Key Highlights
- Securitize and Uniswap Labs partner to enable on-chain trading of BlackRock Build shares via UniswapX.
- The collaboration promotes liquidity, offering quick settlement and improved market efficiency for investors.
Securitize, a leading tokenization platform, and Uniswap Labs, a leading force in decentralized finance (DeFi), have announced a partnership that allows BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) shares to be traded via UniswapX.
The development, announced on Wednesday, opens new liquidity channels for BUIDL holders and represents a bridge between traditional finance and DeFi.
Trading BUIDL onchain
The collaboration lets BUIDL be traded on-chain, providing investors with faster settlement and improved market efficiency. Using UniswapX’s technology, individuals can access competitive quotes in a fully automated system, enhancing liquidity while ensuring trust and regulatory compliance.
Hayden Adams, Uniswap Labs Founder and CEO, commented on the development, stating, “Our mission at Labs is simple: make exchanging value cheaper, faster and more accessible. Enabling BUIDL on UniswapX with BlackRock and Securitize supercharges our mission by creating efficient markets, better liquidity, and faster settlement. I’m excited to see what we build together.”
How the system works
Securitize Markets facilitates trading for BUIDL investors who participate through UniswapX’s RFQ (Request-for-Quote) framework. The platform allows investors to compare quotes from a network of whitelisted subscribers, including Flowdesk, Tokka Labs, and Wintermute, and execute trades onchain via smart contracts.
All the investors are pre-qualified and whitelisted through Securitize, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo commented on the partnership, stating, “This is the unlock we’ve been working toward: bringing the trust and regulatory standards of traditional finance to the speed and openness for which DeFi is known. For the first time, institutions and whitelisted investors can access technology from a leader in the decentralized finance space to trade tokenized real-world assets like BUIDL with self-custody.”
24/7 access and BUIDL market
The partnership allows investors to swap BUIDL bilaterally with whitelisted subscribers around the clock, 24/7, 365 days a year. It marks a step toward merging the stability of traditional assets with the accessibility of decentralized finance.
Robert Mitchnick, Global Head of Digital Assets at BlackRock, stated that the partnership is a step in the right direction for the convergence of tokenized assets with decentralized finance. The integration of BUIDL into UniswapX marks a move forward in the interoperability of tokenized USD yield funds with stablecoins.
Last year in November, BlackRock expanded its tokenized USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) to the BNB Chain. The move aimed to provide a way for institutional capital to enter the digital asset space while still earning yield from real-world assets (RWAs). Previously, BUIDL was deployed across networks such as Solana and Avalanche.
Broader context
The recent integration highlights how traditional financial instruments can interact with decentralized finance, creating opportunities for liquidity, accessibility, and efficiency.
For investors, it means easier access to tokenized USD yield products with self-custody and 24/7 trading. Meanwhile, for the broader market, it shows a growing union of regulated finance and DeFi technology.
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