▼ Summary
– Midas, a Berlin-based RWA tokenization platform, has raised $50 million in a Series A round, bringing its total funding to $58.75 million.
– The platform is launching Midas Staked Liquidity (MSL) to solve settlement delays by enabling instant redemptions for its on-chain investment products.
– Midas tokenizes institutional strategies like US Treasury bills into regulatory-compliant ERC-20 tokens, treating them as securities with floating NAV rather than stablecoin proxies.
– It has EU regulatory approval to offer these products to retail investors without a minimum investment threshold.
– The platform has powered over $1.7 billion in asset issuance to date, and the new funding will support MSL development and expansion into new asset classes.
The recent $50 million Series A investment secured by Midas marks a significant milestone for the real-world asset tokenization sector. Led by RRE Ventures and Creandum, this funding round elevates the Berlin-based platform’s total capital to $58.75 million. A diverse group of investors participated, including Framework Ventures, HV Capital, and notably, Franklin Templeton. The involvement of a major asset manager that operates its own tokenized fund underscores growing institutional confidence in the future of on-chain investment products.
Midas addresses a critical barrier to institutional adoption: settlement delays. Many existing tokenized assets, even well-structured ones, depend on traditional redemption processes that can take days. This friction makes them uncompetitive with conventional financial infrastructure. The company’s solution is the launch of Midas Staked Liquidity (MSL), a dedicated staked liquidity layer designed to enable instant redemptions. This mechanism aims to eliminate delays without sacrificing underlying yield or disrupting interoperability across DeFi protocols.
The platform’s fundamental innovation lies in its treatment of tokenized products as true securities, not stablecoin substitutes. Midas converts institutional strategies,such as US Treasury bills, crypto basis trades, and private credit,into compliant ERC-20 tokens called mTokens. These tokens feature clear investor rights, auditable on-chain performance, and a floating net asset value, moving away from a fixed $1 peg. This structural clarity is crucial, as yield-bearing stablecoins have faced regulatory scrutiny and de-peg risks by wrapping investment strategies in a stablecoin format.
By issuing tokens that transparently represent the underlying investment instruments, Midas has obtained EU regulatory approval to offer its products without a minimum investment threshold. This makes it one of the few regulated platforms in the space accessible to retail investors across Europe. Its product suite includes mTBILL for short-dated US Treasuries, mBASIS for market-neutral crypto trades, mHYPER for stablecoin strategies, and a range of Liquid Yield Tokens curated by established risk managers.
To date, the platform has facilitated over $1.7 billion in asset issuance and distributed $37 million in yield to investors. Its products are live on major DeFi platforms like Morpho and Pendle, with Ledger Wallet now providing direct access in its Discover section. The new capital will accelerate development of the MSL system, support expansion into additional institutional asset classes, and foster deeper integrations within the broader DeFi ecosystem.
(Source: The Next Web)