{"id":"plume","title":"Plume","content":"**Plume** is a public, [EVM](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ethereum-virtual-machine-evm)-compatible [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) optimized for integrating and tokenizing [real-world assets (RWAs)](https://iq.wiki/wiki/real-world-assets-rwas) into the digital economy, making them more accessible, [liquid](https://iq.wiki/wiki/liquid), and efficient. [\\[8\\]](#cite-id-qvjWkQL4ud)\n\n## Overview\n\nPlume is a public, [EVM](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ethereum-virtual-machine-evm)-compatible [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) designed to support the integration of [real-world assets (RWAs)](https://iq.wiki/wiki/real-world-assets-rwas) into [decentralized finance](https://iq.wiki/wiki/defi). It focuses on assets with tangible demand, especially those that generate yield and offer transparency and stability.\n\nThe platform allows for tokenizing assets such as real estate, commodities, and revenue streams, enabling them to be used digitally for trading, financing, or [collateral](https://iq.wiki/wiki/collateral). Plume uses a vertically integrated technology stack to enhance the liquidity and accessibility of these assets.\n\nIt also incorporates tools for compliance, transparency, and interoperability to facilitate alignment with existing financial regulations. By doing so, Plume aims to connect traditional finance with [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain)-based systems and support broader access to investment opportunities. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-fMcPltSxdx)\n\n## Technology\n\n### Plume Chain\n\nPlume Chain is a modular [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) infrastructure designed for security & scalability in tokenizing and management of [real-world assets (RWAs)](https://iq.wiki/wiki/real-world-assets-rwas). Its architecture is built around three main components: [Arc](https://iq.wiki/wiki/arc), Smart Wallets, and Nexus, each supporting different aspects of asset tokenization, compliance, and data integration.\n\n[Arc](https://iq.wiki/wiki/arc) functions as Plume’s tokenization engine, supporting the onboarding and management of physical and digital assets. It integrates compliance and data systems to maintain regulatory alignment and asset accuracy. This setup allows issuers to tokenize assets efficiently while incorporating automated compliance checks.\n\nSmart Wallets provide embedded custody and compliance features, enabling users to interact with [RWAs](https://iq.wiki/wiki/real-world-assets-rwas) within [decentralized finance (DeFi)](https://iq.wiki/wiki/defi) applications. These wallets support yield-bearing instruments and customizable asset controls, helping unlock composability and financial functionality for otherwise static [RWA](https://iq.wiki/wiki/real-world-assets-rwas) holdings.\n\nNexus is a data integration layer that brings off-chain information onto the [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain). Connecting to external sources enables real-time data use in [DeFi](https://iq.wiki/wiki/defi) applications such as lending protocols and prediction markets. This improves the relevance and utility of tokenized assets [across](https://iq.wiki/wiki/across) various financial use cases. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-pnuW83jIZN)\n\n#### Features\n\nPlume provides infrastructure for tokenizing and managing [real-world assets (RWAs)](https://iq.wiki/wiki/real-world-assets-rwas), focusing on compliance, [liquidity](https://iq.wiki/wiki/pol-protocol-owned-liquidity), and data integration. Built-in regulatory tools, supported by external compliance partners, help ensure that all tokenized asset transactions meet legal standards. This simplifies onboarding and enables users to engage in [RWA](https://iq.wiki/wiki/real-world-assets-rwas)-related financial activities with reduced regulatory friction.\n\nPlume integrates with [decentralized finance (DeFi)](https://iq.wiki/wiki/defi) protocols to support trading and [liquidity](https://iq.wiki/wiki/pol-protocol-owned-liquidity) and offers features such as [staking](https://iq.wiki/wiki/staking) and [yield farming](https://iq.wiki/wiki/yield-farming). These tools enhance market participation by reducing [slippage](https://iq.wiki/wiki/slippage) and improving asset stability. By facilitating [liquidity](https://iq.wiki/wiki/pol-protocol-owned-liquidity) for tokenized assets, Plume aims to make them more accessible and functional within broader financial systems.