S&P Dow Jones Indices, a division of S&P Global that tracks more than 125,000 benchmarks used across global investment markets, has joined forces with Kaiko, a digital assets data infrastructure firm, to bring the iBoxx US Treasuries Index to the Canton Network, making it the first major financial benchmark issued as a native blockchain asset.
The index is not a tradeable or investable instrument. It is issued as a non-fungible token that embeds data distribution, licensing rights, and permissioning directly into its structure, according to the companies.
While not investable, it enables institutional users authorized by S&P DJI to access end-of-day and intraday data, corporate actions, and automated compliance features through a single token.
The system also introduces lifecycle controls, usage tracking, and streamlined reporting, reducing operational friction. This move aligns with the growing role of US Treasuries as core collateral in blockchain-based finance. It signals a broader shift toward a programmable, blockchain-native infrastructure for institutional financial markets
Explaining the decision to tokenize the iBoxx US Treasuries Index, Cameron Drinkwater, Chief Product & Operations Officer at S&P Dow Jones Indices, highlighted that the rising role of US Treasuries as onchain collateral is driving demand for high-quality index data that is directly accessible on blockchain networks.
“This collaboration with Kaiko allows us to bring the iBoxx US Treasuries Index onchain with the same intellectual property protections and licensing standards our clients depend on in traditional markets while unlocking new efficiencies and expanded revenue opportunities,” Drinkwater stated.
With the iBoxx available natively on-chain, asset managers, exchanges, and decentralized finance protocols can reference an institutional-grade benchmark without the cumbersome off-chain integrations that previously characterized such efforts, as noted by Kaiko CEO Ambre Soubiran.
“With S&P Dow Jones Indices, Kaiko has built something the market has not seen before: a financial benchmark tokenized as a programmable, permissioned data asset with compliance and licensing built in,” Soubiran stated. “This fundamentally changes the economics of building index-linked financial products on distributed ledger networks.”
S&P DJI is expanding its indices into digital-native environments, making them programmable, onchain, and usable in real-time trading.
Earlier this month, the team announced its partnership with Trade[XYZ] to launch the S&P 500 as a perpetual contract on Hyperliquid.