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@Vertalo_ had the amazing opportunity of transforming @OfficialXYO's 24,000 shareholder cap table from analog to digital, to support liquidity and secondary trading on @tZERO.
Here’s how we did it.
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So great talking tokenization and the future of markets with @KyleSonlin and @SelfTSuccess!
Vaults are the future and @NUVAFinance is bringing it to bear with @animocabrands and @NUVALabs!
The @WOLF_Financial VC Show Episode 10 with my cohost @KyleSonlin featuring @CollinSellers !
TradFi meets DeFi
00:00 Tokenized Stocks & The Hidden Risks of Yield
15:05 Rewriting The Rules Of Settlement
21:11 The Real Cost Of Bringing Assets On-Chain
So proud to see this Vault live! Users get access to Figure-originated HELOCs with a permissionless and composable ERC20 token that accrues value as yield from the HELOC assets is paid back into the Vault.
Check out nuva.finance for more!
1/ Introducing HOME, NUVA’s flagship vault.
The first ever permissionless DeFi vault that directly holds a portfolio of US mortgage loans.
Monthly fixed policy rate targeting 7.00%, supported by a first-loss buffer.
Loans originated by @Figure and partners.
Live now.
So excited to be working with @FTDA_US on this!
Much more to come for @NUVAFinance, @NUVALabs, and @animocabrands!
Bringing the real world onchain with @animocabrands.
Animoca Brands and Franklin Templeton Collaborate to Expand Institutional Access to Tokenized Investments
Strategic program aims to accelerate institutional adoption of tokenized real-world assets, and explores the co-design of tokenized cultural assets.
SAN MATEO / HONG KONG, October 9, 2026 — Franklin Templeton, a global investment manager and leader in digital asset innovation, and Animoca Brands, a global digital assets and AI company, today announced a strategic collaboration to bring tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) to @NUVAFinance, the Animoca Brands-backed vault marketplace.
The collaboration extends NUVA’s reach beyond its existing Provenance blockchain-based assets, unlocking access to institutional-grade assets from a broader base of asset issuers. Co-incubated by Animoca Brands and @NUVALabs, NUVA launched in May 2026 with vaults that unlock access to assets on the Provenance Blockchain, which holds over US$30 billion in total value locked as of 24 September 2026.
“The convergence of traditional finance and digital assets has gone from the theoretical to being a real infrastructure play. Franklin Templeton is a pioneer in tokenizing traditional financial assets, and this partnership allows us to integrate institutional-grade RWAs directly into NUVA’s vault architecture.” said Yat Siu @ysiu, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Animoca Brands. “By combining battle-tested asset management with decentralized distribution, Nuva is expanding how institutional investors access RWAs.”
The two firms have also launched a four-part, co-authored research series, which builds on Franklin Templeton’s decade-long commitment to expanding the utility of blockchain-enabled investment solutions within institutional workflows. The thought leadership series, now live at franklintempleton.com/tokeni… examines the strategic significance of tokenization for institutional investors, the developments that have brought the market to this point, and how tokenization is changing the way institutions evaluate assets and construct portfolios.
“Tokenization is moving beyond simply putting traditional assets on blockchain rails. The next phase is about expanding how those assets can be accessed, utilized and integrated into increasingly digital investment ecosystems,” said Sandy Kaul, Head of Digital Assets and Innovation at Franklin Templeton. “Our collaboration with Animoca Brands and NUVA reflects that evolution, combining Franklin Templeton’s investment expertise and experience building blockchain-enabled solutions with new channels for delivering those capabilities to investors.”
Franklin Templeton and Animoca Brands expect to build on these initiatives by exploring additional areas of collaboration, including opportunities for the co-design and tokenization of real-world cultural assets, with additional details expected later this year.
