Whinfell will provide up to $5 billion in custom assets for Plume, with initial offerings including Carlyle, Pimco, and Simplify ETFs from Nest's flagship vault

[New York, January 22] – Plume Network, the first full-stack L1 blockchain purpose-built for RWAfi (real-world asset finance), today announced a strategic partnership with Whinfell Partners LLC (“Whinfell”) to bring a suite of institutional-grade credit instruments and diversified yield-generating assets into its ecosystem. Through Plume’s flagship staking protocol Nest, Whinfell will offer premium assets and strategies to Plume’s growing user base, with initial offerings including ETFs from Carlyle, Pimco, and Simplify—available exclusively to early users in Nest’s RWA vaults.

Whinfell specializes in delivering sophisticated financial products previously inaccessible to many, while enhancing transparency and efficiency. This collaboration will launch multiple structured credit instruments designed to deliver stable returns, all compliant with rigorous regulatory and audit standards.

“Partnering with Plume Network marks a significant step toward democratizing access to institutional-grade financial products,” said Wes Thornburgh, Partner at Whinfell. “Our goal is to provide Nest users with a secure and efficient way to access yield-generating assets.”

Nest vaults on Plume Network will feature curated public and private credit strategies selected by Whinfell, available exclusively to Plume users. Whinfell partners Wes and Clark Thornburgh leverage decades of experience from firms such as AXA Investment Management and JPMorgan, utilizing their proprietary $5 billion asset platform to build tailored on-chain products and deliver high-quality investment opportunities.

“We’re accustomed to playing pivotal roles in the industry, and one of our most unique strategies focuses on serving institutional investors holding over $100 million in Bitcoin,” said Clark Thornburgh, Partner at Whinfell, noting the firm’s ability to deliver consistent returns for its high-net-worth clients.

The deployment of these vaults—and several others—is enabled through Whinfell’s collaboration with Plural, a tokenization protocol and brokerage platform operating on Plume’s infrastructure.

“Plural brings renewable energy investments on-chain,” said Adam Silver, CEO and Co-Founder of Plural. “But beneath the surface, we have a robust stack of compliance, tokenization, and distribution management technologies essential for bringing diverse real-world assets onto the blockchain. Plume will drive trillions of dollars into the RWA space and boost overall crypto market TVL—we’re thrilled to be Plume’s preferred tokenization partner.”

Plume’s RWAfi ecosystem will play a critical role in the successful launch and management of Whinfell’s tokenized products, providing the infrastructure needed to bring them into the blockchain market. This partnership not only enhances user experience but also sets a new benchmark for the convergence of traditional finance and blockchain innovation.

About Whinfell

Whinfell Partners LLC (“Whinfell”) is an asset management and advisory firm focused on digital assets, digital yield, and on-chain real-world assets (RWA). Its professional team brings an average of over 25 years of institutional finance experience from world-class institutions including Allstate, AXA, Jefferies, JP Morgan, Lazard, and MetLife. Whinfell specializes in credit management, risk management, and financing for environmental projects—including carbon credits and tax incentives. By partnering with family offices and institutional clients, Whinfell offers a wide range of services from portfolio design to illiquid asset monetization and custom analytics.

About Plural

Plural brings the clean energy transition on-chain, owning and operating Plural Securities, a FINRA-member broker-dealer and SEC-registered transfer agent. Through Plural, renewable energy companies can tokenize their assets and conduct compliant on-chain issuances. In the coming months, Plural will offer white-label tokenization and compliance services to issuers on Plume, while launching its own assets on the network. Together, Plural and Plume will unlock billions of dollars in investment opportunities across U.S. energy projects, sustainable Bitcoin mining, and DePIN energy networks for global investors.

About Nest

Nest is Plume’s flagship staking protocol, enabling users to earn institutional-grade yields from real-world assets. This permissionless protocol allows fund managers and issuers to create structured products while giving users access to traditionally restricted assets and investment opportunities. The protocol has been audited by Ottersec and SlowMist, with risk assessments conducted by Cicada Partners. Leveraging Plume’s infrastructure, Nest aims to democratize access to institutional yields.

About Plume Network

Plume Network is the first full-stack L1 blockchain and ecosystem built specifically for RWAfi, driving rapid adoption and demand-driven integration of real-world assets. Over 180 projects are already building on its network. Plume provides a composable, EVM-compatible environment for importing and managing diverse real-world assets. With an end-to-end tokenization engine and a network of financial infrastructure partners, Plume streamlines the asset onboarding process and enables seamless integration of RWAs into DeFi, allowing anyone to tokenize real-world assets, distribute them globally, and make them valuable to native crypto users.

For more information, visit https://plumenetwork.xyz/ or contact [email protected].