Bhaji Illuminati
@itsbhaji
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- First blockchain native Nasdaq 100
- Built by Janus, licensed by Nasdaq
- DeFi building block
The first blockchain-native @Nasdaq-100 fund is built on Stellar 🔥
The team from @centrifuge will be joining us on Day 2 of #Meridian2026# to discuss the launch of the fund, in collaboration with @JHIAdvisors.
Centrifuge CEO @itsbhaji on why this matters.
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New product dropped
Introducing Janus Henderson Nasdaq-100 Index® Fund (JQQQ), the first blockchain-native Nasdaq-100® fund.
Launched by Janus Henderson Investors @JHIAdvisors and Centrifuge, the fund brings one of the world's most recognized equity benchmarks onchain through an issuer-sponsored investment product.
Licensed to track the Nasdaq-100 Index®, JQQQ provides exposure to 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on Nasdaq.
Now live on @StellarOrg. Built to connect across DeFi, from trading and lending to collateral markets and structured products.
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Fun fact: our TA is one of the structural reasons we are able to do the CFG token to equity conversion and @itsjawknee___ has been advising us on the process for months which is how we discovered how great it is to work together and started discussing our aligned vision on the role of transfer agencies in onchain finance.
I can’t think of anyone better suited to lead our DTA business. Johnny has spent years building and scaling businesses and most recently, the past year leading the Tokenized Asset Coalition, working closely with the SEC and policymakers to help shape the regulatory framework for transfer agents and tokenized assets. He brings a rare combination of entrepreneurial instinct, institutional experience, and a deep understanding of where to innovate and when to adapt.
Excited to have him officially on the team. Can’t wait to show you what we’ve been cooking.
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Centrifuge is expanding its Digital Transfer Agency capabilities to connect the full onchain fund lifecycle.
@itsjawknee___ joins as Head of Transfer Agency to lead it, bringing experience building tokenization businesses and shaping the regulatory conversation through @TACoalition.
The goal: fund shares that operate at internet speed.
Digital transfer agency is the infrastructure connecting ownership, servicing, transfer controls, and distribution into one programmable system.
This is the foundation for fund shares to become truly native to digital capital markets.
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"It is an ineivitability that in order to be relevant in the future, you need to be integrated into onchain systems. The question is how do you not get left behind?"
Janus + @tn_pendle on why tokenize + what next
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Janus Henderson runs over $30B in its AAA CLO strategy, with its core US fund among the largest actively managed fixed income ETFs.
That strategy is now on Pendle as @Centrifuge deJAAA (26 Nov 2026 maturity).
To mark it, @tn_pendle sat down with Nick Cherney, Head of Innovation at @JHIAdvisors, on why a $500B manager moved on chain and what comes next.
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New JAAA defi integration dropped
AAA CLO yield trading is now live on @pendle_fi.
With $deJAAA, tokenized exposure to Janus Henderson's AAA CLO strategy supports fixed-yield positions and trading of future floating-rate yield.
Liquidity providers can also earn fees from trading activity in the pool.
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For some companies, a token makes sense. For Centrifuge, it doesn’t.
Bloomberg on a hot debate: token vs equity.
"The market is getting more disciplined about when a token actually makes sense," - @itsbhaji, CEO of Centrifuge, commented to Bloomberg.
Full piece:
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Citi Tokenization 2030: A Base Case of $5.5T
“In a tokenized market, connectivity matters most”
Are Tokenized Assets Better Investments, or Just Better Infrastructure?
Does tokenization deliver better liquidity, lower costs, and stronger returns, or simply improve how assets trade?
Join @stevenmcclurg (@CanaryFunds), @joechalom (@Sharplink), @itsbhaji (@centrifuge), @wbpeck (@WisdomTreeFunds), and @ThomasGSy (@nylimanagement) at The Bridge.
Oct 27 | NYC
Secure your ticket:
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We are so early
We are so early
We are so early
"We are so early."
Bhaji Illuminati (@itsbhaji) explains her view of the current state of crypto, what's being built, and where a new wave of institutional capital and products will take us... in less than 60 seconds.
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Great summary of a few @grovedotfinance Basin use cases:
- Stablecoin liquidity sleeves
- Tokenized T-bill repo markets
- Tokenized T-bill collateral on DeFi perps exchanges
For those looking at any of the 3: @centrifuge JTRSY is live with the Basin facility. Let's talk!
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Sat down with the one and only @fintechfrank to add another few “tokenization” snippets to his reel
Jeremy gets it!
Welcome to Arc, with world class RWAs issued and distributed by @centrifuge
Holders of @JHIAdvisors @anemoycapital JTRSY can now access instant stablecoin liquidity at real institutional scale, and we're just getting started.
Basin is deeper 🌊
Grove Basin JTRSY has now reached $100M in instant stablecoin liquidity.
Available to JTRSY holders on @centrifuge.
Tap in 🚰
A great conversation with @solofunk at @serotonin_hq
We covered
- How Centrifuge thinks about vaults
- The crawl, walk, run for tokenization
- Centrifuge's token-to-equity restructure
Ep. 01 of Conviction with @solofunk is live.
Our first guest is @itsbhaji, Co-founder & CEO of @centrifuge.
Her Conviction: finance will be rebuilt around onchain vaults.
"All assets in the future will be tokenized."
“As ETFs leapfrogged mutual funds, vaults will leapfrog ETFs as the next fund structure that the largest asset managers in the world will build their strategies around."
"The token was coming up in a lot of these conversations as a risk for working with Centrifuge. We were losing deals that we weren't even participating in, because these large institutions have mandates where they can't take on the risk of building their business with a token-governed protocol."
"Companies need one value accrual mechanism. Those that manage token businesses and equity businesses at the same time often struggle with conflicting incentives."
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Great chat with our friends at @base
- Centrifuge as Coinbase preferred tokenization partner
- the first fully native onchain S&P 500
- pairing technology with distribution
- RWA super cycle
We sat down with @itsbhaji, CEO of @centrifuge
Bhaji believes that tokenization will be the new backbone of finance
Discover why
How Centrifuge makes multichain scalable
Base 🤝 Centrifuge
Full episode dropping soon
Excited to join the @RockawayX Catapult program as a mentor to help accelerate the growth of high quality RWA startups and teams.
Centrifuge brings
- 9 years experience building in the space
- deep understanding of onchain ecosystem
- secured infra startups can whitelabel
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(1/6) Introducing Catapult, our accelerator for founders bringing new yield-bearing RWAs onchain.
You bring the asset, and our team incubates, bootstraps liquidity, market-makes, and drives integrations across onchain markets through our curation arm, while leaders from 20+ top co’s shaping the RWA space mentor you along the way.
How to join ↓
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