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About Franklin Templeton
Franklin Templeton is a trusted investment partner, delivering tailored solutions that align with clients’ strategic goals. With deep portfolio management expertise across public and private markets, we combine investment excellence with cutting-edge technology. Since our founding in 1947, we have empowered clients through strategic partnership, forward-looking insights, and continuous innovation – providing the tools and resources to navigate change and capture opportunity. With more than 1,500 investment professionals, and offices in major financial markets around the world, the California-based company has over 75 years of investment experience and $1.83 trillion in assets under management as of 31 August 2026. To learn more, visit our website and follow us on LinkedIn.
Franklin Templeton, Inc. [NYSE: BEN]
About Animoca Brands
Animoca Brands Corporation Limited (ACN: 122 921 813) is a global digital assets leader building and investing in impactful technologies and ecosystems to reimagine future economies through AI and the agentic web. It has received broad industry and market recognition including Fortune Crypto 40, Top 50 Blockchain Game Companies 2025, Financial Times’ High Growth Companies Asia-Pacific, and Deloitte Tech Fast. Animoca Brands is recognized for building digital asset platforms such as the Moca Network, Open Campus, Anichess, and The Sandbox, as well as institutional-grade platforms; providing digital asset services to help Web3 companies launch and grow; and investing in frontier Web3 technology, with a portfolio of over 600 companies and digital assets. For more information visit animocabrands.com or follow on X, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and TikTok.
About Nuva Labs
Nuva Labs (formerly Provenance Blockchain Labs) powers digital asset issuers with a full lifecycle of blockchain infrastructure that enables the tokenization, management, and distributions of real-world assets at scale. From structuring advice and mission-critical APIs and SaaS services, to supporting broad, multi-chain Web3 distribution through vault marketplaces such as NUVA. Nuva Labs is the leading developer and integration partner on Provenance Blockchain, a leading public Layer 1 blockchain network with over $30 billion in real-world assets total value locked (TVL). Learn more at: NuvaLabs.com, and follow us on X and LinkedIn.
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@anthonymoro111 x @bchan8938 X @animocaresearch x @JIQQYJONES x @AnimocaVentures x @Animocabrandskk
Really fun interview with @blockleaders and @jilliangodsil on my non-traditional career path that's led me to @NUVALabs building @NUVAFinance!
#tokenization #wallstonchain #vaults
From early RWA tokenization to market infrastructure at IEX and now at Nuva Labs, @CollinSellers has spent years working at the intersection of financial markets and blockchain.
In a new interview with @blockleaders, he shares the unconventional path that brought him to Nuva Labs and where he sees RWAs heading next.
Thanks @jilliangodsil for the interview.
blockleaders.io/from-rock-mu…
Collin Sellers retweeted
“For real-world assets to properly function as financial assets, distribution is required.”
In an opinion piece for @KernelMediaCo, Nuva Labs VP of Solutions @CollinSellers explores why distribution remains one of the biggest challenges for RWAs and why it won’t simply emerge as a byproduct of more tokenization. 👇
We're excited to share that Collin Sellers of @NUVALabs shared this insightful piece with our Opinion Desk this week: kernel.news/2026/09/01/token…
"The industry proved that real-world assets can live onchain. Now, we need to show that those tokenized assets can actually behave like financial assets. This is the work that decides whether the RWA era has begun, or whether we’re just curators of a well-documented museum."
Collin Sellers retweeted
NUVA x @chainlink
Institutional-grade real-world assets demand institutional-grade data infrastructure.
NUVA adopts @chainlink Data Feeds as its exclusive oracle standard, securing pricing data across NUVA’s vaults on Ethereum today, and across every chain NUVA expands to.
NUVA by @animocabrands & @NUVALabs adopts Chainlink as its exclusive data infra to bring institutional RWAs to DeFi.
The first asset powered is nvPRIME, which represents exposure to short-term financing backed by residential housing loans including U.S. HELOCs.
Collin Sellers retweeted
Thanks for the shoutout @provenancefdn. Provenance is @NUVAFinance’s base chain and one of the best chains to register and ledger financial assets. Then via vault magic, NUVA brings these assets to Base, Ethereum and more.
The problem for RWAs isn't asset supply.
As @mcagney argues, the industry has largely solved origination and we're now proving the economics of DeFi financing, a majority of which is happening on Provenance Blockchain.
