PANews reported on January 22nd that, according to CoinDesk, Laser Digital, a crypto trading firm under Nomura Securities, has launched a tokenized Bitcoin yield fund. The fund aims to provide returns for long-term holders through strategies such as market-neutral arbitrage, lending, and options. Its goal is to achieve a net return exceeding 5% of Bitcoin's spot performance over a rolling 12-month period.

The fund will be natively tokenized through KAIO, a tokenization specialist, and custodied by Komainu, a joint venture custodian of Nomura, CoinShares, and Ledger. It is open only to select accredited investors in eligible jurisdictions (excluding the United States), with a minimum investment of $250,000 or the equivalent in Bitcoin.