Polaris has completed a $1 million angel round of funding, with participation from institutions such as Ethereum Foundation, Fusion, Altitude, Liquity, LI.FI, as well as over 30 founders and contributors including Anthony Sassano. Polaris is a permissionless on chain revenue agreement, with its core product being the interest bearing reserve asset pETH. It also includes USDp and GOLD, aiming to provide native revenue for any asset on the chain.

Centrifuge and LI.FI expand cross-chain access for tokenized assets. August 31, 2026 Centrifuge, the leading tokenization and onchain asset management platform with more than $1.6B AUM, and LI.FI, the liquidity orchestration platform powering more than 1,000 integrations, are partnering to expand how tokenized assets are discovered, accessed, and used across onchain markets. Tokenized assets may live onchain, but capital remains fragmented across different networks, assets, wallets, and applications. Centrifuge and LI.FI are addressing that fragmentation across three parts of the asset lifecycle: distribution, access, and liquidity. Expanding distribution across the onchain economy. Tokenized assets can exist onchain without being easy to discover or access if every wallet, trading app, and fintech has to build a separate integration to support them. Centrifuge and LI.FI are addressing that by bringing deRWA into LI.FI's routing and distribution infrastructure. deRWA assets will be discoverable through consumer-facing applications such as Jumper, giving users a direct path to access Centrifuge assets. The same infrastructure can make those assets easier to support across other wallets, trading applications, fintechs, and onchain products integrating LI.FI. "The opportunity in tokenization goes well beyond bringing assets onchain. Assets need distribution, liquidity and infrastructure that allows them to move across the onchain markets. Together with LI.FI, we're building that layer around Centrifuge assets, expanding where they can reach and how they can be used." - Anil Sood, Chief Strategy and Growth Officer, Centrifuge Labs Providing access without the cross-chain complexity. Distribution only matters if users can actually reach the asset. Today, that can still mean arriving with the right token on the right chain. Centrifuge and LI.FI remove that friction by connecting Centrifuge's tokenized fund infrastructure with LI.FI's orchestration layer. Users can start with supported assets they already hold, while LI.FI handles the swaps, bridging, and routing needed to reach the asset in the background. This creates two practical ways to access Centrifuge assets through the Centrifuge interface, Jumper, and other LI.FI-powered applications: 1) Invest directly through a Centrifuge vault - Users who want to invest directly into an asset on Centrifuge can deposit into its vault without manually moving capital into the required deposit asset and blockchain first. Using LI.FI Composer, the necessary swaps, bridging, and vault deposit can be bundled into a single flow. The user chooses the Centrifuge product they want to invest in and the asset they want to start with, while LI.FI orchestrates the steps required to complete the deposit. 2) Get exposure through a transferable deRWA token - Users who want a freely transferable representation of a Centrifuge fund can acquire its corresponding deRWA token. Rather than first sourcing the correct asset on the correct blockchain, users can start with a supported asset they already hold. LI.FI handles the required swaps, bridging, and routing in the background to deliver the deRWA token to the user. Bringing instant liquidity to deRWA. deRWA tokens may move on blockchain rails, but the financial assets they represent still follow traditional settlement cycles. A redemption can take a day or longer to complete, creating a mismatch with onchain markets that operate continuously and where users expect liquidity on demand. Centrifuge and LI.FI are working together to bring instant liquidity to deRWA using LI.FI Intents. Instead of requiring users to wait for the underlying fund redemption to settle, market makers on LI.FI Intents can provide the desired asset upfront in exchange for the user's deRWA tokens, while taking on the underlying redemption and settlement process in the background. For users, that means being able to move out of a deRWA position immediately rather than waiting for the underlying redemption cycle to finish. "For tokenized real-world assets to reach mainstream adoption onchain, they need to be accessible everywhere. Together, LI.FI and Centrifuge are expanding cross-chain access for tokenized assets. With LI.FI's orchestration system and a distribution network of enterprises, we're making RWAs easier to access and available wherever users already are." - Philipp Zentner, CEO and Co-Founder of LI.FI

