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, RWA tokenization protocol KAIO announced on X platform the launch of its native token KAIO, and simultaneously established the KAIO Foundation as the governance and operational body under the ecosystem chain, responsible for protocol governance, treasury management, and ecosystem development, working alongside KAIO Labs to advance core infrastructure and product innovation. KAIO is positioned as an open infrastructure protocol for institutional-grade Real World Assets (RWA), dedicated to bridging traditional finance and DeFi to build a compliant, auditable, cross-chain tokenized asset network. The platform has currently listed 5 tier-1 institutional funds, covering managers such as BlackRock, Brevan Howard, and Hamilton Lane, with approximately $100 million in TVL deployed across 10+ blockchain networks.In terms of tokenomics, KAIO has a total supply of 10 billion tokens, with community and liquidity incentives accounting for 37.5%, making it the largest allocation portion; team and early investor tokens are subject to locking and staggered release mechanisms, with zero initial release at TGE, and the foundation allocation accounts for 17%, designated for long-term ecosystem development.
According to an official announcement, BitMart will launch Pharos (PROS) on April 28 at 23:00 (UTC+8). The listing will open the PROS/USDT trading pair.Pharos is an inclusive Layer 1 public chain built for RealFi, integrating real-world assets, institutional capital, and decentralized finance into a programmable, borderless economy. It aims to make real asset finance accessible to everyone, bridging Web2 and Web3 to form a unified, transparent, and open digital financial ecosystem. Founded by core management and engineering teams from Ant Group, it adopts a DP4 deep parallel architecture (prototype tested at over 130,000+ TPS), supports dual virtual machine execution for EVM and WASM, and features built-in RWA tokenization and stablecoin infrastructure. It has received support from global traditional financial institutions such as Hack VC and Faction VC. The private mainnet officially launched on December 12, 2025.
According to Chainwire, Nasdaq-listed Republic Power Group Limited (“RPGL”) announced a definitive agreement to acquire a 10% equity stake in NVC Partners Limited and enter into a technology services and platform cooperation agreement with NVTH Limited and its affiliate NVTHK Limited, officially entering the real-world asset (RWA) tokenization and blockchain infrastructure market. Under the agreement, RPGL will gain access to RWA tokenization systems, secondary trading infrastructure, and related technology development, support, and maintenance services. The company stated that this move will accelerate its expansion into institutional-grade digital finance and capital markets solutions, leveraging its customer base in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia to drive real-world application deployment.
Odaily reports: 3F, a vault protocol built on the decentralized lending protocol Morpho, has completed a total of $4 million in funding. The round was led by Maven 11, with participation from F-Prime, GSR, Gate Ventures, and other institutions. The company did not disclose its specific valuation.Built on top of Morpho, 3F aims to provide users with leveraged exposure to RWAs through a "one-click" operation. Users simply select their target asset and desired leverage multiple, and the protocol automatically executes the entire position-building process: purchasing the underlying asset via short-term bridge financing, depositing it as collateral on Morpho, and borrowing stablecoins to repay the financing.Essentially, this mechanism simplifies the traditional "looping" process in DeFi, which involves repeatedly buying assets, depositing them as collateral, borrowing, and reinvesting. While this process can be executed efficiently via flash loans in purely crypto-native assets, it is typically more complex and less efficient in the RWA context due to issues like settlement delays.3F is expected to officially launch in the second quarter of this year.
PicWe has announced that its independently developed next-generation wallet product has completed internal testing and entered public beta. PicWe Wallet expands the concept of a "hardware wallet" from dedicated devices to everyday terminal capabilities, allowing phones, computers, and security keys to be used directly as wallets.By generating and storing keys directly on the device, users no longer need seed phrases or manually manage private keys. Critical operations are completed locally without being stored on servers, reducing the barrier to entry and associated risks from the source.Under this design, users can perform on-chain operations as easily as using a regular application. At the same time, the wallet also supports providing account capabilities to automated programs (such as AI agents) under specific rules, enabling more flexible on-chain interaction methods.The public beta version already supports multi-chain asset management, asset swapping, and paying transaction fees with stablecoins, bringing users closer to a "seamless blockchain experience."In its broader ecosystem strategy, PicWe is building integrated infrastructure around RWA and intelligent applications, covering core areas such as asset issuance, circulation, and settlement. This serves enterprise goals for efficiency and cost reduction in scenarios like cross-border settlements, asset digitization, and supply chain coordination.
