The partnership, unveiled in Cannes, debuts new proof-of-index infrastructure.
Centrifuge and S&P Dow Jones Indices right this moment unveiled plans to launch the primary tokenized S&P 500 Index fund, bringing the world’s most traded index on-chain.
Centrifuge, a real-world belongings (RWAs) tokenization platform, at present boasts a complete worth locked (TVL) of round $517 million and a market capitalization of $97 million, in accordance with DeFiLlama information. Its RWA protocol is the ninth largest by TVL.
The collaboration introduces new proof-of-index infrastructure, enabling S&P DJI-licensed asset managers to launch programmable, compliant index-tracking funds utilizing official S&P 500 information, in accordance with a press launch seen by The Defiant.
The primary fund, managed by Anemoy Capital and backed by Janus Henderson, was launched right this moment on the Centrifuge RWA Summit in Cannes. Named the Janus Henderson Anemoy S&P 500 Index Fund Segregated Portfolio, the fund combines institutional regulatory compliance with sensible contract infrastructure, constructed on Centrifuge’s native blockchain.
The partnership marks one of many first occasions the S&P DJI has allowed its index information for use on-chain. It brings the S&P 500, which data over $1 trillion in each day buying and selling, into programmable codecs usable by DAOs, fintech apps, and institutional traders for twenty-four/7 buying and selling, automated methods, and on-chain lending.
“The benchmarks of conventional finance nonetheless form the worldwide economic system. However for the following technology of monetary infrastructure, these benchmarks must turn out to be programmable, accessible, and interoperable with future-shaping programs,” Bhaji Illuminati, CEO of Centrifuge, instructed The Defiant.
“We’re not simply replicating conventional programs, we’re remodeling them,” Illuminati added. “That is belief assembly programmability. It’s a step towards open, world, and 24/7 markets, designed for the following period of capital formation.”
Janus Henderson’s first tokenized fund with Centrifuge, JTRSY, scaled to over $500 million in belongings underneath administration (AUM) inside weeks, whereas the second tokenized fund technique, JAAA, was the quickest to achieve $1 billion in AUM, in accordance with Nick Cherney, Head of Innovation at Janus Henderson.
“We’re now thrilled to take the following step with Centrifuge by launching the tokenized S&P 500 Index fund,” mentioned Cherney in a press release. “This isn’t simply one other product, it’s a blueprint for the way institutional finance can thrive on-chain.”
Final month, Centrifuge expanded its attain to the Solana blockchain with the launch of institutional-grade RWA merchandise. Its first token on Solana, deJTRSY, affords publicity to short-term U.S. Treasuries and is now accessible throughout Raydium, Kamino, and Lulo.
