Key Highlights
- Tenbin Labs, a startup for tokenizing real-world assets (RWAs), has successfully closed a $7.1 million seed funding round, which was led by Galaxy Ventures
- The company unveiled a clear plan, where it is planning to start with a tokenized gold offering slated for early 2026
- With its new development, the company is planning to solve major problems in the RWA sector, such as slow settlement time and limited usability
On January 27, Tenbin Labs, a firm specializing in tokenized real-world assets, announced that it had closed a major funding round after raising $7.1 million in seed funding.
The investment round was led by Galaxy Ventures, the venture capital division of the financial firm Galaxy Digital, founded by Mike Novogratz.
Apart from this, this funding round has also seen participation from a popular group of investors. These include Wintermute Ventures, GSR, FlaconX, Variant, and Archetype. The involvement of these firms, particularly those known as crypto market makers and trading desks. It shows a strong industry belief in the need for better infrastructure to connect traditional finance with decentralized finance (DeFi).
Tenbin Steps Up to Capitalize on the Boom in Tokenization
Tenbin Labs is developing a decentralized market protocol to make real-world assets easily tradable and usable on blockchain networks. The company plans to start by tokenizing high-demand commodities and currencies, beginning with gold. According to the announcement, Tenbin is expected to launch a tokenized gold product early in 2026.
This product will be different from some existing offerings. Tenbin plans to use CME Group futures contracts as its underlying price reference. The company states this method will provide better price accuracy while complying with regulatory standards. It will also ensure robust settlement.
This approach is designed to offer faster execution and more efficient pricing compared to current models that can be slow or have a fragmented structure.
Following the gold token, Tenbin Labs is expected to introduce tokens linked to foreign exchange rates. This initial focus will be on high-yield emerging market currencies, such as the Brazilian real and the Mexican peso. These products are aimed at DeFi users looking for alternatives to USD stablecoins, which could potentially provide yield in dynamic global currency markets.
Yuki Yuminaga, co-founder and CEO of Tenbin Labs, stated in the interview, “We don’t think tokenization is just about putting things onchain. It’s about making those assets better than they were before — faster to settle, more liquid, and more usable.”
“We can capture all those yields and offer to the users without even touching the Brazilian bank,” he said. “All of it is done through our proprietary CME hedging system.”
Tenbin Aims to Resolve Common Issues in the Tokenized Asset Sector
The involvement of Galaxy Ventures to lead this round shows the growing institutional interest in the tokenized asset sector. The concept of tokenization has witnessed an impressive growth throughout 2025 and into 2026, especially as major traditional finance entities like BlackRock explore tokenized funds.
Tenbin is planning to resolve several current problems in the real-world asset tokenized sector.
Often, tokenized assets require heavy collateral or depend on off-chain intermediaries, which makes them slow and difficult to use within DeFi applications for lending, borrowing, or trading derivatives. Tenbin Labs also claimed that it will enhance the issuance and trading of derivatives.
This would allow these tokenized assets to be used more freely and efficiently across various DeFi platforms, a concept known in crypto as “composability.”
The newly acquired fresh capital of $7.1 million in seed funding will be used to advance Tenbin Labs’ development plans. The capital is expected to be spent on product finalization, expanding the team, and initial pilot deployments of its technology. As its first step, the company is planning to launch its tokenized gold product in the upcoming months.
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