RWA DeFi Vaults Sector in Full Swing Plus Venture Funding is Back! - Security Token Show: Episode 282

Tune in to this episode of the Security Token Show where this week Herwig Konings and Kyle Sonlin cover the industry leading headlines and market movements, including RWA DeFi vaults, venture funding coming back, and more RWA news!

Company of the Week - Herwig: Particula
Company of the Week - Kyle: KfW 

The Market Movements
1. Circle Rejects Ripple’s $5B Acquisition Offer, New $20B Offer Reported: https://cointelegraph.com/news/ripple-circle-bid-rejected-bloomberg 
https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/1918261724224098651 

2. BlackRock Files to Tokenize $150B Treasury Trust Fund with BNY Mellon: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/04/30/sec-filing-shows-blackrock-preparing-150-billion-tokenized-treasury-trust-offering 

3. Particula Closes $5.5M Raise and Moves to USA: https://particula.io/particula-raises-5m-funding-round/ 

4. Dinari Raises $12.7M Series A led by Hack VC and Blockchange Ventures: https://dinari.com/blog/12m-series-a-equities-onchain 

5. Tether Attestation Report: More than 7.7 Tons of Gold Backing XAUT: https://crypto.news/tether-holds-more-than-7-7-tons-of-gold-backing-its-xaut-token/ 

6. MetaWealth Now Registered in Lithuania as VASP: https://thepaypers.com/online-mobile-banking/metawealth-gains-a-virtual-asset-service-provider-licence-in-lithuania--1273351 

7. Sony’s Soneium and Plume Partner for Onchain Staking and Yield Opportunities: https://www.techinasia.com/news/sonys-blockchain-plume-partner-tokenized-yields 

The Token Debrief
1. Calastone Announces Fireblocks as Infrastructure Partner for Fund Tokenization: https://financefeeds.com/calastone-partners-with-fireblocks-to-launch-fund-tokenization-platform/  

2. Centrifuge Introduces RWA Launchpad: https://centrifuge.mirror.xyz/Ujcfp4flrFUGxLUEXiDlwZH1ZCfLmh4HMdXI1CUP-XQ 

3. ERC3643 Association Announces Interoperable DvP Proof of Concept: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/erc3643_erc3643-activity-7323571899043659776-aPCX

4. Goldman Sachs to Expand Crypto Trading and Explore Crypto Lending & Asset Tokenization: https://www.coinspeaker.com/goldman-sachs-eyes-expansion-in-crypto-trading/ 

5. Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) and DeFi Technologies Create Kenya Digital Exchange: https://coingeek.com/kenya-prepares-tokenizing-rwas-on-homegrown-exchange/  

6. Securitize and Gauntlet Use Morpho to Launch Vault for Apollo’s ACRED: https://securitize.io/learn/press/securitize-and-gauntlet-launch-levered-rwa-strategy-on-apollo-diversified-credit-securitize-fund 

7. Libre to Bring Institutions to TON with $500M Telegram Bond Fund ($TBF): https://www.librecapital.com/insights/libre-and-ton-foundation-launch-500m-telegram-bond-fund-tbf-on-ton-blockchain 

8. Hilbert Group Announces Tokenized Bitcoin Yield Offering on Rebranded Syntetika Platform: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hilbert-group-announces-launch-tokenized-082000090.html 

9. KfW Moves from Issuer to Investor, Invests €10M in Berlin Hyp’s €100M Covered Bond: https://www.kfw.de/About-KfW/Newsroom/Latest-News/Pressemitteilungen-Details_848192.html 

10. Wormhole to Provide Interoperability for Mercado Bitcoin’s $200M Pipeline and Invests in Offering: https://www.tronweekly.com/mercado-bitcoin-partners-with-wormhole/ 

11. MultiBank to Tokenize $3B of MAG’s UAE Real Estate on Mavryk: https://cointelegraph.com/news/multibank-mag-mavryk-3b-rwa-tokenization-launch 

12. Liquid Noble Adds More Utility to $LGAU Tokenized Gold: https://coingeek.com/liquid-noble-revamps-for-improved-tokenized-bullion-trading/ 

13. Solana Policy Institute, Superstate, and Orca Submit Proposal for Project Open: US Equities on Public Blockchains https://www.linkedin.com/posts/solana-policy-institute_project-open-wireframe-blueprint-4282025-activity-7323417793951895553-e_W0

14. Pakistan Approves First Tokenized Gold Solution under Fasset’s Sandbox License: https://www.urdupoint.com/en/technology/fasset-secures-sandbox-license-to-launch-paki-1971443.html

15. Argentinian Regulator Presents Tokenization Framework: https://invezz.com/news/2025/04/27/latam-crypto-news-itau-to-invest-210m-in-bitcoin-and-argentinas-cnv-to-present-new-tokenization-regime/

16. World Federation of Exchanges Releases Report on CBDC Impact on Tokenization: https://www.ledgerinsights.com/world-federation-of-exchanges-explore-cbdc-for-tokenization/

17. Deloitte Predicts 25% of Cross-Border Payments Delivered Onchain by 2030, $50B in Savings: https://fintechmagazine.com/articles/deloitte-tokenised-networks-to-reshape-global-payments 

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⏰ TABLE OF CONTENTS ⏰
0:00 Introduction
0:16 Welcome
1:05 Market Movements
14:14 RWA Foundation Update
15:04  Token Debrief
26:04 Companies of The Week