Uniform Labs and Metalayer Ventures unveil institutional liquidity facility
06 February 2026 US
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Uniform Labs, a tokenised financial markets infrastructure provider, along with venture capital firm Metalayer Ventures, has announced an institutional liquidity facility providing instant redemption for holders of tokenised real-world assets (RWA).
It aims to address the redemption bottleneck, said to have slowed the widespread institutional adoption of tokenised assets, and is built to be scaled and extended in accordance with market feedback and performance.
The liquidity difference between tokenised RWAs and non-treasury assets, and the subsequent friction this causes, are key factors behind the creation of the facility, according to the companies.
Commenting on the announcement, Will Beeson, founder and CEO of Uniform Labs, says: “This is the liquidity infrastructure that institutional RWA markets will require at scale.”
He adds that tokenised markets have not had a counterpart to repo markets, prime brokerage, or overnight lending facilities until the forthcoming liquidity facility.
Metalayer Ventures’ Andy Kangpan believes that the “facility is designed to give institutions the liquidity certainty they need to participate in tokenised markets, which means instant redemptions, no waiting periods, and no counterparty uncertainty”.
Nick Ducoff, head of institutional growth at the Solana Foundation, adds that “the initiative supports dedicated redemption capacity that benefits the entire tokenised asset ecosystem”.
The liquidity facility will be one of the first native to Solana, with discussions surrounding the integration with its DeFi protocols, including Kamino, already taking place.
It aims to address the redemption bottleneck, said to have slowed the widespread institutional adoption of tokenised assets, and is built to be scaled and extended in accordance with market feedback and performance.
The liquidity difference between tokenised RWAs and non-treasury assets, and the subsequent friction this causes, are key factors behind the creation of the facility, according to the companies.
Commenting on the announcement, Will Beeson, founder and CEO of Uniform Labs, says: “This is the liquidity infrastructure that institutional RWA markets will require at scale.”
He adds that tokenised markets have not had a counterpart to repo markets, prime brokerage, or overnight lending facilities until the forthcoming liquidity facility.
Metalayer Ventures’ Andy Kangpan believes that the “facility is designed to give institutions the liquidity certainty they need to participate in tokenised markets, which means instant redemptions, no waiting periods, and no counterparty uncertainty”.
Nick Ducoff, head of institutional growth at the Solana Foundation, adds that “the initiative supports dedicated redemption capacity that benefits the entire tokenised asset ecosystem”.
The liquidity facility will be one of the first native to Solana, with discussions surrounding the integration with its DeFi protocols, including Kamino, already taking place.
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