Plume Network, as the first full-stack L1 blockchain that fully supports RWAfi (Real-World Asset Finance), today announced a strategic partnership with Whinfell Partners LLC ("Whinfell") to bring a series of institutional-grade credit instruments and diversified yield assets into its ecosystem. Leveraging Plume's flagship staking protocol Nest, Whinfell will provide high-end assets and strategies to Plume's growing user base, with the initial assets including ETFs from Carlyle, Pimco, and Simplify, which will be first opened to early users in Nest's RWA vault.
Whinfell will professionally provide users with financial products that were previously difficult to access, while also enhancing transparency and efficiency. This collaboration will launch various structured credit instruments, aiming to provide stable returns while strictly adhering to compliance and audit standards.
"By partnering with Plume Network, we are taking an important step in providing more people with institutional-grade financial products," said Wes Thornburgh, Partner at Whinfell. "Our goal is to provide Nest users with a secure and efficient way to access yield-generating assets."
Nest's vault on the Plume Network will introduce Whinfell's curated custom public and private credit strategies, which will be exclusive to Plume users. Whinfell's partners Wes and Clark Thornburgh, leveraging their decades of experience at companies like AXA Investment Management and JPMorgan Chase, as well as their exclusive $5 billion in assets, will create on-chain products and provide premium selections for users.
"We are accustomed to playing a pivotal role in the industry, and one of our most unique strategies is focusing on serving institutional investors with over $100 million in Bitcoin," said Clark Thornburgh, Partner at Whinfell. He mentioned that Whinfell is able to provide its high-net-worth clients with stable returns.
The realization of this vault and other vaults is made possible by the collaboration between Whinfell and Plural. Plural is a tokenization protocol and brokerage platform running on Plume's infrastructure.
"Plural is bringing renewable energy investments on-chain," said Adam Silver, CEO and Co-founder of Plural, "but if you dig deeper, you'll find that we have a strong compliance, tokenization, and distribution management tech stack, which is crucial for bringing various real-world assets onto the blockchain. We are thrilled to become Plume's preferred tokenization partner, as Plume will drive trillions of dollars into the RWA space and overall increase the DeFi market's TVL."
Plume's RWAfi ecosystem will play a crucial role in the successful launch and management of Whinfell's tokenized products, providing the infrastructure needed for their entry into the blockchain market. This collaboration not only enhances the user experience but also sets a new benchmark for the integration of traditional finance and blockchain innovation.
About Whinfell
Whinfell Partners LLC ("Whinfell") is an asset management and advisory firm focused on digital assets, digital yield, and on-chain real-world assets (RWA). Its professional team has an average of over 25 years of institutional finance experience, having worked at world-class institutions such as Allstate, AXA, Jefferies, JP Morgan, Lazard, and MetLife. Whinfell specializes in credit management, risk management, and environmental project financing (including carbon credits and tax credits). By partnering with family offices and institutional clients, Whinfell provides a range of services from portfolio design to illiquid asset monetization and custom analytics.
About Plural
Plural is bringing the clean energy transition on-chain, owning and operating Plural Securities, a FINRA member broker-dealer, and a SEC-registered transfer agent. Through Plural, renewable energy companies can tokenize their assets and conduct compliant on-chain issuances. In the coming months, Plural will provide white-label tokenization and compliance services for Plume's issuers and launch its own assets on Plume. Plural and Plume will jointly provide investors with opportunities to access billions of dollars in US energy projects, sustainable Bitcoin mining, DePIN energy networks, and more.
About Nest
Nest is Plume's flagship staking protocol, enabling users to earn institutional-grade yields through real-world assets. This permissionless protocol allows fund managers and issuers to create structured products, while providing users access to assets and investment opportunities traditionally restricted. The protocol has been audited by Ottersec and SlowMist, and risk-assessed by Cicada Partners. Nest leverages Plume's infrastructure to democratize institutional-grade yields.
About Plume Network
Plume Network is the first full-stack L1 blockchain and ecosystem designed specifically for RWAfi, committed to driving rapid adoption of real-world assets and demand-driven integration. Over 180 projects are currently building on its network. Plume provides a composable, EVM-compatible environment for importing and managing a diverse range of real-world assets. Combining an end-to-end tokenization engine and a network of financial infrastructure partners, Plume simplifies the asset onboarding process and seamlessly integrates RWAs into DeFi, enabling anyone to tokenize, globally distribute, and generate value for native crypto users.
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