Centrifuge today announced its collaboration with S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), the world’s leading index provider, to bring the S&P 500 Index onchain for the first time. This milestone marks the upcoming launch of both a first-of-its-kind proof-of-index infrastructure for tokenized index products, and the debut of the first tokenized S&P 500 Index fund, powered by S&P DJI index data and built on Centrifuge’s blockchain-native platform.
The collaboration between Centrifuge and S&P DJI will help enable S&P DJI-licensed asset managers in the future to launch programmable, compliant index-tracking funds using smart contracts and S&P DJI’s official daily index files. This marks one of the first times S&P DJI is licensing its indices directly to providers of onchain financial solutions, laying the foundation for programmable asset management and seamless integration with both DeFi and institutional capital markets.
“Having spent most of my career in the ETF industry, I’ve seen firsthand how index-based products transformed market access. What we’re doing now, bringing index data and fund infrastructure onchain, is the next logical leap. It’s about taking everything we learned in traditional markets and reimagining it with programmability, transparency, and global, 24/7 accessibility. This collaboration with S&P DJI marks a foundational step toward building a capital markets system that’s faster, more open, and far more efficient.”
Anil Sood, Chief Strategy and Growth Officer at Centrifuge.
The first license S&P DJI has granted for a fund to be built on this infrastructure will be a tokenized S&P 500 Index fund, with Anemoy Capital licensed as the asset manager to build the Janus Henderson Anemoy S&P 500 Index Fund Segregated Portfolio. Janus’s role ensures the product is executed with the fiduciary discipline and regulatory alignment required by institutions, while the index exposure and smart contract infrastructure are powered by S&P DJI index data and Centrifuge’s proof-of-index infrastructure.
“Our first tokenized fund with Centrifuge, JTRSY, exceeded all expectations, scaling to over $500 million in AUM within weeks. Our second tokenized fund strategy, JAAA, was the fastest tokenized fund to reach $1 billion in AUM. We’re now thrilled to take the next step with Centrifuge by launching SPXthe Tokenized S&P 500 Index fund. This isn’t just another product, it’s a blueprint for how institutional finance can thrive onchain. Together, we’re setting a new standard for what’s possible when best-in-class asset management meets market-leading infrastructure.”
Nick Cherney, Head of Innovation at Janus Henderson.
The 500™ sits at the center of a global trading ecosystem, with over $1 trillion traded daily in linked exposures across ETFs, derivatives, and structured products. Bringing it onchain enables a real-time, programmable version of the index in the future that investors could use 24/7 for buying, holding, trading, collateralization, and automated portfolio strategies. This opens the door for DAOs, wealth platforms, and institutions to license S&P DJI index data and receive seamless access to the most trusted benchmark in capital markets.
“We are thrilled to collaborate with Centrifuge to bring the flagship S&P 500 Index onchain. S&P Dow Jones Indices is committed to driving innovation that expands access, enhances transparency and meets the needs of market participants across both the traditional and decentralized finance landscapes. Today is the start of an exciting chapter that extends The 500™ into new use cases and users across the globe.”
Cameron Drinkwater, Chief Product Officer at S&P Dow Jones Indices.
The tokenized S&P 500 fund will be unveiled at the Centrifuge RWA Summit in Cannes on July 1st, alongside the broader Proof-of-Index Infrastructure. This signals a new era in finance where traditional benchmarks meet decentralized infrastructure, making institutional-grade exposure available globally with composability, transparency, and real-time access by design.
According to Boston Consulting Group, the onchain economy is projected to reach $16 trillion by 2030, this collaboration is more than timely, it’s transformative. Centrifuge and S&P DJI are laying the groundwork for a new era of financial infrastructure, setting the standard for how institutional-grade index products will be licensed, built, accessed, and scaled onchain in the decades ahead.
Centrifuge empowers asset managers to tokenize, manage, and distribute their funds onchain, while providing investors access to a diversified portfolio of high-quality tokenized assets. Founded in 2017 and backed by leading VCs, Centrifuge has been a driving force in the institutional adoption of tokenized assets and has championed industry initiatives including the Tokenized Asset Coalition, the Real-World Asset Summit, and the creation of widely recognized token standards.
Anemoy is a web3 native asset manager powered by Centrifuge. Anemoy was established with a clear mission: to advance Centrifuge's efforts in developing RWA products tailored specifically for bridging the TradFi and DeFi worlds.
The S&P 500 Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC or its affiliates (“S&P DJI), and has been licensed for use by Anemoy Capital Ltd. (“Anemoy”) and k-f dev AG (“Centrifuge”). S&P®, S&P 500®, SPX®, SPY®, US 500™, The 500™, iBoxx®, iTraxx® and CDX® are trademarks of S&P Global, Inc. or its affiliates (“S&P”); Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (“Dow Jones”); and these trademarks have been licensed for use by S&P DJI and sublicensed for certain purposes by Anemoy and Centrifuge. Funds based on the S&P 500 are not sponsored or sold by S&P DJI, Dow Jones, S&P, their respective affiliates and none of such parties make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in such products nor do they have any liability for any errors, omissions, or interruptions of the S&P 500 Index.
Disclaimers: This is not an offer of securities. Securities in the fund will not be offered or sold in the United States or any other territory where the offer may be unlawful. Investing involves risk.
