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Recently, I saw a pretty interesting move. Centrifuge and Pharos are teaming up to enable institutional-grade asset distribution on-chain. It sounds simple, but in reality, it solves a big problem.
Did you know that tokenized U.S. Treasuries (JTRSY) and AAA-rated structured credit products have always faced a bottleneck on-chain — it's not that no one wants them, but the distribution and infrastructure can't keep up. Centrifuge already has a set of solutions for tokenization, but just tokenization isn't enough; there also needs to be a liquidity layer and distribution channels. This collaboration aims to fill that gap.
Bhaji Illuminati, CEO of Centrifuge Labs, spoke quite frankly, saying that pure tokenization can't solve the issues of access and usability; the key is to build a solid distribution layer and infrastructure. Pharos is a Layer 1 designed for RealFi, backed by the team behind Ant Financial, and has received investments from institutions like Hack VC and Faction VC.
I strongly agree with Wish Wu, CEO of Pharos — the real bottleneck isn't demand, but infrastructure. They want to create an environment where institutional assets can continuously operate and stay active on-chain.
The significance of this collaboration is that on-chain institutional assets are no longer just a concept — someone is actually building a complete infrastructure system. We should see more of these institutional assets flowing on-chain in the future.