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  Building the infrastructure stack to tokenize real-world assets (RWA) at
  scale.
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# How it works

The infrastructure acts as a backbone, enabling seamless interaction with both traditional payment systems and Web3 services like lending and borrowing. It’s designed to bring RWAs onchain while maintaining interoperability with core banking, permissioned and public decentralized applications.

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**Core Features:**

* [**Collaterize Wallet**](../platform/app) integrates with core banking to offer a next-gen wealth management platform. Users can manage, pay, and earn seamlessly, with the app already [live on the Apple Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/collaterize/id6502666902). We’re making it easier for both traditional and on-chain asset issuers to tokenize their assets directly through the wallet. One click, and you’re in.
* [**Collaterize Cards**](../platform/launchpad) supports both ERC-20 and ERC-721 standards, covering a wide range of real-world asset use cases. Whether you're a traditional or on-chain issuer, you can tokenize assets directly through the Collaterize Wallet, deploying token contracts with just a single click.
* [**Collaterize Protocol**](../platform/protocol) is gas-free, eliminating a major friction point for low-ticket size ($1) users and ensuring streamlined issuance and settlement of tokenized assets. With cross-chain interoperability, Collaterize bridges EVM-compatible chains, allowing assets and contracts to flow seamlessly across blockchains. This creates 24/7 liquidity and composability, unlocking new financial opportunities. For example, assets issued by platforms like Centrifuge or Ondo can be wrapped on Collaterize, or assets native to Collaterize can be re-issued on other platforms like Aave or Morpho for DeFi services.&#x20;

Collaterize is connecting market participants that previously couldn’t transact peer-to-peer. Through smart contracts and token transfers, we enable buy, sell, and transfer orders in a globally decentralized liquidity market.&#x20;

**Use Cases:**

* **Traditional Asset Managers:** Collaterize allows asset managers to tokenize funds and offer products on our wallet marketplace. By removing intermediaries, we enhance liquidity, streamline settlements, and make it easier for managers to access both retail and institutional clients.
* **Mass Market (Retail Users):** The [Collaterize App](https://apps.apple.com/app/collaterize/id6502666902) offers retail users a unified interface to manage on-chain wealth. We integrate tokenized assets and core banking, so users can manage, invest, and transact seamlessly combining day-to-day finances with long-term wealth management.
* **Web3 RWA Issuers:** Platforms like Ondo or Centrifuge can leverage Collaterize to broaden market access and cross-sell products. Our cross-chain interoperability allows issuers to wrap tokenized assets on Collaterize and re-issue them across other protocols, expanding reach and enabling easy interaction with DeFi services.
* **RWA DAO:** COLLAT holders govern a decentralized treasury that strategically invests in RWAs, reinforcing the ecosystem. The DAO could vote on allocations, e.g., tokenized real estate today, yield-bearing bonds next, driving sustainable growth. As treasury assets generate returns, they eventually strengthen the DAO, creating a self-reinforcing cycle of expansion, influence, and community-driven value.

Collaterize merges the liquidity access and investor protections of traditional finance with the composability, interoperability, and low-friction settlement of blockchain. We’re here to build the bridge between the old financial world and the new, unlocking the true potential of tokenized assets for a global market.
