$491B asset manager KKR’s health care fund tokenized on Avalanche
To access the fund on the Securitize protocol, investors need to submit their passport, fill out personal and tax information and complete a "liveness check." Digital asset company Securitize Capital is set to tokenize $491 billion asset management firm KKR’s Health Care Strategic Growth Fund II (HCSG II) on the Avalanche blockchain.The news was shared by KKR on Sept. 13, with the tokenization of HCSG II being described by the head of Securitize Capital Wilfred Daye as a “significant breakthrough” for individual access to private equity markets. The tokenization enables investors to own a....
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