OpenEden Secures Strategic Funding as RWA Market Explodes; Backed by Ripple and Anchorage Digital Ventures
Forget the hype—real assets are finally moving on-chain, and the money is following.
The Tokenization Tipping Point
The race to bridge trillion-dollar traditional finance with blockchain just got a major accelerant. OpenEden, a platform bringing yield-generating real-world assets (RWAs) to the digital space, has closed a strategic funding round. The backers? Heavyweights from both the crypto-native and institutional worlds, including Ripple and Anchorage Digital Ventures. This isn't just venture capital betting on a concept; it's a coordinated move by established players who see the infrastructure being built—right now.
Why Institutions Are Placing Their Chips
The surge in the RWA market isn't a speculative bubble—it's a fundamental recalibration. Investors, tired of the volatile promises of vaporware and meme coins, are demanding tangible, income-producing assets. Tokenizing U.S. Treasury bills, private credit, or real estate creates a 24/7, borderless, and composable financial layer. It offers the crypto world stability and yield, while offering TradFi the efficiency and transparency of a blockchain ledger. The involvement of Ripple, with its deep regulatory and banking relationships, and Anchorage Digital, a federally chartered crypto bank, signals this is about building bridges, not burning them.
The New Yield Frontier
This funding validates a simple, powerful thesis: the future of finance is hybrid. The playbook is shifting from purely speculative digital assets to tokenized versions of the very assets that have powered global economies for centuries—just with a blockchain supercharger. It turns out Wall Street's 'boring' assets can be pretty exciting when you can trade them globally in seconds, without a dozen intermediaries taking a cut. Imagine that.
The message is clear. While some chase the next dog-themed token, the smart money is building the rails for everything else. The age of real-world asset tokenization isn't coming; it's being funded, built, and launched.
A Strategic Push Toward Compliant, Composable Tokenized Finance
The investment follows OpenEden’s previous fundraising with Yzi Labs in 2024 and will be used to expand its end-to-end tokenization-as-a-service platform—an infrastructure designed to help institutions, fintechs, and developers issue and manage regulated real-world asset products.
According to the company, the diverse group of participating investors—spanning blockchain networks, venture firms, trading desks, and institutional infrastructure providers—signals growing conviction in the tokenization thesis, particularly in regulated formats.
“The growth of OpenEden mirrors the broader transformation we’re seeing in the RWA sector,” said Jeremy Ng, Founder and CEO of OpenEden. “As tokenization scales in adoption, institutions and protocols are seeking trusted, compliant infrastructure to bring traditional assets on-chain. This funding round boosts our capacity to provide regulated, market-ready products that fit both traditional and decentralized finance standards.”
RWA and Tokenized Treasuries Surge as OpenEden Builds Institutional Momentum
The announcement comes at a pivotal moment for the RWA landscape. Tokenized U.S. Treasuries and broader RWA markets have both more than doubled year-to-date, reaching all-time highs in adoption and capital inflows.
OpenEden’s flagship TBILL Fund, one of the earliest tokenized U.S. Treasury products, has become a preferred vehicle for institutions seeking secure, fully-transparent Treasury exposure on-chain. Its peak assets under management have expanded more than tenfold in under two years.
Earlier this year, the fund achieved an institutional milestone rarely seen in the digital asset sector: an ‘AA+f/S1+’ rating from S&P Global, in addition to its existing ‘A’ credit rating from Moody’s.
OpenEden’s credibility was further reinforced when The Bank of New York, one of the world’s most established financial institutions, was appointed as both custodian and investment manager of the TBILL fund’s underlying assets.
USDO Gains Traction as a Regulated, Yield-Bearing Stablecoin
The institutional momentum behind TBILL has fed directly into the growth of USDO, OpenEden’s regulated yield-bearing stablecoin fully backed by tokenized U.S. Treasuries. USDO is now deployed across major decentralized exchanges, liquidity venues, lending markets, and crypto-fiat gateways.
Its wrapped form, cUSDO, also attracted significant attention after becoming the first yield-bearing digital asset approved as off-exchange collateral on Binance, enabling institutional users to earn yield on its custodied assets while retaining full margin trading access.
New Tokenized Funds, Structured Products, and Global Stablecoin Expansion Ahead
With new strategic capital and an expanded network of global investors, OpenEden is now poised to accelerate the next phase of its roadmap. The company is preparing to launch a tokenized Short-Duration Global High-Yield Bond Fund in collaboration with a major global asset manager, alongside a multi-strategy yield token that blends traditional income sources with DeFi-native yield generation. OpenEden is also developing tokenized structured products that bring familiar TradFi payoff profiles on-chain in a compliant, programmable format.
Beyond investment products, the company plans to deepen USDO’s integration across both consumer and institutional payment networks worldwide, while expanding its multi-currency stablecoin framework to support new regional markets. In parallel, OpenEden is building a cross-border stablecoin settlement network that connects blockchain rails with existing financial infrastructure.
Collectively, these initiatives reflect the growing demand for tokenization platforms that deliver institutional-grade safeguards without compromising the transparency and composability that define on-chain finance.
Industry Leaders Back OpenEden’s Regulatory-First Model
Several participating investors emphasized that OpenEden’s disciplined regulatory approach and institutional partnerships distinguish it in a crowded RWA market.
Markus Infanger, SVP of RippleX, said:
“As regulated financial assets MOVE onchain, institutional investors are looking for products that offer compliance, reliability, and the same controls they expect in traditional markets. OpenEden has shown a disciplined approach to how they operate, and we are pleased to support their growth as assets like tokenized T-bills emerge as practical ways for institutions to begin engaging with onchain markets.”
Nathan McCauley, Co-Founder and CEO of Anchorage Digital, added:
“RWAs are gaining strong institutional interest, and OpenEden is building the kind of platform the market needs right now—expanding access to tokenized financial products with a focus on trust and security. We’re excited to support projects like OpenEden that are driving the onchain ecosystem forward and creating pathways for more institutions to participate.”
Tokenized RWAs Move Toward Mainstream Finance
As RWA adoption enters a new phase, OpenEden’s regulatory-first, institutional-grade platform positions the company to play a central role in shaping the next generation of tokenized financial markets.
By combining the oversight of traditional finance with the programmability of blockchain, OpenEden is building the infrastructure needed to bring trillions of real-world assets on-chain, securely and at scale.
