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Aave Labs has launched Aave Horizon, a new RWA market that lets institutions borrow stablecoins against tokenized assets on Ethereum. The team introduced market with support from partners and Chainlink’s NAVLink for real-time fund values. An earlier Aave Labs post outlined vision for compliant access, using tokenized money market funds as collateral.
“The era of tokenized real-world assets is here and will reshape global finance,” said Stani Kulechov, founder of Aave Labs, who told The Defiant the goal is to bridge TradFi and DeFi with GHO and other stablecoins. Horizon aims to mix permissioned collateral with permissionless borrowing to keep DeFi’s openness while meeting rules.
Tokenization means turning rights in assets, like funds or bonds, into digital tokens on a blockchain. This can lower costs, speed settlement, and allow smaller tickets for investors. For DeFi, it may bring new, steady collateral and help spread on-chain finance to banks and asset managers.
Aave first presented Horizon in March 2025 as an institutional path into DeFi and later clarified there would be no new token for the program. Today’s launch targets real adoption by linking trusted issuers, audited data feeds, and Aave’s lending rails.
