🤝 OKX Partners with Centrifuge to Bring Tokenized Treasuries and CLOs to X Layer
🤝 OKX Partners with Centrifuge to Bring Tokenized Treasuries and CLOs to X Layer
🤝 OKX meets tokenized Treasuries
OKX and Centrifuge are collaborating to expand access to tokenized real-world assets through X Layer integration.
What's launching:
- deJTRSY (US Treasuries exposure)
- deJAAA (AAA CLO strategy)
- Both assets now available on X Layer through OKX
Why it matters: The partnership demonstrates how major exchanges and tokenization infrastructure can work together to scale onchain assets. These tokenized products are freely transferable and composable with DeFi protocols.
Background on deJAAA:
- Provides exposure to AAA CLOs (Collateralized Loan Obligations)
- Managed by Janus Henderson, operator of the largest CLO ETF ($27.8B)
- Already integrated as collateral on Euler Finance and Morpho
- Recently adopted by Ethena for USDe backing
The integration expands distribution channels for institutional-grade tokenized assets, making them accessible to a broader market while maintaining composability with existing DeFi infrastructure.
$deJAAA brings tokenized AAA CLO exposure into DeFi on @Base. It can be supplied, borrowed against or looped on @eulerfinance in a vault curated by @ClearstarLabs, the same composability any onchain asset gets. Real-world assets, usable across DeFi.
AAA CLOs sit in the corner most of fixed income never reaches: strong yield with almost no duration risk. Most of the bond market takes years of rate exposure to get a comparable yield. $JAAA brings that AAA CLO exposure onchain.
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🏦 Janus Henderson's Path to Onchain Asset Management
**Major institutional adoption milestone** Janus Henderson, a global asset manager with over $300B in assets under management, has moved onchain. Nick Cherney, Head of Innovation at Janus Henderson Investors, explains their decision centers on two factors: - **The opportunity**: Significant potential in onchain markets - **Infrastructure confidence**: Robust underlying technology enabling institutional participation The firm selected Centrifuge as their platform partner, citing product quality, DeFi expertise, and team strength as key factors in their decision.
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