Tokenization has largely moved beyond the question of whether real-world assets can be brought on-chain. For many institutions, the focus is now shifting to what happens next: how those assets are held, managed, serviced, transferred, and integrated into existing financial frameworks.

The latest step in REAL Finance’s approach to that challenge is its newly announced partnership with Anchorage Digital.

Announced this month, the partnership brings together REAL Finance and Anchorage Digital, home to the first federally chartered crypto bank in the United States and a qualified institutional custodian, to support the lifecycle of tokenized assets across issuance, custody, settlement, servicing, and secondary liquidity.

While tokenization has become increasingly common across digital finance, institutions continue to evaluate the operational and regulatory frameworks surrounding these assets before committing capital at scale. The Anchorage partnership reflects REAL Finance’s focus on building the infrastructure surrounding tokenized assets, including custody, compliance, servicing, governance, and liquidity.

“The challenge facing the industry has evolved considerably in recent years,” said Ivo Grigorov, CEO of REAL Finance. “The bigger question is whether the market has the infrastructure to support them at an institutional scale.”