Edel Launches Mainnet to Bring Tokenized Stock Lending On‑Chain - Crypto Economy

TL;DR:

• Edel launched its mainnet with an on-chain lending market designed specifically for tokenized equities.
• More than 90,000 users participated in its testnet, and it became the first lending protocol deployed on the Robinhood Chain network.
• Edel’s model eliminates traditional intermediaries and redirects toward users the yield generated by securities lending.

The securities lending market has for decades been an exclusive territory of large banks and prime brokers, who captured the bulk of the yield generated by lending institutional equities Edel, a financial technology platform focused on blockchain-based capital markets infrastructure, seeks to replicate that mechanic directly on-chain, with the official launch of its mainnet.

Investors will be able to deposit tokenized equities into the protocol, lend them to credit borrowers, and receive the yield that previously remained in the hands of other intermediaries. Borrowers, in turn, can use those assets as collateral to access stablecoins or expand their exposure through leveraged positions.

Edel Brings the Missing Layer to Tokenized Finance

The tokenization of real-world assets has advanced exponentially over the past year, but decentralized lending protocols have historically been designed for cryptocurrencies like Ethereum or stablecoins, not equities. Stocks present distinct characteristics: limited trading hours, dividend payments, corporate actions, and splits — features that most existing DeFi protocols do not account for.


Edel’s architecture was built specifically to address those demands. The system incorporates logic to manage corporate events and adapt liquidity dynamics to the rhythms of equity markets.

Traction Before Launch

The numbers ahead of the mainnet launch demonstrate that genuine demand exists. The company reported more than 90,000 participants in its testnet and more than 10,000 active users on the Robinhood Chain testnet, the network on which Edel became the first lending protocol to be deployed.

Andrés Soltermann, co-founder of the company, stated: “We are building the credit market for tokenized equities. For decades, banks and prime brokers were the ones unlocking liquidity from equity portfolios. By moving this infrastructure on-chain, we give investors direct access to the same financial mechanics in a transparent and global system.”

The global securities lending and margin intermediation market represents trillions of dollars. Edel is betting that a portion of that activity can migrate to the blockchain.