Predicate and Centrifuge Partner to Bring Real-time Compliance to the RWA Ecosystem

Real-world assets (RWAs) are growing quickly and moving traditional finance to blockchains. According to RWA.xyz, total onchain value of RWAs has tripled in the last year, to $33.8 billion as of May 2026. The data is clear: Asset managers across private credit, treasuries, and more are embracing tokenization.

Centrifuge has been at the center of the shift, with over $1.6 billion in tokenized assets distributed with partners like Janus Henderson, Apollo, S&P Dow Jones Indices, and other leading institutions. Their platform is one of the most trusted in the space for RWA tokenization. 

That’s why we’re excited to share that Predicate is Centrifuge’s official compliance partner for RWA issuers. Asset managers on Centrifuge can integrate Predicate and get automated, real-time compliance controls for the full RWA lifecycle, from primary issuance to secondary market transfers.

Predicate and Centrifuge solve RWA compliance

RWA tokenization unlocks several opportunities for asset managers and institutional issuers: broader distribution, deeper liquidity, 24/7 markets, and more. The Centrifuge platform makes it easy for issuers to access that opportunity. The question is how to tokenize and distribute RWAs while meeting the same compliance and risk standards that govern the underlying assets in traditional, offchain markets. 

This has historically been a challenging question. Onchain pseudonymity and permissionless transfers make it difficult to enforce the AML and KYC & KYB controls that are table stakes in traditional finance. And RWAs typically must enforce those controls not just at the point of primary issuance, but on secondary transfers as well, which is hard to do without compromising onchain UX and composability across DeFi ecosystems. 

Predicate solves these problems with a unified platform that automatically enforces issuers’ compliance policies throughout the RWA lifecycle, all in real time on every transaction. For compliance teams, that means maximum control over who can access their RWAs with minimum overhead – no juggling multiple vendors, no engineering tickets, and no gap between risk identification and action. Issuers launching on Centrifuge can get Predicate’s institutional-grade compliance controls out of the box, fine-tuned to their unique needs across the jurisdictions they operate in.

How it works

Our partnership integrates Predicate with Centrifuge Whitelabel. Whitelabel is a modular infrastructure platform that enables asset managers, fintechs, and other institutions to tokenize RWAs. Under this framework, investors deposit assets like USDC into an issuer's vault and receive the corresponding RWA token in return. Depending on the RWA’s legal structure, those tokens can then be traded, lent, or used as collateral across compatible DeFi protocols.

Predicate enforces issuer policies at two distinct points of enforcement within the Whitelabel RWA lifecycle.

Primary issuance: AML screening and KYC & KYB verification on vault deposits

The first point of enforcement is on Whitelabel vault deposits. Before a user mints and receives RWA tokens, Predicate Application Compliance screens their address against the issuer’s defined compliance policy, returning a cryptographic attestation that allows the vault smart contract to accept or reject the deposit. Predicate can screen addresses for sanctions status, exposure to illicit activity, and more depending on the issuer’s policy. Issuers can also manually add specific addresses to allowlists and denylists from the Predicate platform. Screening happens in real time, so compliant users face no added friction. Issuers requiring identity verification can use Predicate Identity to collect KYC & KYB information before deposits are accepted, with verification enforced instantly, directly onchain.

Secondary transfers: Token contract-level policy enforcement

Once RWA tokens are in circulation, Predicate Asset Compliance continues to enforce issuer policies on all subsequent transfers, with controls built into the token contracts. Predicate automatically freezes and blocks any addresses that violate the issuer’s defined policy, with continuous data screening ensuring risk assessments are always up to date. If an address is added to the OFAC SDN List, for example, Predicate will freeze or block it within minutes.

End-to-end RWA compliance

By enforcing compliance controls on vault deposits, Predicate gives issuers 24/7 automated enforcement at all stages of the RWA lifecycle. Compliance teams set their policy, and that policy travels with the RWA wherever it moves, with no ongoing maintenance or added friction for users. 

The end result: RWA issuers get the compliance controls they need to scale quickly, reach new markets, and ensure they’re always compliant with the latest regulations.

Building the future of RWAs

Centrifuge has built the platform for RWA tokenization and distribution. Predicate is giving those RWAs the built-in compliance controls traditional finance demands, with no additional overhead. This partnership makes it dramatically easier for issuers to bring high-quality, regulated assets onchain and distribute them at scale. 

If you’re an RWA issuer on Centrifuge, contact us to see how Predicate can simplify compliance for your assets.