Asset management giant BlackRock (BLK) officially unveiled its tokenized asset fund on the Ethereum network on Wednesday. The BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund is represented by the blockchain-based BUIDL token, is fully backed by cash, U.S. Treasury bills and repurchase agreements, and will provide yield paid out via blockchain rails every day to token holders, according to a press release. Securitize will act as a transfer agent and tokenization platform, while BNY Mellon is the custodian of the fund’s assets, BlackRock said. Anchorage Digital Bank NA, BitGo, Coinbase and Fireblocks also participate in the fund’s ecosystem.
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