Plume Lands Bermuda License as First Regulated Onchain Vault Manager!

Plume has secured a digital asset license from Bermuda, positioning itself as what it claims is the first regulated onchain vault manager. The milestone marks a significant step in bringing institutional-grade compliance infrastructure to onchain real-world asset (RWA) management.

Bermuda's Digital Asset Business Act framework is one of the more established regulatory regimes in the offshore financial world, and a license under it carries meaningful weight with institutional counterparties. For Plume, which has been building RWA-native blockchain infrastructure, the regulatory clearance opens the door to custody and vault operations that traditional finance participants can engage with under a recognized legal structure.

The move reflects a broader pattern: RWA protocols are racing to pair onchain efficiency with the compliance wrappers that institutional capital requires before…