Archax taps Hedera to streamline asset tokenization and boost liquidity
Hedera Overview - September 12, 2025
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Hedera Highlights
Diving deeper into some of the biggest updates from Hedera
#️⃣ What’s happening: Archax launched its Pool Token functionality on the Hedera Network, letting users bundle together tokenized assets into multi-asset portfolios onchain.
#️⃣ Why it matters: The new feature brings a synthetic pool token that holds equal portions of money market funds from major asset managers like Aberdeen, BlackRock and State Street to form a digital "fund of money market funds" natively on Hedera.
This is aimed at making it easier for banks and big investors to use the blockchain for managing funds. Think of it like a digital box that can hold different types of investments, like capital or stocks, which you can move around instantly with minimal paperwork and low cost.
Archax is looking to drive user growth on Hedera by attracting institutional-grade activity, since Pool Tokens leverage the network's infrastructure to deliver compliant tokenization. This in turn brings more tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), like money-market fund baskets, to the network which enhancing liquidity and trading volumes.
As demand from institutional investors for efficient investment tools rises, Archax and Hedera can leverage their ability to offer real-time portfolio assembly and instant settlement to enable direct asset flows that alleviate the limitations of traditional mutual funds and ETFs, which rely on share classes, prospectuses and custodial hurdles.
“By enabling the creation of Pool Tokens, an issuer could come to us to create a natively onchain portfolio, basket, index or fund,” Archax co-founder and CEO Graham Rodford said in a statement. “Tokenized portfolios can be assembled, transferred and managed with speed and flexibility, so we're eliminating the operational inefficiencies that have long plagued traditional investment structures - all while maintaining regulatory compliance and institutional-grade security."
#️⃣ The bigger picture: Ultimately, this functionality demonstrates how blockchain tech can democratize portfolio management while maintaining regulatory standards.
Archax’s Pool Token functionality on Hedera can spur institutional adoption by offering a scalable, compliant framework for tokenized portfolios. The ability to instantly put together and transfer asset baskets, such as money market funds, can create a pathway for more RWA integrations to decentralized platforms.
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Get involved with the community
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