The RWA track elite accelerator Ascend has launched! Giants like Plume and Galaxy have joined forces to create a channel for hundred billion dollar institutions to get on board, with only 6-8 seats available.

As the tokenization of real-world assets ( RWA ) firmly positions itself as the second rise in the encryption field, industry giants have jointly launched the ultra-selective accelerator program — Ascend. Created by Odisea in collaboration with top institutions such as Plume, Galaxy Ventures, and Anchorage Digital, this program is exclusively for RWA startups with institutional ambitions that have already launched products, with only 6-8 spots available in the first phase. Ascend aims to bridge the gap between regulated finance and DeFi innovation, providing top-notch mentors, regulatory resources, and potential investments of $500,000, fully incubating the next generation of institutional-level RWA solution benchmarks.

Giants Join Forces: Ascend Creates Elite Incubator for RWA Track

• Luxury Alliance: Announced on August 4, the Ascend Accelerator, led by Odisea, is jointly launched by heavyweight institutions such as RWA Layer2 leader Plume, Galaxy's venture capital Galaxy Ventures, and compliance custody giant Anchorage Digital.
• Super Selective Mode: The first phase of incubation is only open for 6-8 startup company slots, with strict selection criteria focusing on projects that have launched products and possess a clear path for institutional adoption.
• Core Empowerment: Provides in-depth guidance from a practical mentor team composed of billion-dollar platform builders, connecting to top investors and regulatory resource networks, culminating in the presentation of results on Demo Day (, with the opportunity to receive up to $500,000 discretionary fund investment.

) Targeting Pain Points: Bridging the Gap Between Compliance Finance and Decentralized Finance Innovations.

The launch of Ascend comes at a critical juncture for the development of RWA. This quietly emerging area has become the most trusted bridge connecting blockchain with traditional finance, facing core challenges:

• Explosive rise: The RWA market size has surged nearly 5 times since 2022, reaching 24 billion USD, but the infrastructure remains highly fragmented.
• Core Contradiction: On one end are institutional compliance requirements (such as KYC/AML), and on the other end is the permissionless innovation of DeFi, with a huge gap between the two. Ascend aims to build a bridge across this chasm.
• Filtering Logic: Focus on teams that have solved actual complex problems, for example:
  • Balance blockchain anonymity with KYC compliance requirements;
• Designed as an oracle system for precise pricing of non-liquid assets (such as real estate, private equity) ###Oracle Systems(.

) Institutional Entry: Tokenization of National Bonds Ignites $75 Billion Market to Validate RWA Potential

The birth of Ascend is based on the verified institutional-level demand in the RWA field, especially with tokenization of U.S. Treasury bonds as a typical example:

• Surge in Scale: From a niche market of approximately $100 million in 2023, soared to $7.5 billion (approximately 54.3 billion RMB).
• Dominance of Giants: BlackRock's BUIDL fund with $2.9 billion AUM leads the way, followed closely by Franklin Templeton's BENJI with $750 million AUM.
• Value Proof: These non-experimental products attract real capital by solving practical problems (eliminating settlement delays, automating compliance, releasing global liquidity), marking the entry of RWA into production-level application stage.

Strategic Upgrade: From Technical Validation to Scalable Execution

As RWA penetrates the capital markets more broadly, the industry's focus has shifted:

"The momentum of real-world assets ( RWA ) is increasingly strong, driven by the support and interest of institutional investors, governments, and infrastructure providers seeking transparent and efficient capital solutions. RWA has moved beyond the conceptual stage, and its rise is strategic. We are meeting this demand by collaboratively nurturing the next generation of RWA leaders, providing them with experience, resources, and channels." — Chris Yin, CEO and Co-founder of Plume

• Core issue migration: Institutions no longer question whether tokenization technology is feasible, but rather focus on who can execute safely, in compliance, and at scale.
• The mission of Ascend: Its success will not depend on market speculation, but rather on whether it can effectively address the aforementioned issues and cultivate a leader in infrastructure capable of supporting trillions of dollars in traditional assets on-chain.

Conclusion: The launch of the Ascend Accelerator is a key signal for the maturity of the RWA sector. Backed by top-tier institutions and adopting an ultra-elite incubation model, its goal is to address the industry's most challenging compliance and scaling bottlenecks. Based on the empirical foundation of a hundredfold growth in the tokenized national debt market, whether Ascend can successfully forge a compliant bridge connecting the innovative vitality of DeFi with the trillion-dollar traditional financial assets will determine if RWA can truly become the core channel for large-scale institutional capital entry. This is not only an incubation plan for startups but also a strategic action for building the next-generation financial infrastructure.