one of South Koreas largest independent asset managers. The total assets under management (AUM) in the groups umbrella are estimated at 1.024 quadrillion Korean won (over $730 billion). Mirae Asset Global Investments, which handles the groups overseas investments, as the name suggests, contributes 430 trillion won (about $306 billion). The global investment arm is also a top 12 exchange-traded fund issuer in the world based on estimated revenue, and 15th by AUM, as of Thursday, according to data from ETFdb. Read more

Avalanche inks a deal to tokenize South Korean financial giant’s ETFs, Hong Kong hits back at yuan stablecoin ‘fake news.’ Asia Express. Mirae Asset Global Investments has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ava Labs, the developer of the Avalanche blockchain, to tokenize fund products and build onchain asset management and settlement systems.  Mirae Asset Group is one of South Koreas largest independent asset managers. The total assets under management (AUM) in the groups umbrella are estimated at 1.024 quadrillion Korean won (over $730 billion). Mirae Asset Global Investments, which handles the groups overseas investments, as the name suggests, contributes 430 trillion won (about $306 billion). The global investment arm is also a top 12 exchange-traded fund issuer in the world based on estimated revenue, and 15th by AUM, as of Thursday, according to data from ETFdb. Read more

Avalanche inks a deal to tokenize South Korean financial giant’s ETFs, Hong Kong hits back at yuan stablecoin ‘fake news.’ Asia Express. Mirae Asset Global Investments has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ava Labs, the developer of the Avalanche blockchain, to tokenize fund products and build onchain asset management and settlement systems.  Mirae Asset Group is one of South Koreas largest independent asset managers. The total assets under management (AUM) in the groups umbrella are estimated at 1.024 quadrillion Korean won (over $730 billion). Mirae Asset Global Investments, which handles the groups overseas investments, as the name suggests, contributes 430 trillion won (about $306 billion). The global investment arm is also a top 12 exchange-traded fund issuer in the world based on estimated revenue, and 15th by AUM, as of Thursday, according to data from ETFdb. Read more

Avalanche inks a deal to tokenize South Korean financial giant’s ETFs, Hong Kong hits back at yuan stablecoin ‘fake news.’ Asia Express. Mirae Asset Global Investments has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ava Labs, the developer of the Avalanche blockchain, to tokenize fund products and build onchain asset management and settlement systems.  Mirae Asset Group is one of South Koreas largest independent asset managers. The total assets under management (AUM) in the groups umbrella are estimated at 1.024 quadrillion Korean won (over $730 billion). Mirae Asset Global Investments, which handles the groups overseas investments, as the name suggests, contributes 430 trillion won (about $306 billion). The global investment arm is also a top 12 exchange-traded fund issuer in the world based on estimated revenue, and 15th by AUM, as of Thursday, according to data from ETFdb. Read more

Avalanche inks a deal to tokenize South Korean financial giant’s ETFs, Hong Kong hits back at yuan stablecoin ‘fake news.’ Asia Express. Mirae Asset Global Investments has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ava Labs, the developer of the Avalanche blockchain, to tokenize fund products and build onchain asset management and settlement systems.  Mirae Asset Group is one of South Koreas largest independent asset managers. The total assets under management (AUM) in the groups umbrella are estimated at 1.024 quadrillion Korean won (over $730 billion). Mirae Asset Global Investments, which handles the groups overseas investments, as the name suggests, contributes 430 trillion won (about $306 billion). The global investment arm is also a top 12 exchange-traded fund issuer in the world based on estimated revenue, and 15th by AUM, as of Thursday, according to data from ETFdb. Read more