Today, Securitize, a leading tokenization platform with over $4 billion in tokenized securities, announced it adopted the Chainlink data standard to price Securitize tokenized funds used as collateral on Aave’s tokenized real-world asset (RWA) market, Horizon. The initial integration will price VBILL, the first tokenized fund from VanEck, a global asset manager with over $130 billion in assets under management.
Built on Aave’s leading DeFi protocol with over $50 billion in net deposits, Horizon enables 24/7 capital-efficient borrowing through onchain lending markets. Since launching in August, Horizon has surpassed $500 million in deposits as the fastest-growing platform for RWA-backed loans.
Industry-standard oracle platform Chainlink, which secures nearly $100 billion throughout DeFi, was among Horizon’s launch partners. To power onchain institutional lending at scale, Horizon adopted Chainlink’s SmartData asset suite, beginning with NAVLink to automate delivery of accurate net asset value (NAV) data for tokenized RWA collateral directly onchain.
Launched earlier this year, VBILL is backed by short-term U.S. Treasuries and issued on Securitize. With VBILL integrated into Horizon, qualified institutions can now borrow stablecoins against their VBILL holdings, turning tokenized Treasuries into productive onchain collateral.
“Horizon enables overcollateralized lending against RWAs within an institutional-grade compliance framework,” said Carlos Domingo, co-founder and CEO of Securitize, in an official announcement. “Integrating VanEck’s VBILL with Aave and Chainlink expands access to one of the most trusted forms of onchain collateral and demonstrates how regulated assets can now move fluidly through DeFi.”
“VBILL’s integration into Aave Horizon represents a natural evolution for tokenized securities,” added Kyle DaCruz, Director of Digital Assets Product at VanEck. “Institutional investors can now leverage the safety and transparency of tokenized Treasuries while accessing the efficiency and composability of DeFi; a powerful combination that signals how far the market has come.”
“This partnership brings together Securitize’s high-quality tokenized assets, Chainlink’s industry-leading NAV pricing data, and Aave’s deep liquidity and battle-tested infrastructure within Horizon,” said Stani Kulechov, Founder of Aave Labs. “Together, we’re delivering a trusted framework that enables institutions to bring RWAs onchain with confidence, unlocking 24/7 liquidity at scale.”