RWA Ecosystem Expands on Monad with Centrifuge Integration

Institutional-grade credit products are coming to Monad, a high-performance, EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain designed for institutional-scale financial applications, through Centrifuge, the leading onchain asset management and tokenization platform.

The first assets on Monad include tokenized Treasury bills (JTRSY) and AAA CLOs (JAAA) from Janus Henderson, alongside Apollo’s diversified credit strategy (ACRDX). Investors hold tokenized fund shares with direct claims on the underlying assets and in-kind redemption rights. 

Alongside the fund tokens, Centrifuge is also launching deRWA versions — deJTRSY, deJAAA, and deCRDX — freely transferable tokens designed for seamless integration across the Monad DeFi ecosystem, with 24/7 access and onchain liquidity. 

Monad’s high-throughput, low-latency execution environment and full EVM compatibility are designed to support financial applications at scale. With Centrifuge, the Monad ecosystem gains access to institutional products that can serve as a foundation for more active lending, collateral, and liquidity markets onchain.

“High-quality real-world assets are a critical building block for the next generation of onchain financial markets. Bringing Janus Henderson and Apollo strategies exposure into the Monad ecosystem expands the range of institutional-grade assets available to developers, protocols, and ecosystem participants. We’re excited to support an environment where RWAs can be actively utilized across lending, liquidity, and broader financial applications.”
— Keone Hon, Co-Founder and GM, Monad Foundation

“As demand grows for institutional-quality strategies, onchain distribution is becoming increasingly important. Integrating Centrifuge products within the Monad ecosystem reflects that broader evolution in how investment products are accessed and used.”
— Bhaji Illuminati, CEO and Co-Founder, Centrifuge Labs

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Key capabilities enabled by this launch include:

• access to institutional-grade assets for Monad ecosystem users
• broader collateral utility through freely transferable deRWAs
• enabling more productive capital efficiency through borrowing against credit positions
• transparent onchain reporting and settlement
• composability with decentralized finance protocols

The launch reflects the accelerating convergence of traditional asset management and decentralized finance, as leading asset managers increasingly explore blockchain-native rails for distribution, liquidity, and programmability.

As lending protocols and financial applications integrate these assets across the Monad ecosystem, market participants will gain new ways to access, utilize, and build on top of institutional-grade credit assets.

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