Flint Launches a Vault on Lagoon, Bringing Real-World Yield to DeFi Users
London, London, June 9th, 2026, Chainwire
The vault makes real-world asset opportunities more globally accessible through DeFi infrastructure, starting with real estate-backed opportunities in developed European markets.
- Tokenized real-world assets have grown into a sector worth more than $25 billion, attracting participation from firms including BlackRock, Franklin Templeton and Apollo.
- Flint is packaging real-world opportunities into on-chain investment products on Lagoon’s ERC-7540 vault infrastructure.
- The vault’s initial allocations focus on real estate opportunities sourced through Lend.xyz in developed European markets, with a broader vision of expanding access to global real-world assets.
On June 08, 2026, Flint launched a new vault built on Lagoon’s ERC-7540 infrastructure. Alongside the launch, participants became eligible for additional earnings through Merkl-powered incentives while gaining access to institutional-grade real estate opportunities in developed markets through DeFi rails.
As token incentives shrink and market cycles mature, investors are searching for potential returns tied to something more durable than speculation alone. That search is helping drive one of on-chains fastest-growing sectors: tokenized real-world assets.
“Crypto has spent the last decade proving that financial infrastructure can live on-chain,” said Lucas Lareginie, founder of Lend.xyz. “The question now is what kinds of assets and cash flows can move through that infrastructure. We see real estate as one of the most important answers to that question.”
Real estate represents hundreds of trillions of dollars in global value, yet access has historically been constrained by geography, capital requirements, and administrative complexity. Yet for most people, accessing it has historically required large amounts of capital, geographic proximity, and significant paperwork.
Building the Rails for Real-World Assets
Access is only one side of the equation. Bringing real-world assets on-chain also requires infrastructure capable of managing investor flows, fund operations, and transparent reporting.
For Flint, that foundation comes from Lagoon, a protocol purpose-built for tokenized investment products. Rather than building custom infrastructure from scratch, Flint leverages Lagoon’s ERC-7540 vault framework to create a standardized structure for managing capital and allocating it into real-world asset opportunities.
“When you’re building around real-world assets, infrastructure becomes part of the product,” said Lucas. “You can’t simply take tooling designed for crypto-native liquidity and expect it to work seamlessly with assets that operate on different timelines and settlement cycles. We chose Lagoon because it was built specifically for tokenized investment products, allowing us to focus on sourcing opportunities and risk management rather than reinventing core infrastructure.”
Nadia Sergejuk,COO, Lagoon Finance, adds, “Tokenized investment products require infrastructure designed for more than simple asset transfers. As real-world assets continue moving on-chain, we need frameworks that support transparency, operational efficiency, and investor accessibility from day one. We’re excited to see Flint leveraging Lagoon powered ERC-7540 infrastructure to bring a broader range of real-world opportunities into DeFi.”
Alongside Lagoon, Flint’s launch is supported by Merkl, one of DeFi’s leading incentive distribution platforms. While the vault’s core proposition remains access to real-world asset opportunities, Merkl’s reward infrastructure provides an additional layer of incentives designed to support early participation and ecosystem growth.
“The next wave of DeFi growth is coming from real-world assets, but tokenizing an asset is not enough on its own. These products need distribution: a way to bring early participants and liquidity onchain and to route value to them transparently. That is the layer Merkl provides for issuers like Flint, and it is what turns a tokenized vault into a living, liquid market”, says Pablo Veyrat, Co-founder and CEO, Merkl.
Together, the two platforms provide the operational framework that allows Flint to focus on what it believes is the next frontier of on-chain finance: connecting DeFi capital with real-world sources of yield.
Flint’s launch reflects that broader trend, one where access to real-world opportunities is increasingly being delivered through blockchain infrastructure. The vault is now live on Lagoon, giving participants exposure to Flint’s initial real estate-focused strategy while the team works toward expanding access to a broader range of real-world assets over time.
About Flint
Flint is an on-chain vault designed to provide access to curated real-world asset opportunities through DeFi infrastructure. Built on Lagoon’s ERC-7540 framework, Flint enables users to access institutional-grade investment strategies through a single deposit while maintaining the transparency and accessibility of blockchain-based finance.
About Lend.xyz
Lend.xyz is an RWA platform focused on originating and structuring tokenized investment opportunities backed by real estate assets in developed markets. The platform connects real-world opportunities with blockchain infrastructure, helping expand access to newer asset classes.
About Lagoon
Lagoon is an ERC-7540-based infrastructure protocol for tokenized investment products. Lagoon provides the complete stack for onchain asset management, combining proven ERC-7540 vault technology with institutional-grade fund administration tooling. It enables any digital asset strategy to become a tokenized product: scalable, composable, and accessible to LPs.
About Merkl
Merkl is a decentralized incentives platform that enables protocols to distribute rewards efficiently across DeFi ecosystems. Its infrastructure helps align user participation, liquidity growth, and protocol adoption through transparent on-chain reward mechanisms.