Institutional Fund Directly On The Solana Blockchain Hamilton Lane, which has over $290 billion in assets under management, has partnered with Libre, a Web3 protocol developed by Brevan Howard’s WebN Group and Nomura’s crypto firm Laser Digital to facilitate this initiative. Related Reading: Ethereum ETFs Witness Stellar Start As Trading Soars; Analyst Sees ETH’s Price Reaching $8,000 In Q4 According to Fortune, Libre will serve as the "backbone infrastructure,” enabling the issuance and distribution of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) on-chain.
In a move highlighting the growing intersection of traditional finance (TradFi) and blockchain technology, Hamilton Lane, one of the world’s largest asset managers, has announced the launch of a private credit fund on the Solana (SOL) blockchain. The fund, named Senior Credit Opportunities Fund (SCOPE), will now be accessible to investors through the Solana network, according to a recent report by Fortune.
Avtar Sehra, CEO and founder of Libre, emphasized that Solana’s "low latency and high throughput capabilities” make it an ideal network for tokenization. Interestingly, this move marks a significant milestone for the Solana ecosystem, as it is the first institutional fund to be launched directly on the blockchain, with the potential for more to follow as RWAs have been an increasing investment vehicle for institutional investors to capitalize on crypto technology over the past year.
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