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MIAMI and NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2026
Securitize has launched HINC, a tokenized high-income fund subadvised by $613 billion asset manager Neuberger, putting a strategy built around high-yield bonds, collateralized loan obligations and leveraged loans on Avalanche, Ethereum, Solana and Sui as institutional tokenization broadens beyond cash-like products.
The Aug. 18 launch announcement makes Neuberger’s first engagement as subadvisor to a tokenized fund. Securitize Capital is HINC’s investment adviser, while Securitize Markets offers interests in the fund to investors who meet its eligibility, onboarding and compliance requirements.
Bitcoin traded near $64,454 on Aug. 19, about 1.1% below its $65,185 reading a month earlier, according to CoinGecko data. Ether was near $1,923, up about 1.3% over 24 hours, while the Crypto Fear & Greed Index read 46, or Fear. HINC itself launched across four chains, and Securitize said it had more than $5 billion in tokenized assets under management as of July.
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BTCSecuritize Chief Executive Carlos Domingo said the launch brings Neuberger’s established fixed-income capabilities to public blockchains. Neuberger’s Anil Abraham said the firm was extending its actively managed approach to qualified investors seeking onchain access, according to the joint release.
Neuberger Takes Its First Tokenized Fund Role
HINC is not a general-purpose coin or a retail savings account. It is a tokenized fund structure aimed at eligible accredited investors and qualified purchasers, with KYC and AML checks plus jurisdictional and securities-law limits, Securitize said.
The underlying strategy is also materially different from a tokenized Treasury or money-market product. HINC will invest primarily in high-yield bonds and may hold CLOs and leveraged loans, exposures that can offer more income but carry greater credit, interest-rate and liquidity risk than investment-grade debt.
Neuberger said its fixed-income platform oversees more than $230 billion, while the firm manages about $613 billion across equities, fixed income, private markets, real estate and hedge funds. Those numbers give the announcement a clear institutional hook: this is a large asset manager supplying portfolio expertise, while Securitize supplies the regulated issuance, transfer and administration layer.
The companies did not disclose an initial fund size, yield target, subscriptions, fees or secondary-market liquidity. HINC’s product page and confidential offering documents, rather than a public token listing, are the relevant materials for eligible prospective investors.
HINC Launches Across Avalanche, Ethereum, Solana and Sui
The four-chain rollout is the concrete technical element of the launch. Securitize said eligible investors can access the same fund through Avalanche, Ethereum, Solana and Sui, instead of confining ownership records and transfer activity to one network.
That is a distribution decision, not proof that the fund is freely transferable across all crypto venues. Securitize’s release says the offering remains subject to investor checks and securities-law restrictions, and it warns of custody, smart-contract, network and cybersecurity risks alongside the portfolio risks.
The model resembles the institutional direction already visible in tokenized cash products. BlackRock’s BUIDL expansion into a whitelisted UniswapX flow showed how regulated fund shares can connect to onchain liquidity while retaining access controls. HINC moves the product mix toward lower-rated corporate credit and loans, where valuation, liquidity and suitability require more care.
Securitize’s scale also helps explain the chain choice. In its second-quarter results, the company described its public-market listing and tokenized-asset infrastructure as platforms for further fund expansion. The question is whether multi-chain issuance results in meaningful investor distribution rather than four separate technical endpoints.
Tokenized High-Yield Credit Raises the Risk Test
Tokenization can streamline records, settlement and investor servicing, but it does not change the economics of a high-yield bond or a leveraged loan. HINC’s own risk disclosure says investors can lose some or all of their capital and should be able to bear the economic risk for an indefinite period.
That distinction matters as the RWA category expands. Tokenized stocks passing the $1.5 billion mark demonstrated growing appetite for blockchain-based financial wrappers, while JPMorgan’s Ethereum money-market fund illustrated the more conservative cash-management end of the market. HINC sits between those examples: institutional-grade fund plumbing paired with a riskier, income-oriented portfolio.
For Securitize, a successful HINC rollout would show that its regulated stack can support more than tokenized Treasuries and stock representations. For Neuberger, it tests whether a long-established credit process can reach qualified investors through onchain rails without loosening the controls that conventional funds use.
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Aug. 19, 2026The next useful signals are practical rather than promotional: initial assets, eligible investor uptake, supported custody paths, redemptions and whether the four network versions develop usable liquidity. The companies have not disclosed those figures, and the HINC launch does not by itself make high-yield credit less sensitive to defaults, rate moves or liquidity shocks.
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Primary sources and further reading
| Source | Title |
|---|---|
| | Securitize and Neuberger: HINC launch release |
| | Securitize: HINC product information |
| | Securitize: Q2 2026 results |
| | CoinGecko: Bitcoin price |
| | Alternative.me: Crypto Fear and Greed Index |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Neuberger Securitize High Income Tokenized Fund?
HINC is a tokenized fixed-income fund advised by Securitize Capital and subadvised by Neuberger. It targets high-yield bonds, collateralized loan obligations and leveraged loans.
Who can invest in HINC?
Securitize said HINC is available to eligible accredited investors and qualified purchasers after onboarding, KYC and AML checks, and other jurisdictional and securities-law requirements.
Which blockchains support HINC?
The launch release identifies Avalanche, Ethereum, Solana and Sui as the public blockchain networks supporting HINC.
Is HINC a stablecoin or a crypto token?
No. HINC represents interests in a regulated tokenized fund with a high-yield credit strategy. It is not described as a dollar-pegged stablecoin or a freely available crypto token.
What risks does HINC carry?
Securitize said the fund carries credit, interest-rate, liquidity and market risk from high-yield and leveraged-credit assets, plus risks related to custody, smart contracts, network operations and cybersecurity.