\n\nData access is handled through Nexus, which connects off-chain information to on-chain applications. This integration allows users to make real-time decisions using current data for lending, trading, and valuation of tokenized assets. By combining compliance, liquidity, and data functionality, Plume offers a unified toolkit for engaging with [RWAs](https://iq.wiki/wiki/real-world-assets-rwas) securely and efficiently. [\\[3\\]](#cite-id-fSMnrgbDco)\n\n### Arc\n\n[Arc](https://iq.wiki/wiki/arc) is Plume’s upcoming full-stack tokenization engine, designed to enable tokenized [real-world assets (RWAs)](https://iq.wiki/wiki/real-world-assets-rwas) creation and management. Scheduled for release in Q1 2025, [Arc](https://iq.wiki/wiki/arc) will be open-source under an MIT license and free to use. While still in development, developers will be able to self-host it. Issuers interested in early access can already join a waitlist.\n\n[Arc](https://iq.wiki/wiki/arc) is structured around a modular app store model, allowing issuers to tailor the tokenization process based on the type of asset and regulatory needs. Available modules cover various functions, including compliance with U.S. securities laws, KYC (Know Your [Counterparty](https://iq.wiki/wiki/counterparty)) verification, and [AML (Anti-Money Laundering)](https://iq.wiki/wiki/anti-money-laundering-aml) monitoring. It also supports infrastructure for onramps and offramps, enabling users to bring USD yield on-chain or cash out proceeds from on-chain sales.\n\nAdditional modules allow for primary offerings, secondary trading, and integrations with Alternative Trading Systems (ATS), expanding the reach of tokenized assets within regulated markets. The platform is designed to evolve, adding new applications and tools regularly. Developers or service providers can contribute to the app ecosystem to support broader use cases within the [Arc](https://iq.wiki/wiki/arc) framework. [\\[4\\]](#cite-id-MV2z9wCcRo)\n\n### Nexus\n\n![](https://ipfs.everipedia.org/ipfs/QmPhDYAUysdZViBcQNb6mkwGT8MigzFXGr7zNwnbwcCMQP)\n\nPlume Nexus is a [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain)-integrated data infrastructure that brings real-world data on-chain with improved efficiency and reliability. Nexus's real-time data integration capabilities address traditional issues such as latency and limited data availability. Developed with multiple [Oracle](https://iq.wiki/wiki/oracle) providers, Nexus enables ingesting various data types from environmental to economic metrics into the Plume [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain), supporting use cases beyond simple asset tokenization.\n\nThe system includes a full toolkit for developers, such as libraries, smart contracts, and containerized services, to simplify the process of publishing and accessing data on-chain. A key feature is its data-priority transaction model, which reserves [block](https://iq.wiki/wiki/block) space for timely data updates. This approach ensures critical information is processed even during high network activity, while maintaining efficiency by reallocating unused space to other transactions when necessary.\n\nSupported by partners like SEDA, Stork, [Supra](https://iq.wiki/wiki/supra), and others, Nexus relies on a network of [Oracles](https://iq.wiki/wiki/oracle) to deliver accurate and verified data streams. These integrations strengthen the reliability of on-chain applications that depend on external data, making Plume Nexus a foundational component for decentralized systems requiring continuous, real-world information. [\\[5\\]](#cite-id-rf1x6zojPD)\n\n### Passport\n\n![](https://ipfs.everipedia.org/ipfs/QmVGn5RxjpCshJkRmFJ8VQvcrGCBZqiriVNdcRdZXf838s)\n\nPlume Passport introduces a Smart Wallet designed to make [real-world assets (RWAs)](https://iq.wiki/wiki/real-world-assets-rwas) as composable and functional within [DeFi](https://iq.wiki/wiki/defi) as native [crypto](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) assets. Traditional [RWA](https://iq.wiki/wiki/real-world-assets-rwas) holdings are often static and siloed due to compliance and custody barriers, limiting their usability. Plume addresses this by embedding custody and regulatory compliance directly into the wallet infrastructure, removing the need for external providers while streamlining the user experience. This approach turns [RWAs](https://iq.wiki/wiki/real-world-assets-rwas) into usable, yield-generating assets that can participate in [staking](https://iq.wiki/wiki/staking), collateralization, and more [across](https://iq.wiki/wiki/across) [DeFi](https://iq.wiki/wiki/defi).