According to the official announcement, Layer 1 public blockchain Pharos has unveiled the tokenomics for its native token PROS, with a total supply of 1 billion tokens. The initial supply allocation is as follows: Foundation Treasury (16%), Lab Co. Treasury (9%), Team (20%), Investors (20%), Ecosystem & Community (21%—including 6% for community airdrops: 1% unlocked at TGE and 5% reserved for future community growth and airdrop incentives), and Node & Liquidity Incentives (14%). Core team members and private-sale investors are subject to a 12-month lock-up period followed by a 36-month linear vesting schedule. Certain treasury and incentive allocations extend vesting periods to 48–60 months. PROS serves multiple functions: transaction fees, PoS staking, validator participation, governance, ecosystem incentives, and potential RWA-specific use cases. The staking issuance policy adopts a phased approach: zero inflation during the first six months following mainnet launch; starting in Month 7, annual inflation is set at 5%, subject to dynamic adjustment by the Foundation based on network operational conditions.
The People’s Bank of China Shaoguan Branch, in collaboration with the General Office of the Shaoguan Municipal People’s Government, issued a risk alert on virtual currencies ahead of the “4·15” National Security Education Day for All Citizens. It also disclosed four typical cases: money laundering through “high-paying U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin (USDT) part-time jobs,” illegal fundraising under the guise of “capital-guaranteed, high-yield cryptocurrency trading,” pyramid scheme fraud involving the “RWA Digital Culture & Tourism Fund,” and offline “currency swapping” activities constituting de facto foreign exchange transactions. Regulators clarified that virtual currency exchange, trading, and RWA tokenization activities are all illegal financial activities. Projects promising “high returns, low risk, and guaranteed profits” are mostly scams. The public should abandon fantasies of getting rich overnight, steer clear of virtual currency-related investments, opt for legitimate financial channels, and promptly report any suspicious activity to the police to minimize losses.
According to Cointelegraph, blockchain lending platform Figure Technology and its on-chain credit platform Hastra have officially integrated auto loans into their tokenized credit market, further expanding the range of real-world assets (RWAs) accessible to decentralized finance (DeFi) investors. Democratized Prime—the decentralized lending marketplace operated by Figure Markets—has launched auto finance as a new asset class for the first time. Hastra has also announced its expansion to Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible chains, with plans to roll out auto loan products first on Solana and then on Ethereum in June. According to Michael Tannenbaum, CEO of Figure, the platform has generated over $22 billion in on-chain loans to date. Analysts view Figure’s tokenized lending business as experiencing significant growth and have assigned it an “outperform” rating with a $67 price target.
According to official announcements, ahead of the mainnet launch of Pharos—the Layer 1 financial public blockchain—Pharos has partnered with OKX Web3 Wallet to launch a pre-deposit campaign for RWA-backed stablecoins. Participants in this campaign can lock up their assets for 100 days, earning an annualized yield of 14%–16% (backed by Pharos-exclusive RWA assets, plus additional subsidies from the project team). Users participating via OKX Wallet will also receive exclusive airdrops. Currently, participation in the campaign is highly active: after the 24-hour whitelist round concluded, the public round opened for just one hour before reaching its staking cap, with total staked value already hitting $50 million.
Twin3 introduces a digital identity “soul” infrastructure designed for the Agent economy. Its core concept is to grant every individual a “digital body”—crystallizing human identity, personality, and experience on-chain via 256-dimensional soulbound tokens (SBTs). Users can deploy personal AI agents based on this digital identity and join the agentic ecosystem to participate in automated economic collaboration, transforming authentic human experience into RWA assets that are verifiably owned and tradable.
HashKey Group Chairman Xiao Feng stated in an exclusive interview with the Hong Kong Wen Wei Po that Hong Kong’s issuance of the first batch of stablecoin licenses represents a significant milestone for the local digital asset market. He noted that this move further accelerates Hong Kong’s tokenization of fiat currency and completes a critical piece of infrastructure—clearing and payment systems—for its digital financial ecosystem. Beyond facilitating cross-border payments and trade settlements, Hong Kong-issued stablecoins will also serve as core mediums of exchange for digital asset transactions. Xiao Feng added that, in the long term, their greater value lies in enabling micro, cross-border, and programmable payments among AI agents, while synergizing with real-world assets (RWA), on-chain clearing, and other use cases—thereby helping Hong Kong secure a more pivotal role in the global evolution of digital assets and digital finance. He also emphasized that HashKey’s trading platform will adhere to principles of openness and regulatory compliance, supporting stablecoin issuers and related products that meet supervisory requirements to jointly foster healthy ecosystem development. Currently, HashKey is actively engaging in substantive cooperation discussions with licensed stablecoin issuers and welcomes institutions planning to launch compliant stablecoins in Hong Kong to establish partnerships. As a core participant in Hong Kong’s digital asset market, HashKey will leverage its existing licensed and compliant framework, fiat on-ramps, and industry resources to support compliant stablecoins across listing, liquidity provision, payment scenario expansion, and the implementation and refinement of related applications—driving orderly industry ecosystem development.
