For a long time, DeFi and TradFi were like parallel worlds: the former had technology but no assets, while the latter had assets but lacked efficiency.

I believe that as Laser Digital (a subsidiary of Nomura Securities) launches a tokenized fund on Sei Network through the KAIO platform, the wall between these two worlds has been broken.

This is a model example of "institutional-grade DeFi" coming to fruition.

Breaking the "government bond monotony" of RWA Currently, 90% of the RWA market consists of tokenized US Treasuries. While stable, it lacks imagination.

The "Laser Carry Fund" introduced by Laser Digital is a game changer. It profits by leveraging funding rate differentials and staking yields in the digital asset space. This is a complex, quantitative, market-neutral strategy.

KAIO has encapsulated this complex strategy into a token. This means that investment agreements previously only signed by top institutions behind closed doors can now become on-chain, tradable, and composable financial building blocks.

Why KAIO + Sei? It’s not just a technical integration, but the optimal solution balancing compliance and efficiency:

KAIO solves "access": As a protocol designed specifically for RWA, KAIO ensures that only compliant funds (institutions and qualified investors) can participate, addressing the regulatory risks traditional institutions worry about most.

Sei solves "experience": Institutional investors cannot tolerate 15-second block times and high gas fees. Sei’s ultra-high performance enables on-chain fund operations to feel almost identical to centralized exchanges.

The ultimate form of DeFi: programmable, compliant capital Florent Jouanneau, Partner at Laser Digital, mentioned this is to build the “next-generation capital market.”

When assets from BlackRock, Brevan Howard, and now Laser Digital all converge on-chain via KAIO, what we’re witnessing is no longer simple "buy and sell," but a brand-new, 24/7, automatically-executed global financial market.

Summary: RWA is no longer just for "storytelling"—it is beginning to carry the core business of Wall Street.

This move by Laser Digital on Sei may be the key step for DeFi to reach trillion-dollar scale.

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