How Reah and LI.FI power conversion between fiat and digital assets. Aug 21, 2026 Businesses increasingly need to move between fiat currencies, stablecoins, and other digital assets as part of their financial operations. Yet doing so still requires navigating banking platforms, exchanges, wallets, and bridges. Reah unifies fiat and digital asset conversion in a single financial operating system. LI.FI powers the onchain orchestration and execution layer that connects assets and liquidity across supported blockchains. The gap in fiat-first infrastructure. Fiat-first platforms are built around bank accounts, cards, and conventional payment rails. They typically stop at the point where funds need to move into onchain markets. A business starting from fiat may need one provider to convert its funds into a stablecoin, another to swap that stablecoin into the required asset, and a bridge to reach the destination network. The reverse journey can be equally fragmented. Each provider supports different assets, networks, and liquidity sources. The challenge is not simply gaining access to digital assets. It is connecting fiat and onchain conversion without requiring businesses to assemble and manage the underlying route themselves. How LI.FI powers Reah's onchain conversion. Reah's Exchange & FX Engine gives businesses one place to initiate conversions across supported fiat currencies and digital assets. For the onchain component, Reah integrates LI.FI's liquidity aggregation, routing, and execution infrastructure. When a conversion requires an onchain swap, LI.FI queries its integrated liquidity sources and identifies an available route for the requested asset and network pair. Depending on the route, execution may involve a same-chain swap or a combination of swapping and bridging across networks. Reah presents this capability within the wider conversion experience. Businesses can initiate the transaction through Reah while LI.FI handles the underlying onchain path. What an on/off-ramp conversion looks like in Reah. Consider a business that holds USD and needs USDC on a supported network. A simplified on-ramp conversion could work as follows: * The business selects its USD balance and USDC as the target asset in Reah. * Reah converts the USD into USDC through its fiat-to-stablecoin infrastructure. * The resulting USDC arrives in the business's finance-grade Reah wallet on the selected network. For an off-ramp, the business may start with USDC or another supported digital asset. If the source asset must first be converted into a supported stablecoin, LI.FI routes and executes that onchain conversion. Reah then converts the stablecoin into the selected payout currency and sends the funds through an available local bank rail. Reah currently supports payouts in USD, EUR, GBP, SGD, AED, and HKD. Available payout currencies and rails vary by business location, account setup, and recipient destination. When an onchain conversion is required, the exact path depends on the selected asset, network, and available liquidity. One integration across fragmented onchain liquidity. Reah currently supports more than 100 active businesses. As they operate across more currencies, assets, and networks, Reah needs a scalable way to support onchain conversion without maintaining a separate integration with every exchange, liquidity source, or bridge. LI.FI supports swaps and bridges across more than 60 chains. Through one integration, Reah can access LI.FI's aggregated onchain liquidity and orchestration infrastructure while remaining focused on the financial experience its business users interact with. What this means for finance teams. For finance teams, conversion is rarely the end goal. It is a means to acquire an asset, position liquidity on the right network, or return onchain funds to a fiat balance. They should not have to assemble a route across separate exchanges and bridges to achieve it. With LI.FI's onchain orchestration system integrated into Reah's financial operating system, businesses can move between supported fiat and onchain assets through a single conversion experience, without managing the underlying liquidity venues or onchain routes themselves. About Reah. Reah is a financial operating system for global businesses, unifying fiat banking, stablecoin treasury, cross-border payments, and AI-native execution in one ledger. Reah enables finance teams to manage money across traditional and digital asset rails with built-in controls, approvals, and auditability across every workflow. About LI.FI. LI.FI is the universal liquidity layer trusted by more than 1,000 enterprises to unlock unified market access to digital assets. LI.FI reduces the complexity of building digital asset products by orchestrating liquidity across permissioned and permissionless venues, powering stablecoin and RWA flows across more than 60 chains through a single integration.