The real long-term bottleneck? Capital access.
Our next phase is about expanding the distribution layers that connect institutional capital to blockchain-native finance. See the work @NUVAFinance & @HastraFi are doing using Provenance in this regard.
That's how the market grows; not by competing for the same liquidity, but by bringing entirely new sources of capital on-chain
Collin Sellers retweeted
Threats move fast. We move faster.
NUVA is now protected by @HypernativeLabs , the leading real-time security platform trusted to safeguard billions in onchain value.
Hypernative monitors NUVA's smart contracts and protocol activity around the clock, detecting anomalies and surfacing risks before they can ever reach our vaults or the people who use them.
Real protection for real-world assets.
Great to see @NUVAFinance & @anthonymoro111 on @CoinDesk’s Public Keys on the floor of @NYSE!
#nuvafinance #assetsonchain
On CoinDesk's Public Keys at @NYSE:
• @21Shares' @elindinga makes the bull case for HYPE and sets a $75 target
• @Fundstrat's @SeanMFarrell on why crypto IPOs are stalling
• @NuvaLabs CEO Anthony Moro on bringing $19B in tokenized RWAs onto Ethereum. Watch with @JennSanasie.
Chapters:
00:00 Welcome to Public Keys
00:38 Clarity Act Passes, Macro Headwinds Hit Crypto
01:53 Crypto IPO Boom Hits a Speed Bump
02:09 Fundstrat's Sean Farrell Joins Public Keys
03:30 Why AI Is Driving the Tech IPO Market
05:00 Bitcoin Miners Pivot to AI for Higher Yields
06:13 Macro Outlook and Fed Chair Warsh
08:12 Hyperliquid's $850M Revenue and Pre-IPO Markets
12:23 Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs See Major Outflows
13:48 Two HYPE ETFs Launch on Wall Street
14:25 21Shares' Eli Ndinga on the THYP Debut
17:30 The Bull and Bear Case for Hyperliquid
22:30 21Shares' $75 Price Target for HYPE
23:55 Nuva Labs Launches with $19B in Tokenized RWAs
30:00 The Nuva Roadmap and Token Generation Event
Collin Sellers retweeted
Florida Man Reads The Bitcoin Standard; Buys 4% of All the Bitcoin
Strategy has acquired 24,869 BTC for ~$2.01 billion at ~$80,985 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 12.6% YTD 2026. As of 5/17/2026, we hodl 843,738 $BTC acquired for ~$63.87 billion at ~$75,700 per bitcoin. $MSTR $STRC strategy.com/press/strategy-…
Great graphic and breakdown of NUVA.
🚀 Why NUVA Could Become One of the Most Interesting RWA Projects in Web3
The RWA narrative is no longer just hype.
BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, and major institutions are already moving into tokenized assets.
But most RWA platforms still suffer from: • fragmented liquidity
• poor DeFi composability
• limited access
• complicated onboarding
That’s where NUVA stands out. 👇
🔹 Institutional-Grade RWAs for Everyone
NUVA gives users permissionless access to real-world assets through blockchain-powered vaults.
Users can deposit USDC and mint “nvAssets” — yield-bearing tokens backed by real assets like: • tokenized credit • HELOCs • yield-bearing stable assets • institutional financial products
Unlike traditional finance: ✅ no huge minimum capital
✅ no lockups
✅ no complex onboarding
🔹 Real Yield, Not Inflationary Farming
Many DeFi protocols rely on unsustainable token emissions.
NUVA focuses on real-world yield generated from actual underlying assets.
Examples: • nvYLDS → backed by SEC-registered yield-bearing stablecoin products
• nvPRIME → exposure to HELOC markets with estimated ~8% APY
This creates a much stronger long-term model than pure speculative farming.
🔹 Composable RWA Infrastructure
One of NUVA’s biggest innovations:
Your vault tokens remain fully composable in DeFi.
That means users can: • lend them • leverage them • loop them • use them across DeFi ecosystems
while still earning underlying yield.
