Centrifuge highlights need for onchain verifiable data in asset management

Centrifuge: Centrifuge is a tokenization protocol that brings traditional funds and credit products onchain, issuing tokenized shares and enabling onchain settlement and distribution. In the context of this report, Centrifuge serves as the platform for Janus Henderson's JAAA and related funds, and it integrates Chronicle's Proof of Asset framework to make holdings data independently verifiable onchain. The protocol has recently expanded its tokenized fixed-income offerings, including JAAA, to additional networks while emphasizing the importance of transparent asset data. ChronicleLabs: ChronicleLabs provides institutional-grade oracle infrastructure and Proof of Asset solutions that deliver cryptographically verifiable data on tokenized asset holdings, composition, and valuations directly onchain. In the context of this news, the firm recently published its Transparency Gap report analyzing major tokenized assets and underscoring the need for independent onchain verification to support smart contract underwriting. Its Proof of Asset product is explicitly referenced as the mechanism enabling verifiable data for funds such as Janus Henderson's JAAA tokenized via Centrifuge. Janus Henderson: Janus Henderson is an asset manager that oversees tokenized funds including the JAAA AAA CLO strategy, which provides exposure to high-quality collateralized loan obligations. In this news, the firm's JAAA fund is highlighted as an example where asset composition and diversification details require onchain verifiability through Chronicle Proof of Asset to properly integrate with decentralized protocols. Recent deployments have placed its tokenized strategies on networks like Circle’s Arc in partnership with Centrifuge. Adoption: Major asset managers are tokenizing strategies such as AAA CLO funds and integrating them into DeFi-adjacent environments to broaden distribution while addressing transparency requirements. Infrastructure: Tokenization platforms are increasingly partnering with specialized oracles to publish holdings-level attestations onchain rather than relying solely on offchain disclosures.