On July 1, Centrifuge announced a collaboration with S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) to bring the S&P 500 Index onchain for the first time.
The announcement also revealed the upcoming launch of a first-of-its-kind proof-of-index infrastructure to support programmable, tokenized index products. The first fund licensed to be built on this infrastructure—the Janus Henderson Anemoy S&P 500 Index Fund Segregated Portfolio—will offer tokenized exposure to the S&P 500.
This collaboration marks a significant step in bridging traditional financial benchmarks with programmable onchain systems, offering new opportunities for compliant, transparent index-tracking products across decentralized and institutional markets.
A New Model for Programmable Index Funds
The collaboration will help enable S&P DJI-licensed asset managers to launch programmable, compliant index-tracking funds using smart contracts and S&P DJI’s official daily index files. It also introduces a new category of tokenized financial products that combine trusted real-world index data with onchain execution.
This marks one of the first times S&P DJI has licensed its indices directly to providers of onchain financial solutions, laying the foundation for seamless integration between capital markets infrastructure and decentralized finance systems.
Turning Index Data Into Infrastructure
Centrifuge’s upcoming proof-of-index infrastructure will leverage S&P DJI’s official daily index files to create verifiable, onchain representations of index data. By tying licensed index data to smart contract logic, the system aims to enable programmable fund behavior, real-time auditability, and automated rebalancing—features that traditional index funds cannot natively support.
Anil Sood, Chief Strategy and Growth Officer at Centrifuge, commented on the announcement:
“What we’re doing now, bringing index data and fund infrastructure onchain, is the next logical leap... It’s about taking everything we learned in traditional markets and reimagining it with programmability, transparency, and global, 24/7 accessibility.”
Launching the First Tokenized S&P 500 Index Fund
The first license granted under this model supports the Janus Henderson Anemoy S&P 500 Index Fund Segregated Portfolio. The fund will be managed by Anemoy Capital under Index license from S&P DJI, with Janus Henderson providing the fiduciary oversight and institutional alignment required by professional investors.
Centrifuge powers the infrastructure behind the fund, enabling onchain execution tied directly to the S&P 500 Index via licensed data feeds. This blueprint creates a new standard for index-based financial products that combine institutional-grade rigor with the transparency and composability of decentralized networks.
Previous tokenized strategies on Centrifuge infrastructure, such as JTRSY and JAAA, scaled rapidly, reaching over $500 million and $1 billion in assets under management, respectively.
The S&P 500 Index, Available 24/7
The S&P 500 Index sits at the center of global financial markets, with over $1 trillion traded daily in related exposures across ETFs, derivatives, and structured products. Bringing this benchmark onchain lays the groundwork for programmable trading strategies, collateralization, and real-time asset management to be available globally, around the clock.
The tokenized S&P 500 Index fund and Centrifuge’s proof-of-index infrastructure were officially unveiled at the Centrifuge RWA Summit in Cannes on July 1, 2025. As the onchain economy accelerates toward broader institutional adoption, this collaboration sets a foundational precedent for how licensed index products can scale in decentralized systems.
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