Quick Breakdown
- •Animoca Brands and Rayls partner to advance tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs).
- •NUVA marketplace to distribute Rayls-tokenized assets, enhancing yields, liquidity, and investor access.
- •The partnership aims to drive institutional DeFi adoption using Rayls’ settlement and privacy infrastructure.
Animoca Brands has announced a strategic partnership with blockchain infrastructure firm Rayls, aiming to advance the tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs) and bridge traditional finance with DeFi. The collaboration is formalized through a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and focuses on unlocking broader institutional participation in crypto markets.
We have entered into a memorandum of understanding with @RaylsLabs for a strategic partnership focused on the tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs).
The partnership will leverage our extensive network to spearhead the origination of RWAs by identifying asset classes and…
December 1, 2025
Tokenization Pipeline and Infrastructure
Under the partnership, Animoca Brands will leverage its extensive network to identify asset classes and issuers suitable for tokenization on Rayls’ blockchain infrastructure. The company will also support the structuring of economic, technical, privacy, and utility parameters for tokenized RWAs. Rayls will provide institutional-grade settlement and privacy infrastructure, along with cross-chain bridge solutions and technical interfaces, to enable secure, compliant on-chain access.
NUVA, a unified, chain-agnostic vault marketplace, is expected to serve as a distributor for these tokenized RWAs. Rayls will supply NUVA with assets, technology, and services designed to enhance yields, liquidity, and investor engagement, enabling seamless integration between traditional assets and DeFi ecosystems.
Driving Institutional DeFi Adoption
Marcos Viriato, co-founder and CEO of Parfin, the developer of Rayls, said the partnership is meant to accelerate institutional adoption of tokenized assets and bring greater stability and reliability to crypto markets. Evan Auyang, group president of Animoca Brands, added that the collaboration could help unlock the tokenization of trillions of dollars in real-world assets by combining Rayls’ institutional-grade settlement infrastructure with Animoca’s ecosystem and NUVA’s vault technology.
The partnership signals a growing trend of institutional-grade solutions in DeFi, offering enhanced liquidity, broader asset access, and infrastructure to integrate traditional finance systems with blockchain networks. By connecting RWAs to secure, scalable, and privacy-focused on-chain frameworks, Animoca Brands and Rayls are positioning themselves at the forefront of the next wave of tokenized asset adoption.
Meanwhile, Animoca Brands, in partnership with Chess.com, announced on November 13 the integration of the $CHECK token, establishing it as the native utility token for the game’s growing ecosystem.