Aptos secures another $500 million deployment from BlackRock's BUIDL fund, ranking third in RWA scale across the network

ChainCatcher news, BlackRock's Digital Liquid Fund BUIDL has added $500 million in tokenized assets deployed to Aptos, elevating its adoption ranking in BUIDL fund deployments to second place, only behind Ethereum. As of the time of this writing, the scale of RWA tokenized assets on the Aptos chain has exceeded $1.2 billion, ranking third across the network.

The BUIDL fund was jointly launched by BlackRock and the tokenization infrastructure platform Securitize, with underlying assets including cash, U.S. Treasury bonds, and repurchase agreements, which are low-risk and high-liquidity assets. It was initially deployed on Ethereum in March 2024 and expanded to chains like Aptos in November 2024. This move reflects the accelerating trend of traditional financial giants shifting towards blockchain infrastructure. With its advantages of high performance, security, and low fees, Aptos is becoming an important entry point for institutional asset tokenization.