In a move that could redefine how traditional capital flows into decentralized finance, AVAX One formerly AgriFORCE (Nasdaq: AGRI) has rebranded and repositioned itself as the first publicly traded company dedicated to building an onchain treasury of AVAX, Avalanche’s native token.
Armed with a $550 million capital raise, AVAX One is setting out to acquire over $700 million in AVAX from the Avalanche Foundation, staking it for sustainable onchain yields while laying the foundation for a new era of real-world asset (RWA) tokenization. This transformation isn’t just about rebranding — it’s about redefining the relationship between TradFi and DeFi.
AgriFORCE was once a company rooted in agriculture innovation. But as blockchain and finance began to merge, its leadership recognized a generational opportunity: to bridge the gap between the traditional capital markets of Wall Street and the rapidly expanding world of decentralized finance.
That realization led to a full-scale transformation, a rebrand to AVAX One, aligning its mission with Avalanche’s vision for a high-speed, scalable, and eco-efficient financial ecosystem. Today, AVAX One stands as Nasdaq’s first AVAX treasury, signaling that public market investors can now gain direct exposure to a top-tier digital asset through regulated equity.
AVAX One has secured $550 million in capital, structured as a combination of $300 million in PIPE funding and additional equity, to purchase $700 million worth of AVAX tokens directly from the Avalanche Foundation.
The company plans to stake its AVAX holdings, targeting an annual yield of around 6.7% equivalent to roughly $46.9 million in passive income per year. That onchain yield becomes a new, transparent, and programmable revenue stream for a publicly traded company, a first of its kind.
AVAX One’s mission goes far beyond token accumulation. The company aims to deploy capital onchain, not just in staking, but across Avalanche’s DeFi ecosystem providing liquidity, supporting protocol development, and even acquiring real-world businesses to bring their assets and operations onchain.
Futhermore, by merging public market capital with decentralized infrastructure, AVAX One is democratizing access to onchain finance and helping traditional investors experience blockchain economics through a regulated entry point.
One of AVAX One’s most promising frontiers lies in real-world asset (RWA) tokenization. The company plans to bring physical and financial assets from real estate to revenue streams onto the Avalanche network.
With Avalanche’s subnet architecture and near-instant finality, tokenized assets can be traded, fractionalized, and managed with unprecedented efficiency.
What are the Visionaries Behind the Movement?
Two heavyweights from the intersection of finance and crypto are backing AVAX One’s transformation:
Matt Zhang, founder of Hivemind Capital, a leading blockchain investment firm driving institutional adoption of Web3.
Anthony Scaramucci, founder of SkyBridge Capital, who recently partnered with Avalanche to tokenize $300 million in hedge fund assets.
Why AVAX One Matters
- Regulated exposure to AVAX for institutional and retail investors.
- Onchain yield generation that is transparent and verifiable.
- Acceleration of RWA adoption on Avalanche.
- A credible bridge for traditional markets to access DeFi returns.
AVAX One stands as a symbol of convergence for the lines between Wall Street and Web3, proving that decentralized finance can coexist and thrive within the traditional capital markets framework.
Avalanche has long positioned itself as the home for institutional DeFi, fast, interoperable, and scalable enough to power everything from tokenized funds to enterprise-grade RWAs.
Now, with AVAX One’s $550 million push into the ecosystem, the vision is coming to life. This is a validation that onchain finance has entered its next chapter, and Avalanche is leading the charge.
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This shift from AgriFORCE to AVAX One is interesting, but what really caught my attention was the RWA tokenization part.
When I saw SkyBridge Capital and Anthony Scaramucci backing it with plans to tokenize $300M in hedge fund assets, I realized this isn’t just a treasury play. Real infrastructure is being built here.
That 6.7% yield they mention is transparent and verifiable, but a question came to mind: when RWAs like real estate or revenue streams come onto Avalanche, how do you maintain liquidity and composability? Because these aren’t as liquid as native crypto assets.
I think what Matt Zhang from Hivemind Capital is seeing is that Nasdaq listing becomes a compliance layer for institutional money. Of course, that means accepting a trade-off between decentralization and regulatory approval.
If this model works, many other L1s will follow the same path to attract TradFi capital.
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Avalanche’s architecture was designed with that challenge in mind. The combination of subnets, native asset bridging, and token standards like ERC-3643 (used by Tokeny) allows RWAs to plug into DeFi while still respecting regulatory boundaries. This means tokenized assets can interact with liquidity pools, lending protocols, and marketplaces without losing compliance context.
Good point - Avalanche with subnet architecture and ERC-3643 does have a strong framework for compliance.
But my question is this: when tokenized real estate goes into a lending protocol, how does liquidation happen? With native crypto assets it’s easy - a few seconds and done. But with RWA you have to go through legal process too.
ERC-3643 maintains the compliance layer, true. But what about velocity and capital efficiency? If a tokenized asset can’t find liquidity quickly, then composability is only on paper.
Maybe the answer is in hybrid pools - where RWAs only interact with whitelisted counterparties to stay both regulatory and liquid. But that means part of DeFi becomes permissioned.