BlackRock BUIDL Fund Holds $157.37 Million on Aptos as Tokenized Assets Reach $191.11 Million

BlackRock's (@BlackRock) BUIDL fund holds $157.37 million on Aptos (@Aptos), according to Nov. 11 figures from RWA(.)xyz. Total distributed asset value on the network has reached $191.11 million, putting BUIDL at the centre of Aptos' tokenized asset base.

BUIDL Dominates Distributed Value on Aptos

On those figures, BUIDL accounts for roughly 82% of the distributed asset value on Aptos. Other institutional products make up a much smaller share. Apollo's tokenized credit fund holds $12.92 million, while Franklin Templeton's BENJI accounts for another $14.78 million.

BUIDL is the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund. CoinDesk reported that it was issued with tokenization platform Securitize, launched on Ethereum in March 2024, and expanded in November 2024 to Aptos, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Optimism's OP Mainnet and Polygon. The token is backed by short-term U.S. government bonds, and its price is anchored to $1, CoinDesk said.

The fund is aimed at institutional investors. Bybit's educational guide says the minimum investment is $5 million and the fund is open to Qualified Purchasers.

Aptos Builds Out Its Real-World Asset Presence

The latest figures follow a period of growth in tokenized assets on Aptos. Cointelegraph reported, citing RWA(.)xyz data, that RWA deployments on the network grew 57.1% over 30 days to $542.3 million, placing Aptos among the top three blockchains for such assets behind Ethereum and ZKsync Era. It named Berkeley Square of the PACT Consortium, BlackRock's BUIDL and Franklin Templeton's BENJI as the largest issuers on the network.

The figures cited here use different measures and dates. The $191.11 million total refers to distributed asset value, while the earlier Cointelegraph figure covers a broader set of RWA deployments reported at the time.

Tokenized real-world assets have drawn growing interest from large asset managers. BlackRock, Franklin Templeton and Apollo all now have live tokenized products, with BENJI and BUIDL among the most prominent examples. As a result, chains such as Aptos are competing to host these funds, with figures from data providers such as RWA(.)xyz used to track their progress.

Sources

CoinDesk: BlackRock Expands Tokenized Fund BUIDL Beyond Ethereum to 5 New Blockchains

Cointelegraph: Aptos Becomes Top 3 Blockchain for RWA

Bybit Learn: BlackRock's BUIDL, A Guide to Tokenized Yield-Bearing Funds