Circle has unveiled its 2026 vision for the development of internet finance systems, outlining a strategic focus on building cross-chain interoperability infrastructure, liquidity orchestration capabilities, and institutional-grade asset issuance frameworks to enable efficient value flow across multi-chain ecosystems. Regarding cross-chain infrastructure, Circle stated that it will introduce features such as “Fast Transfer” in the future—enabling sub-second settlement without waiting for source-chain finality—to enhance capital efficiency. At the asset expansion level, the Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) will expand beyond USDC to support additional assets—including EURC, USYC, and cirBTC—and facilitate the issuance and circulation of real-world assets (RWAs) across multiple chains. Additionally, Circle is advancing cross-chain process coordination by offering tools such as Bridge Kit, Deposit Kit, Fee Service, and Workflows—streamlining multi-chain operations into “one-click” cross-chain interactions, reducing development complexity, and improving user experience.
SimpleChain announced the completion of a $15 million seed funding round, raised privately from family offices and institutional investors. SimpleChain is building an RWA-focused Layer 1 operating system for institutions. Built on Granular Data and native Compliance-as-a-Service (CaaS) technologies, the platform aims to accelerate the development of the Real World Assets (RWA) sector. The official statement notes that further updates will be released in the future. SimpleChain focuses on asset tokenization, on-chain verification, compliance automation, and global liquidity—providing infrastructure support for real-world economic systems. Its core capabilities include a trusted data foundation, a programmable compliance layer, and a high-performance blockchain architecture, enabling institutional-grade RWA issuance and on-chain financialization. SimpleChain seeks to enable seamless global interaction among assets, data, and institutions—replacing traditional intermediaries’ trust with technology, cryptography, and verifiable data.
According to an official announcement from Mantle, xStocksFi has officially launched on the Mantle network, supported by BackedFi and Flowdesk. As one of the first stock tokenization projects to achieve on-chain liquidity, users can trade major global assets—including TSLAx, NVDAx, AAPLx, and METAx—24/7 via the Fluxion network, with a total of 10 top U.S. equities available. Leveraging institutional-grade infrastructure and official, dedicated deposit and withdrawal support from Bybit, Mantle enhances the distribution efficiency of real-world assets (RWA) while delivering ultra-low trading fees and high-speed execution. The official announcement states that the launch of xStocks marks only the beginning of ecosystem expansion, with additional features—including xChange and xPoints—planned for future release.
According to Decrypt, Enhanced Labs Inc., an on-chain structured yield protocol, has announced the completion of a $1 million strategic pre-seed funding round, led by Maximum Frequency Ventures, with participation from GSR, Selini, Flowdesk, and several angel investors. The funds raised will be used for product development and operational infrastructure. Enhanced’s product strategy centers on three key directions: optimizing auction mechanisms to enhance yield competitiveness; extending options-based yield strategies to a broader range of on-chain assets—including tokenized real-world assets (RWAs); and simplifying complex strategies into goal-oriented user experiences that allow users to directly define desired outcomes such as yield targets, hedging objectives, or structured exposures. Enhanced positions itself at the intersection of the on-chain yield and options narratives—a sector currently experiencing an unusually active cycle in DeFi options since 2024.
According to Cointelegraph, the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) released its Virtual Asset Issuance Guidance on Thursday, establishing clear requirements for the structural design, disclosure, and distribution of stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). The guidance categorizes token issuances into three pathways: Category 1 covers fiat- and asset-backed virtual assets; Category 2 requires distribution through licensed intermediaries, which are responsible for conducting due diligence and ongoing compliance verification; and Category 3 comprises functionally limited exempt virtual assets. Ruben Bombardi, VARA’s General Counsel, stated that the framework enhances transparency through whitepapers and independent risk disclosure statements, providing issuers with “greater regulatory certainty” and market participants with a “single, dedicated reference point.” This guidance serves as an interpretive document clarifying VARA’s existing Virtual Asset Issuance Rules Handbook—not as newly enacted legislation.