Ripple Backs Zilo and Licuido in Tokenized Markets Push
Ripple has made strategic investments in Zilo and Licuido to advance the use of tokenized funds as collateral from the moment they're issued.
If you've been watching the crypto space, you know Ripple doesn't exactly sit still. The blockchain payments company has made strategic investments in two firms — Zilo and Licuido — as part of a broader push to make tokenized funds usable as collateral right from the point of issuance. In plain English: instead of your investment fund sitting around doing nothing while you wait to use it as collateral, tokenization could make that process nearly instant.
This move signals that Ripple is serious about carving out a piece of the tokenized capital markets world, which is essentially about putting traditional financial assets — like funds, bonds, or real estate — onto a blockchain so they can be traded, tracked, and used more efficiently. Think of it like digitizing a paper stock certificate, but with a lot more utility baked in.
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By backing Zilo and Licuido, Ripple is betting that the infrastructure around tokenized assets needs to be built out now, before the mainstream finance world fully catches up. Getting in early on the plumbing of tokenized capital markets could give Ripple a significant advantage as regulators and institutions gradually warm to the idea of on-chain finance.
The investments also reflect a wider industry trend: major crypto and blockchain firms are increasingly pivoting from purely speculative plays toward building real financial infrastructure. Tokenized funds as collateral could streamline lending, reduce settlement times, and unlock liquidity in ways that traditional finance simply can't match with its legacy systems. It's a slow burn, but the pieces are being put in place.
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