OKX Ventures Invests in STBL To Launch RWA-Backed Stablecoin With Hamilton Lane and Securitize

OKX Ventures backed STBL to launch a stablecoin powered by real-world private credit investments.
Institutions gain compliant, yield-generating digital cash.

OKX Ventures, the investment division of the OKX crypto exchange, has invested in STBL, which is a company building a stablecoin backed by real-world assets. This deal brings in two major traditional finance partners, such as Hamilton Lane, a global private market firm, and Securitize, a regulated tokenization provider. These crypto firms and traditional finance companies together plan to launch a new kind of stablecoin on the X Layer, which is an OKX blockchain.

What is built into this deal

This deal aims to move the stablecoins beyond simple cash by connecting them directly to institutional private credit investment. The project has access to Hamilton Lane’s Senior Credit Opportunities Fund (SCOPE), which is a private credit strategy available to large institutional investors. Securitize will handle the legal issuance and tokenization, which makes sure that the product fits within the regulatory rules.

STBL argues that tokenization must be useful and work inside the real financial system instead of sitting on the blockchain. So the company is building a system where the tokenized assets can be used for payments and settlements, for collateral, and for the company’s treasury management.

Avtar Sehra, CEO of STBL, said that the market is moving beyond testing and experimenting, and right now, real functionality matters. Big investors will join if everything is regulated and legal. Reeve Collins, co-founder of STBL, is well known for helping build early stablecoin systems that connect crypto markets with traditional money.

Big institutions are interested in blockchain, as it is faster and cheaper. But they also want proper rules and safe custody. OKX is combining with Hamilton Lane for managing big investments and securitizing for the legal and regulatory structure, which aims to create a product that connects DeFi and traditional financial markets. The announcement comes as banks and crypto firms increasingly focus on real-world asset tokenization. So firms are merging Wall Street products with the crypto rails.