Centrifuge Launches deRWA Tokens After Eight Years Building Tokenization Infrastructure
Centrifuge Launches deRWA Tokens After Eight Years Building Tokenization Infrastructure
🏗️ Eight years later
Centrifuge has introduced deRWA tokens in mid-2025, marking a milestone for the protocol that began building tokenization infrastructure in 2017.
Key developments:
- The platform now has $1.3B in assets onchain with active revenue generation
- Operates a vault standard supporting treasuries, credit, and equities across 8+ chains
- Recently deployed on HyperEVM, allowing tokenized assets to be deployed where RWA demand is growing
Centrifuge started working on real-world asset tokenization before the broader market recognized the category. The deRWA token framework represents the technical evolution of this early infrastructure work.
The protocol's expansion to Hyperliquid positions it to serve emerging demand for tokenized assets in that ecosystem.
RWAs are gaining momentum on Hyperliquid. That's the demand signal. With Centrifuge live on HyperEVM, any tokenized asset can be deployed directly where that demand already lives.
Over the past 2 weeks, RWA trading on Hyperliquid has repeatedly broken records, surpassing $1.3B in open interest and $1.4B in weekend volume. When traditional markets are closed, Hyperliquid is the premier venue for 24/7 price discovery on oil, metals, indices, and other
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