Centrifuge has partnered with Fission to provide 24/7 USDC liquidity for four tokenized institutional funds, giving eligible holders a faster route out of positions whose underlying assets can take days or even months to redeem. The August 25 rollout covers HYB, ACRDX, JAAA and JTRSY. Fission effectively adds an independent liquidity layer between on-chain investors and the slower settlement schedules of traditional fund structures. Centrifuge’s official announcement
Rather than changing how the underlying funds settle, Fission supplies USDC immediately through its interface and waits for settlement with the fund to complete on its normal timetable. HYB can require T+3 to T+5 for standard redemptions, while ACRDX follows a quarterly liquidity schedule; JAAA and JTRSY operate on shorter cycles. The distinction is important because the new service accelerates access to liquidity without converting the underlying traditional assets themselves into instant-settlement instruments.
Fission Separates Token Liquidity From Fund Redemption Cycles
The four products span different segments of fixed income. HYB provides tokenized access to New York Life Investment Management’s U.S. high-yield strategy, ACRDX tracks exposure to Apollo’s diversified credit strategy, JAAA represents an AAA-rated CLO strategy and JTRSY focuses on short-duration U.S. Treasuries. The common challenge is that on-chain markets operate continuously while the investment vehicles underneath the tokens retain conventional redemption processes.
That liquidity mismatch is particularly visible in private and alternative credit. The underlying Apollo Diversified Credit Fund accessed through ACRDX is described in an official Apollo prospectus as a continuously offered interval fund investing across corporate direct lending, asset-backed lending, performing credit and other strategies. The prospectus also warns investors about the fund’s limited liquidity. Fission’s role is therefore to provide a separate exit path around the tokenized exposure, not to rewrite the liquidity terms of Apollo’s underlying fund.
JAAA offers a different profile. Janus Henderson’s official fund page describes the underlying AAA CLO strategy as focused on high-quality collateralized loan obligations, while Centrifuge says the tokenized version is among the products receiving instant USDC support. Bringing a faster liquidity layer to both Treasury and credit strategies broadens the model beyond a single asset class.
Faster Exits Could Expand On-Chain Utility
Centrifuge argues that separating token liquidity from fund settlement can make institutional assets easier to use in lending markets, collateral systems, stablecoin reserves and treasury strategies. A holder no longer has to wait for the underlying redemption cycle before regaining on-chain USDC liquidity, provided Fission continues to support the asset and liquidity remains available.
The rollout also builds on Centrifuge’s existing scale. The protocol reported approximately $1.6 billion in total value locked during the second quarter of 2026, while JTRSY and JAAA have become two of its largest tokenized products. That figure represents assets on Centrifuge rather than the combined assets under management of the traditional funds behind the four tokens.
The key test is whether the bridge can provide dependable liquidity across changing market conditions. Instant USDC access can reduce settlement friction, but it does not eliminate the liquidity, credit or market risks embedded in the underlying investments or in the liquidity provider itself. For Centrifuge, the integration marks another step toward making traditionally slower institutional assets operate more effectively inside always-on blockchain markets.
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