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Nasdaq-listed company AsiaStrategy (stock code: SORA) announced on October 1 that it has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with the institutional asset open financial platform Plume to explore the establishment of a joint venture aimed at investors in Asia and other markets outside the United States, focusing on the structuring, issuance, and distribution of tokenized financial products.According to the memorandum, Plume will provide tokenized infrastructure, technical capabilities, and regulatory qualifications, including registrations and licenses in several jurisdictions; AsiaStrategy and the broader Sora Ventures network will provide project initiation, distribution, and capital market channels for the Asian market, covering Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates. The two parties plan to first advance products that combine mature asset classes with compliant on-chain distribution, with the product range, structure, and launch sequence still under discussion, and no products have yet been launched or offered to investors.Jason Fang, Chairman and Co-CEO of AsiaStrategy, stated that tokenization will become the default method for the issuance and holding of many financial assets, with Asia leading the way. The company is registered in the Cayman Islands and headquartered in Hong Kong, with its business having expanded from luxury watch trading to Bitcoin vault management, digital asset collateralized lending, and related financing and tokenization initiatives. Plume's flagship protocol, Plume Vaults, opens assets from institutions such as Apollo, WisdomTree, and Hamilton Lane through compliant, non-custodial vaults, with investors including Apollo Global Management, Galaxy Digital, and Brevan Howard.

Plume posted on the X platform that it has joined the Digital Asset Solutions Industry Working Group of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC).The working group aims to provide feedback on DTCC's tokenization services and facilitate ongoing in-depth dialogue to promote the widespread adoption and innovation of digital assets.

Plume has partnered with the Ethereum liquid staking protocol ether.fi to launch a new RWA yield vault, providing ether.fi users with opportunities to earn tokenized returns on real-world assets. Plume stated that ether.fi has exclusively allocated $100 million to this vault, sourced from its liquidity provider base, as well as managed capital from existing yield products such as liquid ETH, liquid USD, and liquid BTC.A representative from ether.fi mentioned that there is strong market demand for yield products with institutional-level risk control and lower DeFi exposure. The vault will be directly integrated into the ether.fi application, allowing users to access previously more institutionally-focused RWA yields in a familiar interface. Plume noted that as DeFi volatility and security risks increase, users are turning to more stable on-chain yield sources.

According to official news, the on-chain vault protocol Plume has been granted a digital asset business license by the Bermuda Monetary Authority, becoming the world's first regulated on-chain vault manager.Plume will be part of the Bermuda digital asset regulatory framework alongside Circle, Coinbase, and Kraken, which are already operating under this regulatory framework.

According to Forbes, Plume's legal advisor B. Salman Banaei testified before Congress, strongly urging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to expedite the development of tokenization rules while advancing the full ATS (Alternative Trading System) registration for DeFi protocols, rather than relying solely on "innovation exemptions."Banaei criticized the SEC for "putting all its eggs in one basket with innovation exemptions," calling this approach "foolish," and warned that setting volume and product limitations would fail to attract large institutions, "because they will not invest resources in an infrastructure that may not exist in two or three years." He also suggested that the SEC seek feedback on the current incompatibilities in the rules and develop permanent solutions.Plume was approved by the SEC in October 2025 to become a registered transfer agent, capable of handling shareholder records, transfers, and dividends for on-chain tokenized securities, and is currently awaiting a FINRA broker-dealer license. Banaei pointed out that there are only 10 months left in the current SEC leadership window, and action must be taken quickly to promote the development of real-world asset (RWA) tokenization.

According to the official blog, Plume Network's General Counsel Salman Banaei stated at a hearing held by the U.S. House Financial Services Committee that tokenized securities should not be viewed as a completely new asset class, nor should new rules or exemptions be created for them.He argued that regulation should be driven by the economic nature and risks of financial products, rather than the technology used, and thus should incorporate new technological realities into the existing regulatory framework through targeted amendments to current regulations.Salman pointed out that utilizing public blockchains and on-chain compliance tools (such as Plume's built-in protocol-level anti-money laundering screening) can significantly enhance market transparency, reduce costs, and decrease reliance on intermediaries while maintaining or even exceeding existing regulatory standards.Finally, Salman issued a warning: the competition for global tokenized infrastructure is accelerating, with regions like Hong Kong, Singapore, and the UAE actively positioning themselves. If the U.S. falls behind in regulation due to policy uncertainty, it risks losing its leadership position in the digital transformation of global capital markets, allowing this strategic opportunity to shift to foreign competitors with different geopolitical objectives.

According to Cointelegraph, the Ethereum liquidity re-staking platform EtherFi has allocated $25 million to Plume's real-world asset protocol Nest, directly integrating tokenized RWA yields into its platform.The initial phase will be configured in Plume's nBASIS vault, which is linked to Superstate's USCC crypto arbitrage fund, with future plans to directly add a dedicated RWA vault in the EtherFi interface. This integration will provide EtherFi's user deposits exceeding $6 billion with RWA exposure. Unlike traditional DeFi yields, the returns from RWA strategies come from cash flows such as government securities interest and lending activities.

