Plume Network, which describes itself as the first full-stack layer-1 chain purpose-built for real-world asset finance, has announced a planned expansion of its interoperability product SkyLink across 16 blockchain networks. The company said the move is designed to make institutional-grade RWA yields available to users across multiple ecosystems, at a time when tokenized real-world assets have become one of the fastest-growing segments in Web3.
According to the announcement, the initial batch of networks includes Solana, Movement, Injective, Omni Network, Zircuit, Ape Chain, Core, Polyhedra, Gravity by Galxe, Merlin, Xion, Rome, Echelon, D3, Hemi, and Memento. Through SkyLink, users on those chains are expected to gain permissionless access to RWA yields delivered directly to their wallets via mirrored YieldTokens.
The company framed the rollout as a response to rising demand for interoperable RWA infrastructure. Plume cited market data indicating that the total on-chain value of RWAs has doubled over the past year to nearly $17 billion. In Plume’s view, tokenization growth has been strong, but yield distribution across fragmented blockchain environments has remained limited, leaving a gap between asset issuance and practical access for users on different chains.
How SkyLink Is Structured
Plume said SkyLink is built as an interoperability layer for secure, cross-chain RWA yield distribution. The system uses LayerZero’s SyncPools to enable omnichain functionality, including cross-chain minting and burning tied to unified pools. That architecture is meant to support the issuance and redemption of YieldTokens on multiple chains while preserving Plume’s existing custody and compliance setup around the underlying assets.
A notable part of the design is the use of mirrored tokens. Plume said these mirrored YieldTokens allow users to receive yield exposure on external networks while the underlying total value locked remains on the original chain. The company argues that this model helps maintain liquidity where the assets originate, instead of scattering TVL across different ecosystems in a way that could weaken capital efficiency.
In practical terms, the announcement highlights four expected outcomes from the integration: continuous yield streaming across supported blockchains, permissionless access to institutional-grade RWA yields, native composability for yield-bearing tokens inside DeFi applications, and unified compliance and security standards across all connected chains.
Why the Expansion Matters for the RWA Market
The broader importance of the move lies in the state of the tokenized asset market. RWAs have increasingly been positioned as a bridge between traditional finance and decentralized finance, with use cases ranging from tokenized Treasury exposure to yield-bearing credit products. Plume’s announcement points to a much larger addressable market in traditional assets, noting that commodities, bonds, and equities collectively represent a tokenization opportunity measured in the hundreds of trillions of dollars.
Still, tokenization alone does not solve the distribution problem. One chain may host the underlying asset and the regulatory infrastructure around it, while users and applications may be spread across entirely different networks. That has made interoperability a central issue for RWA adoption. By trying to push yield access to multiple ecosystems without moving the underlying TVL off its home chain, Plume is effectively promoting a hub-and-spoke model for RWAfi distribution.
This also reflects a broader trend in crypto infrastructure, where projects are no longer competing only on where assets are issued, but also on how seamlessly those assets can be used elsewhere. For DeFi applications, composable yield-bearing tokens can be more valuable than isolated products confined to a single chain. If mirrored exposure works as intended, protocols on other networks could theoretically integrate RWA-linked yield products without having to recreate the full tokenization, custody, or compliance stack themselves.
Plume’s Positioning and Executive Commentary
Teddy Pornprinya, co-founder of Plume Network, said the next phase of RWA growth depends on collaboration across blockchain ecosystems, with each network contributing different strengths to a more robust cross-chain infrastructure. He said Plume’s alignment with the announced networks is intended to lay the groundwork for an interoperable RWA landscape where institutional-grade yields can be accessed across chains and rollups more easily.
Jason Meng, head of business development at Plume Network, said the company believes multi-chain interoperability will be crucial in 2025 as the market looks for the next phase of RWA adoption. He described Plume’s ambition as becoming a hub for cross-chain RWAfi yield distribution and said the team is actively seeking additional network integrations to expand the ecosystem further.
Plume also used the announcement to reinforce its broader market identity. The company said more than 180 projects are building on its network. It describes the platform as an EVM-compatible, composable environment for onboarding and managing a range of real-world assets, supported by an end-to-end tokenization engine and financial infrastructure partners intended to simplify issuance and DeFi integration.
What to Watch Next
While the announcement outlines an ambitious expansion, it is still framed as a planned deployment rather than a completed rollout across all 16 chains. As with many interoperability initiatives, the real test will be execution: whether users can access yields seamlessly, whether DeFi protocols actually integrate the mirrored tokens, and whether compliance and custody controls remain intact as the system scales.
The release also underscores how competitive the RWA sector has become. As more platforms race to tokenize off-chain assets, differentiation is likely to depend not only on the assets themselves, but on user access, cross-chain utility, and the ability to translate regulated financial products into crypto-native building blocks.
For now, Plume is making a clear bet that the future of RWAs will not be limited to a single blockchain. Instead, it sees value in keeping assets anchored where they are issued while distributing yield access wherever users and liquidity already exist. If that approach gains traction, interoperability could become one of the defining layers of the next wave of RWA adoption.
The announcement was issued as a press release by Plume Network. As with all company-issued statements, readers should distinguish between verified facts in the release and forward-looking claims or strategic expectations presented by the project team. The release does not constitute investment advice.