Whinfell will provide up to $5 billion in customized assets for Plume, with the initial lineup including Carlyle, Pimco, and Simplify ETF from Nest's flagship treasury.
Source: Plume Network

Plume Network, as the first full-stack L1 blockchain fully supporting RWAfi (Real World Asset Finance), today announced a strategic partnership with Whinfell Partners LLC (referred to as "Whinfell"), bringing a range of institutional-grade credit tools and diversified income assets into its ecosystem. Leveraging Plume's flagship staking protocol Nest, Whinfell will provide high-end assets and strategies to Plume's growing user base, with the initial assets including ETFs from Carlyle, Pimco, and Simplify, which will be first opened to early users in Nest's RWA vault.
Whinfell will specialize in providing users with previously hard-to-reach financial products, while enhancing transparency and efficiency. This partnership will introduce various structured credit tools designed to provide stable returns while strictly adhering to compliance and audit standards.
"Through our collaboration with Plume Network, we are taking a significant step forward in offering institutional-grade financial products to a broader audience," said Whinfell Partner Wes Thornburgh. "Our goal is to provide Nest users with a secure and efficient way to access yield-generating assets."
The Nest vault on the Plume Network will introduce Whinfell's curated custom public and private credit strategies, accessible exclusively to Plume users. Whinfell partners Wes and Clark Thornburgh, drawing on their decades of experience at AXA Investment Management and J.P. Morgan, as well as leveraging their exclusive $5 billion in assets, will create on-chain products for users and provide quality choices.
"We are accustomed to holding a significant position in the industry, and one of our most unique strategies is focusing on serving institutional investors holding over $100 million in Bitcoin," stated Whinfell Partner Clark Thornburgh. He mentioned that Whinfell is able to offer stable returns to its high-net-worth clients.
The realization of this vault and several other vaults is made possible through Whinfell's collaboration with Plural. Plural is a tokenization protocol and brokerage platform running on the Plume infrastructure.
「Plural is Bringing Renewable Energy Investment Onto the Chain,」 said Plural CEO and Co-Founder Adam Silver, 「but upon closer inspection, you'll find we have a robust compliance, tokenization, and distribution management stack crucial for bringing various real-world assets onto the blockchain. Plume will drive trillions of dollars into the RWA space and uplift the overall TVL of the crypto markets—being chosen as Plume's preferred tokenization partner, we are incredibly excited.」
Plume's RWAfi ecosystem will play a vital role in the successful launch and management of Whinfell's tokenized products, providing the infrastructure needed to enter the blockchain market. This partnership not only enhances user experience but also sets a new benchmark for the integration of traditional finance with blockchain innovation.
About Whinfell
Whinfell Partners LLC (referred to as 「Whinfell」) is an asset management and advisory firm focused on digital assets, digital yields, and on-chain Real World Assets (RWA). Its professional team has an average of over 25 years of institutional finance experience, having previously worked at top-tier institutions such as Allstate, AXA, Jefferies, JP Morgan, Lazard, MetLife, and more. Whinfell specializes in credit management, risk management, and environmental project financing (including carbon credits and tax offsetting). Through collaborations with family and institutional clients, Whinfell offers a diverse range of services from portfolio design to illiquid asset monetization and customized analytics.
About Plural
Plural is ushering in the clean energy transition onto the chain, owning and operating Plural Securities, a broker-dealer for FINRA members and an SEC-registered alternative trading system. Through Plural, renewable energy companies can tokenize their assets and conduct compliant on-chain issuance. In the coming months, Plural will provide white-label tokenization and compliance services for Plume issuers and launch its own assets on Plume. Plural and Plume will collectively offer investors opportunities in the billions of dollars in U.S. energy projects, sustainable Bitcoin mining, DePIN energy networks, and more.
About Nest
Nest is the flagship staking protocol on Plume, allowing users to earn institutional-grade yields on real-world assets. This permissionless protocol enables fund managers and issuers to create structured products, providing users with access to traditionally restricted assets and investment opportunities. The protocol has been audited by Ottersec and SlowMist and underwent a risk assessment by Cicada Partners. Nest leverages Plume's infrastructure with the aim of democratizing institutional yields.
About Plume Network
Plume Network is the first full-stack L1 blockchain and ecosystem designed specifically for RWAfi, aimed at driving the rapid adoption and demand-driven integration of real-world assets. Over 180 projects are already building on its network. Plume provides a composable, EVM-compatible environment for importing and managing a diverse set of real-world assets. By combining an end-to-end tokenization engine with a network of financial infrastructure partners, Plume streamlines the asset onboarding process and seamlessly integrates RWAs into DeFi, allowing anyone to tokenize real-world assets, distribute them globally, and unlock value for native crypto users.
This article is contributed content and does not represent the views of BlockBeats
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