Reef Technology Ltd. today announced a strategic repositioning of Reef Chain as a blockchain infrastructure purpose-built for tokenized stocks and alternative investments.
Having achieved significant technical milestones in 2025, including native exchange support, USDC bridge deployment, Ledger integration, and growth from 36,000 to 114,000 wallets, Reef is now focused on serving the underserved “missing middle” of sophisticated individual investors.
Although the real asset tokenization (RWA) market has reached $18-35 billion in 2025, it remains heavily concentrated in US Treasuries ($8.6 billion), private credit ($18.4 billion), and stablecoins. Reef’s new positioning goals have neglected alternative asset classes, including non-U.S. real estate stocks, sports club ownership, agricultural assets and other investments that appeal to retail and non-accredited investors around the world.
“Ethereum won the institutional battle. Solana captured retail speculation. But there is a whole market of people who want to own real assets that have been completely overlooked,” said Derek E. Silva, chief operating officer at Reef Technology Ltd. “Millions of people around the world want to invest in apartment buildings, football clubs, agricultural assets, things they understand and believe in. Reef is building the infrastructure to make that possible.”
Compliance-ready infrastructure
Reef Chain differentiates itself with native support for ERC3643, the TREX standard for compliant tokenized securities. This provides projects deployed on Reef with built-in functionality, including:
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On-Chain Identity Records (ONCHAINID)
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KYC/AML verification hooks
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Transfer restrictions by jurisdiction and investor type
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Regulatory Compliance Modules
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Issuer, validator, and recovery agent roles
“We don’t issue securities ourselves, we provide the rails that make issuing securities easier, safer and more accessible to everyone,” Silva added. “When you build the right infrastructure, real projects with real use cases will be deployed. We’re already seeing it.”
Projects choosing Reef
Several tokenized equity platforms have selected Reef’s infrastructure for upcoming launches:
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StagTower, symbolizing Canadian rental apartment buildings for European retail investors, targeting a total value locked (TVL) of $25 million within three years.
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Casa Panenka, acquisition of a football club through crowdfunding with on-chain governance and real stakes
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Lionvest (formerly CropCrypt), tokenizing agricultural products to directly connect investors with verified farmers, targeting $2 million TVL in three years
These independent projects demonstrate market validation of Reef’s compliance-focused approach to alternative asset tokenization.
Roadmap 2026
Throughout 2026, Reef will execute Project Deep Current, a comprehensive upgrade of its Parity/Polkadot SDK base layer and Ethereum VM, alongside the deployment of ERC3643 reference implementations, partnerships with KYC providers, and the launch of aguaviva labs, an internal investment arm to support ecosystem projects.
By the end of the year, Reef is targeting 25,000 active users generating between 25,000 and 35,000 daily transactions, with $25-40 million in TVL and at least 47 high-quality projects deployed on the network.
“The battle for general-purpose blockchain dominance is over. The battle for the missing link is only just beginning,” Silva said. “Reef is in the lead.”
Reef Technology Ltd. is the primary contributor to Reef Chain, a layer 1 blockchain built with the Polkadot SDK that provides EVM-enabled and compliance-ready infrastructure for tokenized stocks and alternative investments. With native support for ERC3643, a designated proof-of-stake consensus, and a growing ecosystem of decentralized applications, Reef serves as a settlement layer for real-world assets targeting non-institutional investors around the world. For more information, visit
