🚨 Hamilton Lane Joins Converge 🚨 One of the world’s leading private markets investment firms is looking towards the next chapter of tokenized finance. @hamilton_lane was an early mover to tokenization. Now they’re early to Converge. Here’s what that means 🧵👇
📅 October 2022: @hamilton_lane partners with @Securitize to tokenize private market funds. → RWA Market then: $5.3B → RWA Market now: $25.49B They helped kickstart the tokenization race.
Since then, @hamilton_lane has: → Tokenized three flagship funds → Spanned private equity, credit and secondaries
Their private credit tokenized feeder fund, SCOPE, was a milestone. It brought monthly liquidity, reduced barriers to entry, and helped push private credit to $15.1B in AUM, now the largest RWA category on-chain.
Now, @hamilton_lane will join Converge, a blockchain purpose-built to be the settlement layer for tokenized assets. A full-circle moment for one of the first movers in the space.
“With Converge, we see a next-gen platform built for scale, composability and institutional-quality utility.” - Victor Jung, Managing Director, Head of Digital Assets at @hamilton_lane
Why does it matter? @hamilton_lane’s move signals to the market that Converge is where serious institutions are building. Not just tokenizing, but building for scale, liquidity, and DeFi composability.
“Hamilton Lane has led by example,” said @carlosdomingo, CEO of Securitize. “Their move to Converge reinforces a shared belief: the evolution of capital markets will be open, integrated and on-chain.”
🏆 @hamilton_lane was early to tokenization. Now they will be early to Converge. This is where real-world assets and the institutions behind them, converge. 🔗 Learn more:
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