KAIO Shatters Barriers: Hedera-Powered Bridge Unites TradFi and DeFi in 2025

Wall Street meets Web3 as KAIO's Hedera integration goes live—finally giving institutional investors a backdoor into DeFi without the usual regulatory migraines.

How it works: The platform acts as a compliant on-ramp, converting stodgy traditional assets into tokenized versions that play nice with smart contracts. No more choosing between yield and 'know your customer' paperwork.

The Hedera advantage: Lightning-fast transactions at sub-penny costs make this the first bridge that doesn't hemorrhage value in gas fees—take that, Ethereum maximalists.

Bonus perk for suits: KAIO's dashboard displays APYs in familiar Bloomberg terminal green, because apparently neon DeFi interfaces scare MBAs.

Bottom line: Another brick in the wall between old and new finance crumbles—though let's be real, banks will still find ways to charge 2% for 'custodial services.'

The institutional onchain tipping point?

KAIO’s MOVE to bring BlackRock, Brevan Howard, and Laser Digital funds onchain represents more than a technological upgrade; it is a structural shift in how institutional capital can interact with blockchain ecosystems.

“This launch marks a critical inflection point in institutional blockchain adoption,” Olivier Dang, COO of KAIO, said. “By using the Hedera network, we’re bringing composable access to leading fund strategies – ranging from money market and macro to digital asset carry funds – entirely onchain. It’s the foundation for real-time, programmable, financial infrastructure built for the next era of capital markets.”

The three funds now live on Hedera through KAIO’s platform represent distinct but equally critical pillars of modern finance. Laser Digital’s Carry Fund, for example, isn’t just a tokenized wrapper for a crypto fund. It’s a Cayman-registered vehicle now operating with blockchain-native efficiency, capturing arbitrage opportunities and staking yields while maintaining institutional-grade risk controls.

Similarly, BlackRock’s money market fund, with its $1.3 trillion in assets, could now theoretically serve as collateral in DeFi protocols, a concept that WOULD have been unthinkable even two years ago. Brevan Howard’s inclusion is equally telling; the hedge fund’s participation suggests even the most guarded corners of TradFi see value in onchain programmability for subscriptions, redemptions, and reporting.