Kadena has made a significant stride in bridging blockchain infrastructure and traditional finance by issuing its first grant from a new $25 million real-world asset (RWA) tokenization fund. On June 9, 2025, the public Proof‑of‑Work blockchain platform awarded $400,000 to CurveBlock, a UK-based startup building tokenized real estate within the Bank of England’s Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS).

CurveBlock becomes the inaugural real estate firm accepted into the UK’s DSS—an initiative by the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority that allows firms to pilot digital securities with relaxed rules until 2028. The grant program, part of Kadena’s broader $50 million ecosystem fund (with $25 million earmarked for RWA projects), offers equity-free funding, infrastructure support, and code reviews to developers building compliant asset rails.

This milestone reflects growing institutional appetite for compliant blockchain solutions. Kadena’s Chainweb protocol, which combines a multi-chain PoW architecture with upcoming EVM compatibility and bespoke token standards, offers scalable, secure infrastructure tailored for real-world use. Stuart Popejoy, Kadena CEO, said their grants and token standards are “essential to enabling compliant, scalable tokenization” .Annelise Osborne, Kadena’s Chief Business Officer, praised the fund as a cure for infrastructure deficiencies hindering RWA adoption.

The real estate tokenization market is projected to increase significantly—forecasted to…