Securitize’s River One acquisition targets a $6 trillion asset-backed finance market

Securitize has agreed to acquire River One, adding asset-backed lending to its tokenization business. The BlackRock-backed company said Monday that the acquisition would connect stablecoin funding with traditional lending, giving it a role in arranging credit beyond issuing and servicing tokenized assets. River One, legally named River Credit Labs Inc., develops technology that would let lenders borrow against pools of small business loans or receivables and use that funding to make new loans. Securitize said the deal would give it access to the $6 trillion global private asset-backed finance market . How Securitize’s River One acquisition expands its platform Securitize plans to combine its tokenization infrastructure with River One’s warehouse financing technology, allowing institutions to bring assets onchain and obtain financing against them through one platform.

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