瑞银在以太坊上推出代币化投资基金，瞄准日益增长的投资者需求

瑞银紧随贝莱德和富兰克林邓普顿之后，推出了由美国国债支持的代币化基金。这些资金目前价值分别为 5.3 亿美元和 4.1 亿美元。

Banking behemoth UBS is rolling out a tokenized investment fund on Ethereum, marking the latest pivot by a traditional finance giant toward public blockchains.

银行巨头瑞银集团正在以太坊上推出代币化投资基金，标志着传统金融巨头转向公共区块链的最新举措。

The Swiss bank joins the likes of BlackRock and Franklin Templeton, which have launched tokenized funds backed by US Treasuries. Those funds have grown to be worth $530 million and $410 million, respectively, according to data from RWA.xyz.

这家瑞士银行加入了贝莱德和富兰克林邓普顿等公司的行列，推出了由美国国债支持的代币化基金。根据 RWA.xyz 的数据，这些基金的价值已分别增至 5.3 亿美元和 4.1 亿美元。

UBS’ USD Money Market Investment Fund Token, or uMINT, will be fully backed by “money market instruments,” the bank stated in a news release Friday. It was not immediately clear whether US Treasury assets will be included.

瑞银在周五的新闻稿中表示，其美元货币市场投资基金代币（uMINT）将得到“货币市场工具”的全面支持。目前尚不清楚美国国债资产是否会被纳入其中。

Spokespeople for UBS did not immediately return DL News’ request for comment Friday.

瑞银发言人周五没有立即回复 DL News 的置评请求。

“We have seen growing investor appetite for tokenized financial assets across asset classes,” said Thomas Kaegi, co-head of UBS Asset Management’s Asian arm, in the statement.

瑞银资产管理亚洲部门联席主管 Thomas Kaegi 在声明中表示：“我们看到投资者对各种资产类别的代币化金融资产的兴趣不断增长。”

The fund isn’t UBS’ first venture into crypto.

该基金并不是瑞银首次涉足加密领域。

In 2022, the bank launched a publicly traded, digital bond that settles on a private blockchain. UBS was also a participant in a recent pilot program led by the Monetary Authority of Singapore to explore the tokenisation of traditional assets.

2022 年，该银行推出了一种在私人区块链上结算的公开交易数字债券。瑞银还参与了新加坡金融管理局最近领导的一项试点计划，旨在探索传统资产的代币化。

Despite the rollout of such crypto-based financial products, Wall Street has largely steered clear of the broader crypto economy.

尽管推出了此类基于加密货币的金融产品，但华尔街基本上避开了更广泛的加密经济。

“We go to jail if we don’t know who we’re trading with,” a BlackRock executive said at a conference hosted by Coinbase last year.

“如果我们不知道自己在和谁交易，我们就会进监狱，”贝莱德的一位高管去年在 Coinbase 主办的一次会议上表示。

But the tokenisation of assets has been championed by financial powerhouses.

但资产代币化一直受到金融巨头的支持。

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has stated that his end goal is “the tokenisation of every financial asset.”

贝莱德首席执行官拉里·芬克表示，他的最终目标是“每种金融资产的代币化”。

Bernstein analysts called the March launch of BlackRock’s BUIDL “the next evolution of financial markets, similar to the ETF wave of the last two decades,” and “the first major test-case for institutional holders to experience 24/7 instant settlement benefits of the blockchain.”

伯恩斯坦分析师称贝莱德 3 月份推出的 BUIDL 是“金融市场的下一次演变，类似于过去二十年的 ETF 浪潮”，也是“机构持有人体验 24/7 即时结算优势的第一个重大测试案例”。区块链。”

Earlier this year, JPMorgan Chase and Visa also joined a project to test the feasibility of tokenising cash and other assets.

今年早些时候，摩根大通和 Visa 也加入了一个项目，测试现金和其他资产代币化的可行性。

Money funds have been the most popular test case so far.

货币基金是迄今为止最受欢迎的测试案例。

While they’re new to crypto, they’re already a fixture in the broader financial system.

虽然它们是加密货币领域的新手，但它们已经成为更广泛的金融体系中的固定资产。

The first money fund launched in 1971. Since then, the sector has amassed more than $6.4 trillion in assets in the US alone. That’s about three times the valuation of the entire cryptocurrency market, which currently sits at $2.1 trillion.

第一个货币基金于 1971 年推出。自那时起，该行业仅在美国就积累了超过 6.4 万亿美元的资产。这大约是整个加密货币市场估值的三倍，目前整个加密货币市场估值为 2.1 万亿美元。

Aleks Gilbert is a DeFi correspondent based in New York. Have a tip? Contact him at aleks@dlnews.com.

Aleks Gilbert 是驻纽约的 DeFi 记者。有小费吗？请通过 aleks@dlnews.com 与他联系。