Announced on Thursday, the offering is available to the bank’s wealthiest clients through its private banking division. This marks JPMorgan’s first major step toward a broader rollout of its fund tokenization platform in 2026. It signals how one of the world’s largest financial institutions is beginning to digitize real-world assets.
A First Step into Digital Fund Management
For many investors, private-equity funds are known for their exclusivity and long lock-up periods. By using blockchain, JPMorgan aims to make access to such assets smoother, more transparent, and more efficient. Tokenization, in simple terms, means turning ownership of an asset into digital tokens recorded on a blockchain. This allows shares in a fund to be traded, tracked, and settled faster and with fewer middlemen than through traditional systems.
The bank’s decision to start with a private-equity fund is strategic. These funds typically involve complex ownership structures and long investment horizons. This makes them ideal candidates for blockchain’s secure and transparent record-keeping. Through tokenization, investors can see their holdings in real time, and transactions that once took days could settle in minutes.
Exclusive: JPMorgan said Thursday that it tokenized a private-equity fund on its blockchain platform, an offering that is available to the wealthy clients served by its private bank https://t.co/8rPiyuzPhz
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) October 30, 2025
This experiment is part of JPMorgan’s ongoing journey into digital assets. The bank already operates its own blockchain network, Onyx, which supports tokenized deposits and wholesale payments. Now, with the move into fund tokenization, JPMorgan is expanding its blockchain ecosystem from payments to investment products.
More About Tokenization of Bank Assets
Securitize and BNY Mellon have teamed up to launch a tokenized fund backed by AAA-rated collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) on-chain. This innovative structure allows investors to access high-quality, traditionally complex debt products through digital tokens, making the process faster, more transparent, and easier to trade.
We’ve partnered with @BNYglobal to launch the first tokenized fund focused on AAA-rated CLOs, bringing institutional-grade structured credit onchain with @grovedotfinance as an anchor investor. pic.twitter.com/bzS3wcQyoT
— Securitize (@Securitize) October 29, 2025
By combining Securitize’s expertise in compliant tokenization with BNY Mellon’s custodial and settlement infrastructure, the fund brings institutional-grade assets to a broader range of investors. It also leverages blockchain’s efficiency and security.