\n\nThe Smart Wallet is specifically built to manage the unique requirements of [RWAs](https://iq.wiki/wiki/real-world-assets-rwas), which generate yield from real-world sources like real estate or infrastructure projects. Rather than relying on external contracts or service providers, Plume's wallets use modified [Ethereum](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ethereum) clients to integrate essential functions such as automated workflows, gasless transactions, and batch operations. This setup gives users full control over wallet extensions and [DeFi](https://iq.wiki/wiki/defi) interactions without compromising security or compliance. [\\[6\\]](#cite-id-wfNDBd3K9Z)\n\n## Plume USD (pUSD)\n\nPlume USD (pUSD) is the native [stablecoin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/stablecoin) of the Plume [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain), designed to facilitate transactions and financial operations in the [Real World Asset](https://iq.wiki/wiki/real-world-assets-rwas) Finance (RWAfi) ecosystem. It is a payment, trading, and collateralization medium within Plume’s on-chain applications. It is fully backed and [liquid](https://iq.wiki/wiki/liquid) and supports secure and efficient interaction with tokenized [real-world assets](https://iq.wiki/wiki/real-world-assets-rwas).\n\nThe [stablecoin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/stablecoin) is [pegged](https://iq.wiki/wiki/currency-peg) 1:1 to the U.S. dollar and backed by reserves of established [stablecoins](https://iq.wiki/wiki/stablecoin) like [USDC](https://iq.wiki/wiki/usdc) and [USDT](https://iq.wiki/wiki/tether), aiming to ensure [liquidity](https://iq.wiki/wiki/pol-protocol-owned-liquidity) and price stability. Plume USD is integrated [across](https://iq.wiki/wiki/across) various Plume-based applications, enabling use cases such as yield generation from [RWAs](https://iq.wiki/wiki/real-world-assets-rwas), lending and borrowing, trading, and access to decentralized financial protocols.\n\nUsers can [mint](https://iq.wiki/wiki/minting) Plume USD by bridging assets from [Ethereum](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ethereum) or other supported networks and depositing [stablecoins](https://iq.wiki/wiki/stablecoin). This process allows for easy issuance and redemption, with the ability to swap Plume USD back into the deposited stablecoins as needed. [\\[7\\]](#cite-id-iYh1BTdMxJ)\n\n## Partnerships\n\n* Aconomy\n* M^0\n* Pond\n* Goldfinch\n* [Moca Network](https://iq.wiki/wiki/moca-network)\n* 0G\n* Ocean Finance\n* Mercado [Bitcoin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bitcoin)\n* [Superstate](https://iq.wiki/wiki/superstate)\n* [Symbiotic](https://iq.wiki/wiki/symbiotic)\n* Uniblock\n* Mimo\n* Qiro\n* Royco\n* [PinLink](https://iq.wiki/wiki/pinlink)\n* Predicate\n* Busha\n* DigiFT\n* RNDM\n* Chronicle\n* PARQ Street\n\n### SEC Registration as Transfer Agent\n\nOn October 6, 2025, Plume Network announced its registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a transfer agent.\n\nThis registration allows them to maintain ownership records for tokenized securities, marking a significant step in connecting traditional finance with DeFi and enhancing their infrastructure for managing real-world assets. [\\[11\\]](#cite-id-a0mGm80Wi7)\n\n> This accelerates our mission to bring the trillion-dollar U.S. securities market onchain. It's our first step in working with the SEC to build fully compliant tokenized capital markets. - the team tweeted [\\[12\\]](#cite-id-wMQD7OWkty)\n\n### Co-founder Eugene Shen Passes Away\n\nOn May 29, 2025, Plume Network announced the passing of its co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, [Eugene Shen.](https://iq.wiki/wiki/eugene-shen)\n\nThe announcement, made via the network's official X account, did not disclose the cause of death but indicated that it was sudden. The team expressed their condolences, stating;\n\n\"We’re in shock. Eugene was brilliant, deeply curious, and brought so much talent and heart to everything he did. Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones.\"  [\\[9\\]](#cite-id-07xxrzsSCb)\n\nShen played a pivotal role in shaping Plume Network, a [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) platform focused on real-world asset tokenization. Under his technical leadership, the network achieved significant milestones, including raising $30 million in funding and onboarding over 180 projects to its ecosystem. Plume Network also garnered support from major firms like Binance’s YZi Labs and Apollo Global.\n\nPrior to his work at Plume, Shen held senior engineering positions at Robinhood and [dYdX](https://iq.wiki/wiki/dydx), contributing to the development of trading infrastructure and [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) scalability solutions. [\\[10\\]](#cite-id-yO5kTjCSzP)\n\nFollowing the announcement of Shen's death, the Plume token experienced a sharp decline, dropping over 10% within an hour. Trading volume surged by 46%, reaching nearly $35.5 million, as traders reacted to the news. The token's price fell from $0.157 to $0.143 in approximately 80 minutes, reflecting the market's response to the unexpected loss of a key figure in the project. 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