What PolyTrade does

Polytrade operates a two-sided platform at the intersection of decentralized finance and traditional asset tokenization. The first vertical, the RWA Marketplace, aggregates tokenized real-world assets — trade finance, structured credit, real estate, treasuries, equities, bonds, commodities, collectibles, art, IP, creator royalties, and luxury goods — across 10+ blockchain networks into a single self-serve venue with on-chain discovery, AI-powered intent search, and secondary liquidity. The Marketplace is built on Polytrade's proprietary ERC-6960 (Dual Layer Token) standard, which supports user-led fractionalization, cross-chain bridging, split payments, and single-transaction settlement of child tokens, and is complemented by a gamified Loyalty Portal (XP/leaderboard, badges, partner airdrops), the $TRADE utility token for staking and governance, and recurring RWA Unwind industry events in Dubai and Singapore. The second vertical, Institutional Technology, sells a tokenization and lender-software stack (ERC-6960, Marketplace white-label, Lender Protocol, Onboarding & KYC Manager, Lender Workflow Manager, Lender Admin) to large banks, fund managers, and corporates on subscription and implementation contracts, reportedly co-developed with one of the largest global banks and brought into the Mastercard StartPath program and Mastercard MTN Network.

Monetization comes from three streams: transaction and ecosystem fees on the marketplace (currently $420 on $194,885 of disclosed transacted volume), trade-finance financing fees ($104,700 on $6.5M of disclosed financed volume), and Institutional Technology platform/subscription/implementation/servicing fees, augmented by partner airdrop distribution revenue through the Loyalty Portal. The company was founded in 2021 by CEO Piyush Gupta, has 1–10 employees, is registered in the British Virgin Islands with a Dubai tech office, and operates globally. Total disclosed funding is approximately $5M in seed funding (a $1.2M round in May 2021 from a syndicate including AU21, LD Capital, DaSheng, and others, and a $3.8M extension in March 2023 led by Alpha Wave Global, Matrix Partners/Z47, CoinSwitch, and Polygon Studios, with later filings showing an additional $1.2M funding line dated January 2025). The company has since announced its role as Lead Development Anchor in the Integra Consortium for a real-estate-focused Layer 1.

Name

PolyTrade

Legal name

Polytrade

Website

https://polytrade.finance

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Polytrade is a Singapore- and Dubai-based blockchain platform operating an RWA Marketplace that aggregates 5,000+ tokenized real-world assets across 10+ chains via its proprietary ERC-6960 standard, alongside an Institutional Technology suite sold to banks and fund managers for asset tokenization, KYC, and lender workflow.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real World Asset (RWA) Tokenization Marketplace

NAICS

Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities (522320), Securities and Commodity Exchanges (52321), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services (6200), Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies (6211)

akta.pro primary industry

Tokenization Platforms (RWA, Securities, Funds) (FSAGAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Permissioned Blockchain Platforms & Frameworks (Hyperledger, Corda, Quorum) (FSAPAIAA), Tokenized Securities & Capital Markets Infrastructure (equities, bonds, funds, ATS/MTF connectivity) (FSAPAIAD), Digital Asset Custody & Wallet Infrastructure for Institutions (MPC/HSM, key mgmt, policy controls) (FSAPAIAE)

Keywords

• Tokenized real-world assets
• Blockchain trade finance
• RWA marketplace
• Asset tokenization platform
• Decentralized lending protocol

