Coinbase, a leading digital asset exchange and blockchain infrastructure provider, has made a strategic investment in Centrifuge, a tokenization platform with institutional clients including Apollo, Janus Henderson and S&P Dow Jones Indices, while also designating it as a Preferred Tokenization Infrastructure platform.
The partnership will see Centrifuge build on Base, Coinbase’s blockchain network, to bring institutional-grade, compliant assets onchain, with the aim of expanding access to differentiated assets for eligible non-US users.
Centrifuge’s tokenization service allows institutions, including asset managers, credit originators, fintechs and DeFi protocols, to launch vaults without constructing their own infrastructure. The Centrifuge stack spans tokenization, asset management and onchain composability, managing complexity whilst adhering to institutional standards.
The company recently launched deRWAs on Base, a framework for issuing tokenised assets usable within DeFi by eligible non-US users where permitted under applicable law. The initial product, deSPXA, offers tokenised exposure to the Anemoy S&P 500 fund, developed in partnership with S&P Dow Jones Indices and managed by Janus Henderson.
The launch marks what Centrifuge describes as a structural shift in how tokenised assets are brought onchain, with exposure to an equity index fund now liquid and tradeable around the clock, enabling new DeFi use cases.
Coinbase chief business officer Shan Aggarwal said, “High-quality assets are beginning to move onchain, but access and utility remain constrained. Centrifuge has a strong track record in institutional tokenization, and this collaboration supports Coinbase’s roadmap to expand access to differentiated assets on Base for eligible non-U.S. users.”
Centrifuge Labs CEO Bhaji Illuminati said, “What matters now isn’t getting assets onchain, it’s getting the right assets onchain in the right way. Aligning neutral infrastructure with wide access is designed to improve how tokenized markets are built and scaled.”
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