This bridges TradFi yield with DeFi capital efficiency — something most RWA platforms still struggle to achieve.
🔹 On-Chain Proof of Reserves
NUVA emphasizes transparency heavily.
Vault reserves can be verified on-chain through Proof-of-Reserves infrastructure built with Provenance Blockchain.
Instead of “trust us,” users can independently verify: • vault balances • reserve backing • mint/burn activity • collateral status
A major step toward institutional-grade DeFi.
🔹 Strong Backing & Ecosystem NUVA was co-created by: • Animoca Brands • Nuva Labs
And recently raised: 💰 $5.2M seed round led by Morgan Creek Digital.
That combination of: • Web3 distribution • institutional finance expertise • RWA infrastructure gives NUVA a stronger foundation than many new RWA projects.
🔹 NUVA Points & Future Token NUVA already runs: • waitlist • points system • participation rewards
The docs also mention: • governance • revenue sharing • buybacks • community-focused distribution
which makes the ecosystem especially interesting for early users and airdrop hunters.
The biggest thing about NUVA isn’t just “tokenized assets.”
It’s the attempt to build: 🌎 a unified liquidity layer for institutional RWAs across DeFi.
And if the RWA sector continues expanding in 2026, projects like NUVA could become major infrastructure plays for on-chain finance.
@NUVAFinance #RWA
Never have I been so excited to be part of building a product before...NUVA is live.
app.nuva.finance
#nuva #nuvalabs #RWAsonchain #tokenizedRWA
The wait is over. NUVA is now live: nuva.finance/ 🚀
With one click, gain exposure to institutional-grade RWAs that are composable, with no lockups or minimums.
👉 Now open on Ethereum: nvYLDS & nvPRIME, underlying assets issued by @Figure.
Collin Sellers retweeted
Thrilled to share that @NUVADigital — the software development company behind NUVA, co-created by @AnimocaBrands and @NUVALabs — has raised US$5.2M in seed funding to accelerate the development of the @NUVAFinance platform. 🚀
The Series Seed round was led by @DigitalCurrents, and included major investors such as @uluventures.
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Come join us for an excellent discussion from real builders and movers in DeFi!
🎙️The Worst Altcoin Market Since 2018. How to Build Now to Dominate in the Coming Years?
Join us on Thursday at 4 pm utc with:
@Michaelros / @staynexcom
@alephium
@CollinSellers / @NUVAFinance
@metafyed
@kryptoJinJin / @NozomiNetwork
@zeus_exchange
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Collin Sellers retweeted
Join us at #HalbornACCESS next Friday, January 23rd at the @NYSE. Nuva Labs' CEO @anthonymoro111 will discuss the rise of programmable money, and the fact that it's not just simplify payments; it reshapes what’s possible. This is a discussion you won't want to miss.
▶️Learn more at access.halborn.com
#ACCESS26 #HalbornSecurity @HalbornSecurity
These assets will be among the best in all of DeFi. Digitally native, fully backed by all relevant data, issued by Figure, and made permissionless and accretive by NUVA.
I have never been more excited in my entire career for a launch like this.
@NUVAFinance #RWAfi #RWAs #wallstonchain
nuHELOC by @NUVAFinance is coming in December. Here's why its the single best RWA ever:
→ 8.5% unlevered APY
→ Constantly compounding interest
→ Backed by overcollateralized U.S. home equity loans from @Figure
→ Zero lockups, no minimum
→ Tradable on ETH, SOL, Base
Collin Sellers retweeted
6 months ago, Raoul Pal said we are in an elongated business/debt cycle and that bitcoin would climb higher and then we would see a -35% drawdown and “everyone will be sure that it is over… and it won’t be over.”
You need to watch this again.
nitter.cf/Vivek4real_/status/191…
Collin Sellers retweeted
NUVA unlocks access to 75% of all tokenized private credit.🚀
Discover how NUVA makes the best assets from TradFi composable, portable, and accessible to anyone with the appetite for institutional-grade returns.
👇Dive in: nuva.finance/blog/defi-meets…