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Marketplace Trading Fees: Transaction fees generated from the Polytrade RWA Marketplace including trading fees, primary fees, listing fees, and ecosystem fees. Current disclosed transacted volume: $194,885 with $420 in fees generated. Channel partner affiliate revenue also flows through the marketplace.
2. Trade Finance Fees: Financing volume and fees from invoice factoring, trade finance, and related financing activities. Current disclosed financed volume: $6,516,900 with $104,700 in fees.
3. Institutional Technology: Revenue from deploying Polytrade's technology suite (ERC-6960, Marketplace, Lender Protocol, Onboarding & KYC Manager, Lender Workflow Manager, Lender Admin) to large banks, institutions, and fund managers. Revenue model ranges from platform fees and subscriptions to implementation fees and servicing revenues.
4. Partner Airdrops and Distributions: Revenue to Polytrade from partner airdrops and distributions distributed to users on the Polytrade Portal, creating a GTM incentive mechanism for the marketplace.
5. $TRADE Token Utility: TRADE tokens are a core part of the Polytrade marketplace ecosystem, used for staking, governance participation, and community rewards. The token creates alignment between the platform's value generation and community rewards distribution.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

PolyTrade operates a blockchain-based RWA (Real World Asset) marketplace and tokenization platform, enabling discovery, fractionalization, trading, and secondary liquidity for tokenized assets including trade finance, real estate, commodities, structured credit, treasuries, equities, bonds, and collectibles across 10+ blockchain networks. The platform also licenses its proprietary ERC-6960 tokenization standard, Lender Protocol, and KYC/Onboarding technology to banks, institutions, and fund managers as an enterprise technology stack.

Product overview

PolyTrade operates as a comprehensive Real World Asset (RWA) ecosystem consisting of two distinct but interrelated business lines: the RWA Marketplace and Institutional Technology. The RWA Marketplace serves as the core DeFi offering—the world's first marketplace for tokenized real-world assets, aggregating and consolidating on-chain RWAs from credit, real estate, commodities, collectibles, art, IP, creator royalties, and luxury goods across 10+ chains and 5,000+ RWAs. The platform is powered by PolyTrade's proprietary ERC-6960 'Dual Layer Token' standard enabling fractional ownership, cross-chain bridging, and split payments. Supporting products include the Loyalty Portal (gamified rewards system with XP and leaderboards), $TRADE token (native utility token for staking and governance), RWA Raffles (exclusive asset raffles), and RWA Unwind events (networking events). Institutional Technology provides enterprise solutions including tokenization technology, onboarding/KYC tools, and lender workflow management for banks and corporates. The ecosystem is augmented by AI-powered search for asset discovery and multi-chain compatibility.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• RWA Marketplace: The world's first marketplace for tokenized real-world assets, allowing users to discover, trade, and leverage RWAs across multiple chains.
• Loyalty Portal
• ERC-6960
• $TRADE Token
• Option-Style Dibs
• RAGMI
• Technology Solutions

Products and services

• RWA Marketplace The world's first marketplace for tokenized Real-World Assets, aggregating and consolidating on-chain RWAs across 10+ blockchain networks. Users can discover, compare, buy, sell, trade, and fractionalize tokenized assets including trade finance, structured credit, real estate, commodities, collectibles, treasuries, equities, and bonds.
• ERC-6960 Token Standard (Dual Layer Token) A proprietary tokenization standard authored by PolyTrade, tailored to represent real-world assets on-chain. Enables fractional ownership, cross-chain bridging, split payments, and real-world scenario planning. Allows subdivision of a single asset into smaller slices, each independently owned with automatic settlement of all child tokens in a single transaction.
• Loyalty Portal Gamification and rewards system where users accumulate XP (Experience Points) by engaging in marketplace actions (buy/sell), badge collection, partner asset holdings, IRL events, and social tasks. Top leaders receive airdrops, early access, cashbacks, and whitelist privileges.
• $TRADE Token Native utility token of the PolyTrade ecosystem used for staking, governance participation, and community rewards. Users can stake $TRADE for community rewards on Polygon, Ethereum, and BNB Smart Chain networks.
• RWA Raffles Exclusive raffle system where users can win Real World Assets including stocks, real estate, collectibles, and precious metals. Raffle tiers include Gold, Silver, and Platinum with varying reward pools.
• Institutional Technology Solutions Suite of backend technology solutions for large banks, institutions, and corporates including ERC-6960 tokenization, Marketplace technology, Lender Protocol, Onboarding & KYC Manager, Lender Workflow Manager, and Lender Admin. Enables asset tokenization, transfer, deep tier finance, loan origination, and underwriting. Revenue model includes platform fees, subscriptions, implementation, and servicing.
• RAGMI Product offering within the PolyTrade platform ecosystem, available at polytrade.finance/ragmi.
• Option-Style Dibs Product offering within the PolyTrade platform ecosystem for secondary sellers, available at polytrade.finance/dibs.
• Reflections NFT NFT collection from PolyTrade serving as the first reward for the Loyalty Portal leaderboard. Collectors receive whitelist access and other benefits.
• Anotherblock Music Royalties RWA offering for music royalties available through the PolyTrade marketplace as part of the drops ecosystem.
• Lending Solution Lending product where investors (Family Offices, Digital Banks, Corporate Treasuries, Funds) can lend USDC stablecoins or fiat and receive fixed APR plus bonus tokens. Part of PolyTrade's original trade finance DeFi offering.

