BlackRock-Backed Securitize Taps TRON’s 373 M Accounts for $4B Tokenized Assets
BlackRock-backed Securitize is integrating with the TRON blockchain, enabling its $4 billion in tokenized securities to tap into TRON’s 373 million accounts, $26 billion in total value locked and $7.9 trillion in annual transfer volume for future real-world asset products. BlackRock’s Jeffrey Rosenberg is applying long-short strategies in liquid ETFs to deliver hedge-fund-like returns.
1. Integration with TRON Expands Tokenized Asset Reach
Securitize has integrated its tokenization platform with the TRON blockchain, making tokenized funds and securities from clients including BlackRock accessible to TRON’s 373 million accounts. The network’s $26 billion in total value locked and $7.9 trillion annual transfer volume provide a high-throughput environment for launching new real-world asset products backed by over $4 billion in managed assets.
2. Hedge Fund Tactics Enter ETF Suite
BlackRock’s CIO Jeffrey Rosenberg has rolled out liquid alternative ETFs employing long-short strategies within an ETF wrapper. These funds aim to capture hedge-fund-like returns with the liquidity and transparency of an ETF, potentially broadening investor access to long-short equity and fixed-income exposures without traditional hedge fund fees.