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Noticed an interesting move in the RWA ecosystem. Tether just led a strategic round of $8 million in KAIO — a platform for asset tokenization from Abu Dhabi. This looks like a serious signal about where USDT is heading in the coming years.
What’s really happening there? KAIO has already raised a total of $19 million, plus ( million in a seed round last July$11 . The platform has already tokenized around ) million in assets, with over $100 million processed. The numbers speak for themselves — this is not just an experimental project.
I like the detail about the minimum entry — only $100, not $500 million. This creates an interesting dynamic: on one hand, the platform remains accessible, on the other — serious players are already operating on it. BlackRock, Brevan Howard, Hamilton Lane — all these funds are already present on KAIO.
I’m especially watching the partnership with Mubadala Capital on the blockchain-based fund. It’s not just an investment — it’s a strategic positioning of Tether in the institutional tokenization segment. USDT is becoming not just a stablecoin, but a tool for working with real assets.
If this direction develops as actively as it is now, in a couple of years tokenized funds could become one of the main vectors for USDT application outside of trading. It’s worth paying closer attention to this.