Plume, the permissionless full-stack blockchain built specifically for real-world asset finance, has struck a new partnership with OpenTrade to launch yield-bearing vaults on Nest, Plume’s flagship staking protocol. The move will let users earn yield on stablecoins held on Plume by routing those deposits into OpenTrade’s stablecoin “yield-as-a-service” infrastructure, which in turn is backed by WisdomTree’s tokenized funds.
OpenTrade, whose founding team includes engineers who worked on USDC at Centre and which counts investors such as a16z Crypto and Circle among its backers, has built an enterprise-grade platform that packages real-world asset (RWA) returns into on-chain stablecoin products.
Under the partnership, OpenTrade will deploy and manage the stablecoin yield products that back Nest’s vaults, allowing Plume users to continue using their existing wallets and Web3 tooling while earning returns that institutional asset managers and tokenized fund exposures ultimately underpin.
WisdomTree, the $130 billion asset manager known for ETF innovation, supplies the tokenized funds that will serve as the underlying exposure for these new vaults. WisdomTree’s digital asset arm has been expanding its tokenized fund footprint and now offers a suite of SEC-registered tokenized funds across multiple blockchains.
The firm says these products were designed for both on-chain retail and institutional investors. Plume’s recent activity has included working with WisdomTree to make tokenized funds available on the Plume network, a development that the partnership with OpenTrade looks set to leverage for DeFi distribution.
Enabling DeFi’s Next Chapter
Plume says the integration will be seamless for users. Depositors place stablecoins into Nest vaults and receive vault tokens that accrue interest in real time. They can unstake at any time and receive their USDC plus accrued interest. At the same time, OpenTrade’s on-chain vault infrastructure ensures transparent reflections of accruals and rates through adherence to standards such as ERC-4626 and ERC-7540.
Behind the scenes, Five Sigma, OpenTrade’s dedicated asset manager and an FCA-regulated firm with more than $6 billion in assets under management, will handle fund transfers, trading and reporting through automated systems that are integrated with the on-chain vaults.
“This partnership bridges three layers of the new financial stack: institutional assets, compliant infrastructure, and on-chain distribution,” said Teddy Pornprinya, Co-Founder and CBO at Plume. “By deploying OpenTrade’s vaults and WisdomTree’s tokenized funds into Nest, we’re delivering transparent stablecoin yield backed by real, institutional-grade assets. Together, we’re enabling DeFi’s next chapter by connecting real users with real yield opportunities.”
Maredith Hannon, Head of Business Development, Digital Assets for WisdomTree, said, “WisdomTree welcomes the use of our tokenized funds within DeFi-native applications such as OpenTrade’s deployment into Nest vaults. These products were designed for onchain retail and institutional investors, and their integration into this ecosystem highlights how regulated, tokenized strategies can serve as building blocks for onchain finance.”
OpenTrade’s leadership also highlighted the user experience. “OpenTrade’s stablecoin yield infrastructure has been purpose-built to enable seamless access to on-chain yield backed by high quality financial assets,” said Jeffrey Handler, Co-Founder and CCO at OpenTrade.
Handler added, “Through Nest’s partnership with OpenTrade, Nest users now have access to returns backed by a range of WisdomTree tokenized funds, directly from their wallet on the Plume Network – simply and securely.”
Bringing More Real-world Yield into Crypto
The first two vaults being integrated are secured by the WisdomTree Government Money Market Digital Fund (WTGXX) and the WisdomTree Private Credit and Alternative Income Digital Fund (CRDT), with more WisdomTree-backed vaults expected in the months ahead.
The collaboration is the latest indication that traditional asset managers and emerging RWA infrastructure providers are moving to bridge institutional finance and DeFi. WisdomTree’s broader rollout of tokenized funds on Plume and other chains has drawn notable attention from market participants.
Moreover, early institutional interest has been visible in recent coverage of tokenized fund launches on the network. Plume positions itself as a leading RWA ecosystem with the largest active wallet base in the sector and a permissionless protocol that allows fund managers to create structured offerings.
The OpenTrade integration further extends Nest’s mission of making institutional-grade yield accessible to everyday on-chain users. Integrations like this one test whether regulated product construction, enterprise asset management and the composability of DeFi can come together in a way that is both transparent and trusted by a broader set of investors.
For now, Plume, OpenTrade and WisdomTree are betting that the combination of an RWA-native chain, institutional product wrappers and standardized on-chain vault infrastructure will be the recipe to bring more real-world yield into the crypto ecosystem.
