Centrifuge is a network designed to give small businesses access to rapid, low-cost funding, while offering investors steadier yield. Centrifuge Chain serves as the on-chain home for real-world assets (RWA). Built as a Proof-of-Stake blockchain on Substrate, it lets participants move real-world assets onto the chain as non-fungible tokens (NFTs). This lays the groundwork for using DeFi to facilitate lending and financing across different asset types. Centrifuge Chain is connected to Ethereum via a bridge, yet it runs on its own native token-the Centrifuge (CFG) token.

Tinlake is an open marketplace powered by smart contracts that organizes asset pools and links Asset Originators with Investors. Its aim is to help both sides tap into the capabilities of Decentralized Finance (DeFi). In the long run, Tinlake is intended to function as a fully decentralized financing protocol that can work across multiple blockchains and connect to various funding sources. Through Tinlake pools, businesses-called “Asset Originators”-can finance real-world assets like invoices, mortgages, or streaming royalties using DeFi, gaining access to bankless liquidity. They accomplish this by converting their financial assets into Non-Fungible Tokens (“NFTs”) and then using those NFTs as collateral within their Tinlake pool to fund the underlying assets.