Kadena announced today that it is expanding its institutional blockchain ecosystem with Access Equity, an AMF-regulated (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) platform with $65 million in tokenized private equity. The platform is the latest recipient of Kadena’s Real-World Asset (RWA) Grant Program, launched earlier this year to accelerate the institutional adoption of digital assets.
Kadena is a leading Proof-of-Work (PoW) layer-1 blockchain designed for security and scalability. Supporting Access Equity’s migration reinforces Kadena’s role as the purpose-built infrastructure layer for compliant real-world asset tokenization.
Access Equity is a regulated digital securities platform that simplifies private equity management for unlisted French companies, covering issuance, transfer, and secondary trading of tokenized private shares. The platform automates administrative and legal processes, enables real-time capitalization tables, and facilitates secondary liquidity through its integrated marketplace.
By building on Kadena, Access Equity is positioning its platform for scale, expanding access to regulated private markets while benefiting from Kadena’s growing institutional ecosystem. The company plans to surpass hundreds of millions in tokenized private equity by the end of next year. Leveraging Kadena’s Pact smart contracts and RWA Token Standard, Access Equity gains the scalability, security, and compliance capabilities needed to list and manage multiple companies with full regulatory oversight.
“Access Equity’s platform exemplifies how financial products like tokenized private shares can benefit from blockchain technology, operating on the digital rails of tomorrow,” said Annelise Osbore, Chief Business Officer at Kadena. “Their work under the AMF’s regulatory framework highlights exactly the kind of real-world utility and compliant innovation our RWA Grant Program seeks to advance.”
“We built Access Equity to simplify private shareholding for French companies while staying fully compliant with regulation,” said Alexis Tasset, Co-Founder of Access Equity. “Kadena’s architecture allows us to scale our platform and move towards our next growth phase. For users, it means faster processes, more liquidity, and the same compliance safeguards they already trust.”
Access Equity’s platform addresses a longstanding friction in private equity markets. For unlisted French companies, it replaces paper-based shareholder processes with digitized securities and real-time secondary market liquidity. For accredited investors, it provides compliant access to private company equity that was previously illiquid or administratively complex.
The integration reinforces Kadena’s positioning as infrastructure for institutional blockchain applications. Access Equity’s onboarding through the RWA Grant Program demonstrates Kadena’s commitment to enterprise-grade solutions and compliant, real-world financial applications.
About Kadena
Kadena is the only scalable Layer-1 proof-of-work blockchain, featuring a braided Chainweb EVM architecture that delivers parallel throughput, near-zero gas fees, and enterprise-grade security. Founded by former JPMorgan blockchain leads, Kadena’s mission is to drive real-world adoption through secure, developer-friendly infrastructure such as Pact smart contracts and the EVM-compatible Chainweb EVM.
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