- ORQO Group launched as an institutional asset manager in Abu Dhabi with $370 million in assets under management.
- The company plans to develop a yield platform for Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin.
- ORQO brings together four entities from traditional finance and digital assets across Poland, Malta, and the blockchain sector.
- The firm is seeking approval to expand services in the Middle East while already holding licenses in Poland and Malta.
- The yield platform will allow investors to earn returns on tokenized real-world assets by depositing stablecoins.
ORQO Group, a new institutional asset management company based in Abu Dhabi, began operations on Tuesday with $370 million in assets under management. The firm will focus on building a platform that provides yield for holders of Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin.
The group combines four companies: Mount TFI from Poland, Monterra Capital from Malta, blockchain engineering firm Nextrope, and decentralized finance protocol Soil, which operates under the EU’s crypto rules. ORQO Group is licensed in Poland and Malta and is seeking further approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority at Abu Dhabi Global Market to broaden its reach in the Middle East.
“It’s an opportunity to become a global on-chain asset manager,” said ORQO CEO Nicholas Motz in an interview. “We have all the pieces: the off-chain asset management, and on-chain, too.”
ORQO joins a recent trend of moving traditional financial investments, such as private credit and U.S. Treasuries, onto blockchain networks, a process called tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs). According to rwa.xyz, the RWA market has grown to $30 billion, but remains much smaller than traditional sectors like the $2 trillion private credit market. A joint report from Ripple and BCG predicts the market for tokenized RWAs could reach $18.9 trillion by 2033.
The platform Soil will connect ORQO’s access to real-world assets with crypto investors, offering stablecoin holders a way to earn returns from investments in tokenized private credit, real estate, and hedge fund strategies. Next, ORQO plans to create a series of credit pools for holders of Ripple’s RLUSD, giving institutional investors a new way to generate yield on their digital assets.
The company views the Middle East as a key region for regulated digital asset services and continues to expand its global footprint by integrating both traditional finance and blockchain technology.
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