Centrifuge and Anemoy today announced the launch of the Janus Henderson Anemoy S&P 500® Fund (SPXA), the first ever tokenized Index Fund licensed by Dow Jones Indices (“S&P DJI”), the world’s leading index provider. The S&P 500 is the world’s most recognized equity benchmark, representing roughly 80% of U.S. market capitalization. Tokenizing the Index makes it available 24/7, with transparent holdings and seamless integration into decentralized finance.
The S&P 500 Index Fund is now live exclusively on Base, an onchain stack incubated by Coinbase that makes building, earning, and owning simple and accessible. As the exclusive multichain provider, Wormhole will enable seamless movement of SPXA across supported chains. Anemoy serves as the investment manager with Janus Henderson as sub-investment manager. FalconX has joined as the anchor investor.
“Launching SPXA with Centrifuge is a natural progression of our blockchain strategy, bringing the world’s most important equity index to a new generation of investors. This is the start of a broader effort to scale our tokenization capabilities and expand secure, efficient access to global markets.”
Nick Cherney, Head of Innovation at Janus Henderson
Since 2017, Centrifuge has pioneered bringing assets like private credit and AAA-rated fixed income onchain. With SPXA, the company extends that leadership into equities, positioning itself as the technology partner for the multi-trillion-dollar index industry. This builds on the rapid growth of Janus Henderson’s JTRSY and JAAA strategies and complements Apollo’s ACRDX, creating an ecosystem of tokenized treasuries, fixed income, private credit, and now equities.
“Our collaboration with Centrifuge enables investors to gain direct exposure to the S&P 500 Index within a blockchain ecosystem that supports liquidity, transparency and interoperability. Blockchain is a transformative opportunity for S&P DJI, and Centrifuge is a collaborator with a shared vision to build the future of index-linked financial products.” Cameron Drinkwater, Chief Product Officer at S&P Dow Jones Indices
By combining Janus Henderson’s expertise in asset management, S&P DJI’s trusted benchmarks, and Centrifuge’s tokenization and Proof-of-Index technology, SPXA showcases how onchain finance is evolving from single assets to the index products that define global markets.
“The benchmarks of traditional finance still shape the global economy, and there’s no index more important than the S&P 500. Indices are the best way to bring stocks onchain: they’re simple, collateral-ready, and unlock liquidity in ways individual securities can’t. SPXA is the next step in making every asset investable onchain, accessible to investors worldwide, around the clock." Bhaji Illuminati, CEO of Centrifuge
The S&P 500 has played a central role in the evolution of many financial innovations. In 2025, with Centrifuge, Janus Henderson, and S&P Dow Jones Indices, that continues with the world’s first tokenized S&P 500 Index Fund.
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