VenusProtocol

Institutions can now access liquidity on Venus while their collateral remains secured in Ceffu’s custody, no self-custody,or smart contract transfer required.
Venus Protocol, the leading decentralized lending market on BNB Chain, today announced an integration with Ceffu, the institutional digital-asset custody platform, to extend on-chain lending to professional capital. This integration allows institutions to borrow through Venus while their collateral remains under Ceffu's regulated custody,removing a primary barrier to institutional DeFi adoption.
Overcoming the Custody Barrier, For institutions, the biggest obstacle to DeFi participation isn't yield, it's custody. Concerns surrounding private key management, smart contract risk, and regulatory compliance have historically kept professional capital on the sidelines.
Through the Venus-Ceffu integration, institutions are able to keep their collateral within Ceffu's regulated custody while Ceffu attests to those assets on-chain. Borrowing is executed seamlessly through Venus' markets, allowing institutions to access on-chain liquidity without assets ever leaving institutional custody.
The rollout begins with live lending activity and will expand toward direct borrowing against custody-attested collateral.Assets stay in Ceffu's custody. Liquidity is accessed through Venus. The two worlds meet without either having to become the other.
For the first time, Venus can give institutional participants a credible answer to the custody question and that changes who can be in the room. Professional capital can post collateral that is verifiably held in custody, execute borrowing on a decentralised protocol, and manage the whole arrangement within a framework its risk team can stand behind. For Venus, it means access to a category of capital that has never meaningfully engaged with on-chain lending and the credibility of building with one of the most established custodians in the space.
Venus as the Institutional DeFi Layer on BNB Chain
This integration forms part of Venus’ broader institutional roadmap. Together with the listing of XAUm, a gold-backed RWA with pricing data provided by Chainlink, a clear picture emerges: Venus is assembling the full stack institutional participation requires. RWAs give familiar, regulated collateral. Chainlink gives reliable price truth for off-chain assets. Ceffu gives the custody framework. Each removes a distinct barrier, together they make Venus the most institutionally credible lending protocol on BNB Chain.
“Institutions have never doubted the opportunity in DeFi — they've doubted the infrastructure. By pairing Venus's on-chain markets with Ceffu's regulated custody, professional capital finally has an answer to the custody question. This is how institutional capital comes on-chain on BNB Chain.” — Iris, Head of Venus Protocol

“Institutional participation in DeFi requires infrastructure that combines access to on-chain liquidity with institutional-grade custody as a core security layer. Through this integration with Venus Protocol, we’re creating a framework where institutions can access lending opportunities while their collateral remains securely managed within Ceffu’s custody.” — Ian Loh, Ceffu
About
Venus Protocol is the leading decentralized lending protocol on BNB Chain, supporting over 30 assets with more than 80 independent audits and $2.8 billion in TVL reached in 2025.
Ceffu is a compliant, institutional-grade custody platform offering custody and liquidity solutions that are ISO 27001 & 27701 certified and SOC2 Type 2 attested. Our multi-party computation (MPC) technology, combined with a customizable multi-approval scheme, provides bespoke solutions allowing institutional clients to safely store and manage their virtual assets.

The collaboration brings tokenized real-world assets into Venus' institutional lending infrastructure, using Asseto's CASH+ as collateral and United Stables' $U as the borrow asset on BNB Chain.
Venus Protocol is partnering with Asseto and United Stables to expand the use of institutional real-world assets in on-chain credit markets on the BNB Chain.
Through the collaboration, Asseto's tokenized cash-management fund token, CASH+, will be integrated as collateral within Venus' Institutional Fixed Rate Vault, with $U from United Stables serving as the borrow asset. Venus operates the Vault infrastructure, connecting tokenized RWA collateral with on-chain stablecoin liquidity.
This allows institutional borrowers to access on-chain liquidity against their CASH+ positions without selling the underlying asset, extending the utility of tokenized RWAs beyond holding and transfer into on-chain credit markets.
"Tokenized real-world assets shouldn't just sit on-chain, they should be able to work. By bringing CASH+ into our Institutional Fixed Rate Vault as collateral, we're giving institutions a way to access liquidity from their RWA holdings without giving up exposure. This is an important part of what we're building at Venus: connecting tokenized assets with on-chain credit." — Iris, Head of Venus Protocol
From RWA Tokenization to On-Chain Credit
Tokenization brings traditional financial assets on-chain, while lending extends how those assets can be used.
Within the Venus Institutional Fixed Rate Vault, institutional borrowers can maintain their CASH+ exposure while accessing $U liquidity against it at a fixed rate. This gives tokenized assets an additional role as collateral within on-chain credit markets.
"Our goal with CASH+ has always been to bring institutional cash-management exposure on-chain in a form that's genuinely usable. Integrating with Venus extends CASH+ from tokenized exposure into collateral that can support on-chain borrowing, demonstrating how tokenized RWAs can play an active role in on-chain financial markets." — Bridget, CEO&Co-founder, Asseto
"Institutional credit is an important use case for stablecoins. With $U serving as the borrow asset against CASH+ collateral, this collaboration connects stablecoin liquidity directly with institutional on-chain lending and expands the role of $U across the BNB Chain ecosystem." — Athena, CEO, United Stables
As more traditional assets move on-chain, the next stage of RWA adoption depends on the financial infrastructure built around them. Access to lending and liquidity allows tokenized assets to participate more broadly in on-chain financial markets.
Venus' Institutional Fixed Rate Vaults provide this connection by bringing tokenized collateral and on-chain liquidity together through structured lending markets. The collaboration with Asseto and United Stables further expands the use of institutional assets within DeFi and strengthens the credit infrastructure available for tokenized RWAs on BNB Chain.
The CASH+ Institutional Fixed Rate Vault is now live on BNB Chain. Eligible institutions can explore the vault and learn more at Venus.
About Venus Protocol
Venus is the leading decentralized lending protocol on BNB Chain, supporting over 30 assets with more than 80 independent audits and reached $2.8 billion in TVL in 2025.
About Asseto
Asseto is a full-stack asset tokenization infrastructure and service provider, delivering end-to-end solutions covering legal structuring, smart contracts, oracle integration, multi-chain deployment, token management, distribution channels, and DeFi ecosystem connectivity, bridging traditional asset managers with global Web3 liquidity. Learn more at asseto.finance.
About United Stables
United Stables is the issuer of $U, a compliant, 1:1 USD-pegged native stablecoin on BNB Chain, backed 100% by fiat and digital asset reserves with licensed custodians.
Important Risk Information
Participation may be subject to eligibility requirements, geographic restrictions, onboarding procedures and applicable terms and conditions.
Tokenized real-world assets, stablecoins and decentralized lending involve risks, including market, credit, liquidity, smart contract, counterparty and regulatory risks. Borrowing positions may be subject to liquidation based on applicable collateral requirements.
Nothing in this announcement constitutes investment, legal, tax or financial advice, or an offer or solicitation to buy or sell any security, token or financial product.