Kadena Awards First $400K Grant to CurveBlock in Bank of England’s Digital Securities Sandbox
Public blockchain Kadena has officially made its first capital deployment from a newly launched $50 million grants program, allocating $400,000 to U.K.-based CurveBlock, a startup focused on tokenized real estate.
CurveBlock becomes the first real estate firm accepted into the UK’s Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS)—a pioneering regulatory framework co-led by the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The DSS allows blockchain-native securities to operate under modified central securities depository (CSD) and exchange rules through 2028.
By participating in the DSS, CurveBlock will be able to issue, trade, and settle digital real estate assets under relaxed regulatory conditions, paving the way for broader adoption of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) in the U.K. market.
Institutional Pathways into RWAs
This milestone highlights a growing convergence between open blockchain infrastructure and regulated financial experimentation, as institutional interest in compliant exposure to tokenized assets continues to climb. Kadena’s grant signals strong ecosystem support for real-world use cases within regulated environments.
Strategic Vision from Kadena
The funding is the first from Kadena’s $50 million ecosystem fund, designed to accelerate the development of high-impact applications on its network. Backing CurveBlock reflects Kadena’s broader vision to bridge decentralized finance (DeFi) with real-world utility in traditional capital markets.
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