- A consortium including Goldman Sachs and Apex Group has launched a tokenized real estate fund, with shares issued on the banking giant’s Digital Asset Platform.
- The project utilizes Goldman Sachs‘ GS DAP, a blockchain platform built on the Canton Network, to enable the issuance and management of fund shares as digital tokens.
- This initiative is part of a broader institutional trend to bring traditional assets like real estate and private credit onto blockchain infrastructure for improved efficiency and transferability.
In a significant move for asset tokenization, Apex Group is now providing fund management services for a real estate fund whose digital shares are being issued on Goldman Sachs‘ institutional blockchain platform. The fund, developed with partners including digital exchange Archax and interoperability provider Ownera, was announced Thursday and reflects growing demand for regulated, blockchain-native investment solutions.
Specifically, the fund’s shares are issued as digital tokens using Goldman Sachs‘ Digital Asset Platform (GS DAP). Launched in 2022, this platform is built on the privacy-focused Canton Network.
“Tokenization at institutional scale depends on trusted, regulated infrastructure,” said Apex Group‘s global head of digital assets, Agnes Mazurek. Consequently, the partnership aims to combine familiar governance with the benefits of blockchain technology for real-world assets.
“Issuing blockchain native fund units on GS DAP enables investment in real estate assets with precision while unlocking more seamless transferability in the future,” added Mathew McDermott, Goldman Sachs‘ global head of digital assets. The platform facilitates the issuance, settlement, custody, and transfer of these digital assets.
Under the collaboration, pan-European firm LRC Group manages the real estate investments. Meanwhile, Archax acts as custodian and initial distribution partner, and Ownera provides the critical interoperability layer connecting various parties.
This project adds real estate to a rapidly expanding list of institutional tokenization efforts. These include tokenized money-market funds, private funds, and collateral networks from other major financial players.
Apex Group has previously explored this space, collaborating with Coinbase to launch a tokenized Bitcoin yield fund in March. Similarly, other investment banks like JPMorgan are advancing their own tokenization infrastructure for payments and collateral.
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