UAE conglomerate DAMAC Group, with investments in property development, hospitality, and data centres, has announced plans to tokenize $1 billion worth of its assets for financing purposes in early 2025. The tokenization will be done in collaboration with UAE-based MANTRA, a layer 1 blockchain platform for tokenizing real-world assets.
As per the press release, the collaboration between MANTRA and the DAMAC Group will enable token-based financing for a diverse range of assets within the group’s extensive portfolio of companies, with a minimum value of US$1 billion.
The tokenized assets will be exclusively on the MANTRA Chain in an effort to bring transparency, security and accessibility to DAMAC Group assets.
“This partnership with DAMAC Group is an endorsement for the RWA industry. We’re thrilled to partner with such a prestigious group of leaders that share our ambitions and see the incredible opportunities of bringing traditional financing opportunities onchain,” said John Patrick Mullin, CEO of MANTRA.
Amira Sajwani, Managing Director of Sales & Development at DAMAC, said, ” Partnering with MANTRA is a natural extension of our commitment to innovation and forward-thinking solutions. Tokenizing our assets will provide investors with a secure, transparent, and convenient way to access a wide range of investment opportunities.”
DAMAC Group invests $20 billion in USA data centers
This comes days after DAMAC Group announced it would invest $20 billion in data centres across the USA.
On Tuesday, at his Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump announced a $20 billion deal with Damac Group’s Hussain Sajwani to build state-of-the-art AI data centres across America.
Trump wasted no time hyping up the announcement. The project’s first phase targets eight states: Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, and Indiana. According to Trump, these AI-powered data hubs will put America at the top of the global tech ladder.
Mantra Chain partners with MAG Group for $500 million asset tokenization
This is not MANTRA’s first partnership for tokenization. In July 2024, MANTRA and UAE-based MAG Group Holding announced plans to tokenize $500 million worth of real estate assets. MAG Group Holding is a multinational consolidation of companies with a portfolio that includes real estate, contracting and engineering, industrial and commercial trading, freight services, and hospitality.
UAE’s first AI-enabled digital bank, Zand, and MANTRA also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to streamline the process of real-world asset tokenization, including the identification, listing, and distribution of RWAs.
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