According to official news, the Bonus Earn Coin activity area under Gate DEX will officially launch the Nest Protocol staking event from January 20, 20:00 to February 20, 20:00.This reward event is jointly initiated by the Plume Foundation and Gate DEX, with the reward collection channel supported by Gate Wallet. Users only need to participate in the pUSD staking in the Nest Basis Vault under the Nest Protocol on the Plume network to earn stable base returns while additionally sharing a prize pool of 867,676 PLUME. Rewards are settled daily based on individual staking proportions; the more you stake and the longer you stake, the greater the overall returns.Gate DEX officially launched the Bonus Earn Coin activity area on December 16, 2025. Gate DEX Bonus is a decentralized staking and earning platform that supports multiple token staking, dedicated to providing users with a low-threshold, transparent, and fully on-chain asset appreciation method. Users can participate in the Bonus Earn Coin activity with one click using Gate Wallet, enjoying flexible and diverse earning strategies and maximizing on-chain earning opportunities.

The Binance Capital Preservation Earn platform will launch Sky (SKY) and Plume (PLUME) fixed-term products on January 8, 2026, at 18:00. Subscribing will yield returns, with an annualized yield of up to 12.75%. Users can purchase or deposit SKY and PLUME through the spot market to participate in the subscription. For details, please refer to the notes in the announcement.

According to official news, Plume (PLUME) and Jupiter (JUPITER) will launch spot trading on December 9, 2025. The platform is expected to open the PLUME-USD and JUPITER-USD trading pairs at 9:00 AM Pacific Time on the 9th (01:00 AM Beijing Time on December 10) or later, depending on liquidity conditions, in regions that support trading. Theoriq (THQ) will also be added to the roadmap.

According to official news, Coinbase will include Humidifi (WET), zkPass (ZKP), Plume (PLUME), Hyperlane (HYPER), and Jupiter (JUPITER) in its listing roadmap.

UPBIT will launch the KRW trading for Plume (PLUME) on November 26, 2025, at 15:00. Please note that users need to confirm the network before making a deposit, and the supported network is PLUME-Ethereum.

According to Cointelegraph, Chris Yin, CEO of the layer-two blockchain Plume focused on RWA, stated that the RWA market is expected to grow 3-5 times by 2026.Currently, the on-chain assets of RWA exceed $35 billion, with over 539,000 holders. Yin mentioned that the tokenized RWA market currently serves only cryptocurrency-native users, but it is expected to experience exponential growth in terms of total value, user numbers, asset classes, and utility.Additionally, Plume announced on Wednesday that Securitize, a tokenization platform backed by BlackRock and Morgan Stanley, plans to deploy institutional-grade assets on Plume's Nest staking protocol.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, asset management company WisdomTree has launched 14 tokenized funds on the Plume blockchain, broadening the channels for institutional investors to access regulated on-chain investment products.These funds, which users can invest in through the WisdomTree Connect platform, include the company's government money market digital fund and the CRDT private credit and alternative income fund, allowing investors to hold, transfer, and settle positions directly on the Plume blockchain network.As part of this initiative, Galaxy Digital announced it will invest $10 million in WisdomTree's government money market digital fund, highlighting the participation of early institutional investors.It is reported that Plume integrates KYC and AML compliance directly at the protocol level, providing built-in security measures such as wallet screening and sanctions enforcement.

ChainCatcher message, according to the Web3 asset data platform RootData X tracking data, in the past 7 days, the RWA platform Plume has been the project with the most unfollows from top figures on X (Twitter). The newly unfollowed influential figures on X include cryptocurrency trader Ash Crypto (@Ashcryptoreal), Mr. Block (@mrblocktw), and well-known analyst 0xWizard (@0xcryptowizard).

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the RWA project Plume announced the acquisition of the Ethereum ecosystem DeFi yield protocol Dinero Protocol, with the specific acquisition amount not yet disclosed. It is reported that Dinero's staking product is the yield-bearing token ipxETH, which currently has a total locked value (TVL) of 125 million USD and is expected to support Plume's expansion of DeFi yield products.

ChainCatcher news, RWA Layer 2 network Plume Network announced that it has successfully obtained approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to register as a Transfer Agent. This move marks a significant milestone for Plume Network in bringing real-world assets onto the blockchain, meaning it will be able to provide compliant share registration, transfer, and management services for securities tokens issued on-chain.

ChainCatcher news, Circle announced on the X platform that USDC and the cross-chain transfer protocol CCTP V2 are now live on Plume. Institutions, developers, and enterprises can now use the stablecoin USDC on the Plume platform and achieve seamless cross-chain transfers between supported blockchains.With Plume, USDC is now supported on 27 blockchains and can securely flow across 16 blockchains via CCTP V2.

ChainCatcher message, UPBIT will open BTC and USDT trading for Euler (EUL) and Plume (PLUME) on September 17, 2025, at 15:00. Users can deposit within 2 hours after the announcement is made, and trading support will start at the above time.