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Realize, a technology firm based in Abu Dhabi, has introduced an investment vehicle designed to purchase units of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) focused on U.S. Treasury bills and convert these assets into digital tokens for blockchain trading and transfer.
Named the Realize T-BILLS Fund, it aims to acquire units from BlackRock's iShares and State Street's SPDR, tokenize them, and incorporate these assets into the fund. According to Dominik Schiener, co-founder of Realize, the firm hopes to grow the fund to $200 million.
Tokenized Treasuries are rapidly emerging in the crypto market, currently holding a market capitalization of $2.4 billion on public blockchains, predominantly on Ethereum, as reported by data platform rwa.xyz. These digital tokens are created on a blockchain, backed by U.S. government debt, and are issued by both blockchain-native firms and traditional financial institutions, including BlackRock and Franklin Templeton.
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In March, BlackRock launched its first tokenized fund, BUIDL, on the Ethereum blockchain, investing its entire asset base in cash, U.S. Treasury bills, and repurchase agreements (repos), with a current market cap of $530 million.
The Realize fund is notable as the first tokenized fund to be domiciled in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and to receive approval from its regulatory authority. It will issue the $RBILL token, serving as the digital representation of the fund's units, and will initially launch on both the IOTA and Ethereum blockchain networks. The fund will be managed by Neovision Wealth Management, also located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
"The goal is to bring fungible assets onchain. T-Bills are the most liquid asset today in the real world," said Schiener. He added that they represent the best form of collateral, yielding around 5%. Dr. Ryan Lemand, co-founder and CEO of Neovision, explained that it is more sensible to buy T-Bill ETFs and tokenize them rather than purchasing Treasury bills directly in the market, which would incur ongoing transaction costs due to the need for frequent repurchases.
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