Quantifiable outcome

• $6,516,900 in trade finance volume facilitated with $104,700 in fees
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability2 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• Integra ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 December 2025Polytrade joined the Integra Consortium as the Lead Development Anchor, contributing its five years of institutional RWA expertise to build the Integra Layer 1 blockchain for real estate. The initiative involves multiple asset managers, builders, and technology companies aiming to create a native stablecoin and native applications for real estate assets. Polytrade leads technical development, supports ecosystem expansion, and assists partner onboarding to accelerate adoption.
• MastercardcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPolytrade is part of the Mastercard StartPath Digital Assets Program and one of the first applications on the Mastercard MTN Network. This partnership provides regulatory credibility, institutional distribution channels, and co-marketing opportunities, distinguishing Polytrade from other DeFi-native competitors.
• ClearpoolsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationClearpool is a DeFi protocol partner featured in Polytrade's ecosystem of RWA platforms. Founder & CEO Jakob Kronbichler spoke at RWA Unwind events. Clearpool's structured credit products are integrated within the Polytrade ecosystem.
• GoldfinchsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationGoldfinch is a DeFi protocol partner featured in Polytrade's ecosystem, providing alternative credit and capital markets infrastructure for RWAs.
• Huma FinancesecondaryTechnology or IntegrationHuma Finance is a DeFi protocol partner featured in Polytrade's ecosystem, with Founder Erbil Karaman speaking at RWA Unwind events. Huma provides receivables financing infrastructure integrated with the Polytrade ecosystem.
• DefactorsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationDefactor is an Official Partner of RWA Unwind events and ecosystem partner of Polytrade, providing infrastructure for real-world asset tokenization and invoice factoring.
• AurussecondaryTechnology or IntegrationAurus is an ecosystem partner featured in Polytrade's partner ecosystem, providing tokenized precious metals and commodities infrastructure.
• CentrifugesecondaryTechnology or IntegrationCentrifuge is a DeFi protocol partner in the Polytrade ecosystem, with General Counsel Eli Cohen speaking at RWA Unwind events. Centrifuge specializes in asset-backed finance on-chain.
• Ondo FinancesecondaryTechnology or IntegrationOndo Finance is a DeFi partner in Polytrade's ecosystem, providing tokenized securities and real-world asset infrastructure. President Justin Schmidt spoke at RWA Unwind Singapore.
• OpenEdensecondaryTechnology or IntegrationOpenEden is an ecosystem partner in the Polytrade RWA ecosystem, providing T-bill tokenization and liquidity solutions. Co-Founder Jeremy Ng spoke at RWA Unwind Singapore.
• RWA Inc.secondaryTechnology or IntegrationRWA Inc. is an ecosystem partner in the Polytrade RWA ecosystem. CEO & Founder Kevin Yunai spoke at RWA Unwind events as a speaker.
• Plume NetworksecondaryTechnology or IntegrationPlume Network is an ecosystem partner in the Polytrade RWA ecosystem, co-hosting the RWA Unwind event and providing RWA-focused blockchain infrastructure. CEO Chris Yin spoke at RWA Unwind events.
• UnikurasecondaryTechnology or IntegrationUnikura is an ecosystem partner providing tokenized collectibles and luxury goods on-chain, featured in Polytrade's partner ecosystem.
• Arcana NetworksecondaryTechnology or IntegrationArcana Network is an ecosystem partner in the Polytrade RWA ecosystem, providing infrastructure for decentralized storage and access management.
• CogitosecondaryTechnology or IntegrationCogito is an ecosystem partner providing tokenized structured credit products, featured in Polytrade's RWA ecosystem.
