This story was republished from Medium.

This story was republished from Medium.

Today, Jia is thrilled to announce the official launch of our partnership with Huma Finance. Jia’s first on-chain credit pool, built on the Huma Protocol, is a massive first step towards connecting capital to people in need of financing across the world. 🌍 🌏 🌎

The funds will be used to acquire yield-generating NFTs and create language-specific educational content.

Francis Njoroge is a spice vendor in bustling Githurai Market in Kiambu, Kenya. Every day he sets out before sunrise to set up his stall where he sells customized spice blends for delicious dishes like pilau and biryani to local customers and nearby restaurants.

This article is part of a series spotlighting local partners providing valuable services in their communities, powered partly by Jia’s financing.

Announcing the first of a series of stories spotlighting local partners providing valuable services in their communities, powered partly by Jia’s financing.

While a lot of people in crypto seem to be focused on building a brand new financial system from scratch, this conversation focuses on how crypto rails can improve the traditional finance world. After nearly a decade at Citi, Kevin straddles both the TradFi and the DeFi world, and at BlockTower, he is working on bringing the multi-trillion dollar securitization market on-chain. We go deep into the weeds in this one, first getting into the nuts and bolts of how credit and securitization traditionally work, before diving into BlockTower’s approach to transform this entire process, moving it on chain, which will reduce friction, errors. and consequently fees.

PV01 announces their new platform with a novel approach to digitizing the bond market. Targeting both the traditional fixed income and digital asset markets, PV01 is designed to underwrite and tokenize bonds and operate as a dealer by providing liquidity in those securities, all on public blockchains. The result will be a more efficient way for issuers to raise capital and investors to purchase high-quality debt, providing broader access to investment opportunities through tokenization. PV01’s model provides better visibility into ownership using smart contracts and a frictionless method of transferring debt.