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Apollo Chief Economist Torsten Slok issued a risk warning, stating that major AI companies are heavily borrowing for industrial expansion, with the total scale of related bond issuance estimated to reach $700 billion. This massive new supply is diverting market funds, creating a significant crowding-out effect on U.S. Treasuries and other credit products.Torsten Slok stated that if the scale of debt financing for AI infrastructure continues to expand, the overall capital allocation logic in the bond market will undergo a restructuring, persistently suppressing demand for U.S. Treasuries while exerting medium- to long-term pressure on the liquidity of the entire credit market.
NYLIM, the investment management arm of New York Life, has partnered with RWA infrastructure provider Centrifuge to launch a tokenized fund named NYLIM Anemoy U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Segregated Portfolio, under the ticker HYB.This fund marks New York Life's first tokenized financial product and is one of the few on-chain products in the market focusing on high-yield corporate bonds. The fund is listed on the Centrifuge platform, with subscriptions and redemptions settled exclusively in USDC stablecoins issued by Circle. The underlying bond assets are managed solely by NYLIM, while Centrifuge provides tokenization technology and the BVI segregated portfolio structure. Investors, as shareholders, retain recourse rights to the underlying assets.The product is currently not available to U.S. investors, targeting stablecoin issuers, DeFi participants, and DAO treasuries seeking yield-generating opportunities. Centrifuge generates service fees based on assets under management to sustain operations, and the business continues to expand. (TheBlock)
Citrini Research, the institution behind the "AI Doomsday Report," stated that bond issuance by hyperscalers in 2027 to 2028 could be more than double current market expectations, primarily to support the construction of AI data centers.Citrini Research pointed out that AI-related debt issuance is expected to approach $570 billion in 2026, while hyperscalers' capital expenditures have already exceeded $600 billion. Amid the continued push for AI infrastructure development, these companies are gradually shifting from relying on cash reserves to raising more funds through the bond market.