• CredefisecondaryTechnology or IntegrationCredefi is a partner providing NFT bonds (22% yield with real-world asset backing) listed on the Polytrade Marketplace. CEO Ivo Grigorov spoke at RWA Unwind events.
• Forbes Web3secondaryGTM or Marketing PartnerForbes Web3 has partnered with Polytrade to distribute rewards to Polytrade Loyalty Portal users, demonstrating GTM collaboration with a major media brand.
• CondosecondaryGTM or Marketing PartnerCondo has partnered with Polytrade to distribute rewards to Polytrade Loyalty Portal users, demonstrating ecosystem GTM collaboration.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Centrifuge: Centrifuge is a leading on-chain asset-backed finance protocol that tokenizes real-world assets (invoices, real estate, royalties) into NFTs for DeFi liquidity. It is one of PolyTrade's named ecosystem partners and a direct competitor in the RWA tokenization and marketplace aggregation space.
• Ondo Finance: Ondo Finance offers tokenized US Treasuries, yield products, and other institutional-grade RWA products across multiple chains. It is a PolyTrade ecosystem partner and the dominant player in the tokenized treasuries category that PolyTrade lists.
• Goldfinch: Goldfinch is a decentralized credit protocol that lends against real-world receivables, particularly in emerging markets. It is a PolyTrade ecosystem partner and a direct competitor in the on-chain real-world lending and structured credit category.
• Clearpool: Clearpool is a decentralized credit marketplace where institutional borrowers can obtain unsecured liquidity from lenders, with structured credit products integrated into the PolyTrade ecosystem. Direct competitor in tokenized private credit.
• Maple Finance: Maple Finance is an institutional crypto lending marketplace connecting lenders with institutional borrowers via on-chain credit pools. Direct competitor to PolyTrade's lending and structured credit offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Paxos: Paxos is a regulated blockchain infrastructure platform offering tokenization, custody, and stablecoin issuance for enterprises and financial institutions. CB Insights named Paxos alongside PolyTrade as a commodity tokenization outperformer. Broader incumbent competing in the same institutional RWA space.
• MakerDAO: MakerDAO is one of the largest DeFi protocols and a major holder/integrator of tokenized real-world assets via its RWA vaults (including treasury bills and real estate). Broad incumbent competing for the same institutional RWA capital pool.
• Matrixport: Matrixport is a crypto financial services platform offering lending, trading, and structured products for institutions and wealthy individuals. Listed as a PolyTrade ecosystem partner, it competes in institutional RWA structured products and yield-bearing offerings.

Emerging players

• Plume Network: Plume Network is a modular Layer 2 blockchain focused on real-world asset tokenization. It is a PolyTrade ecosystem partner and co-host of RWA Unwind events, representing a competing infrastructure layer for RWA issuance.

Others

• OpenSea: OpenSea is the dominant NFT marketplace and is integrated with PolyTrade in Discovery mode for collectible-style RWAs. While not a direct RWA lending/finance competitor, it is a comparable marketplace aggregator model relevant to PolyTrade's secondary liquidity and discovery thesis.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks2 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/polytrade_fin
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCKM9n9Q1_v8hiCvaGWw6-LA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/polytradefin
• Instagraminstagram.com/polytrade.finance
• Facebookfacebook.com/Polytrade.finance

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors20 records

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M&A

Investments

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