Institutional Funds Go Onchain with Hedera
KAIO, a protocol designed for real world assets, announced on Thursday 14 that it has onboarded three major institutional funds onto the Hedera network: BlackRock’s ICS US Dollar Liquidity Fund, Brevan Howard’s Master Fund, and Laser Digital’s Carry Fund.
This development represents the first large-scale tokenization of traditionally opaque funds, giving accredited investors blockchain-native access to strategies covering money markets, macro trading, and crypto yield generation.
Compliance Meets Programmable Liquidity
Built on Hedera’s enterprise-grade distributed ledger, KAIO’s infrastructure ensures full compliance while unlocking programmable features such as instant settlements, composability, and onchain transparency.
“This launch marks a critical inflection point in institutional blockchain adoption,” said Olivier Dang, COO of KAIO. “By using the Hedera network, we’re bringing composable access to leading fund strategies entirely onchain. It’s the foundation for real-time, programmable financial infrastructure built for the next era of capital markets.”
A Structural Shift in Capital Markets
The three funds now accessible via KAIO represent key areas of modern finance:
- Laser Digital’s Carry Fund: A Cayman-registered vehicle that leverages blockchain-native efficiency for arbitrage and staking yield strategies.
- BlackRock’s Money Market Fund: With $1.3 trillion in assets, it could theoretically be used as collateral in DeFi, a breakthrough use case.
- Brevan Howard’s Master Fund: Its participation signals growing interest from even the most cautious hedge funds in onchain programmability for subscriptions, redemptions, and reporting.
The Institutional Onchain Tipping Point
KAIO’s integration signals more than a technical milestone; it’s a turning point in how regulated capital can interact with decentralized ecosystems. By bridging regulated money markets with DeFi liquidity, KAIO and Hedera may have set the stage for the next phase of blockchain adoption in institutional finance.
