What Is Plume Network? RWAfi, PLUME and Asset Tokens

Plume is an EVM-compatible public blockchain ecosystem focused on real-world asset finance, often called RWAfi. It aims to connect tokenized assets with applications for activities such as lending and trading. Plume announced its public Genesis launch on June 5, 2025; that is a historical launch date, not a new launch announcement.

What does RWAfi mean?

RWAfi combines real-world asset tokenization with decentralized-finance applications. Issuing a token is one step; allowing eligible users to transfer it or use it in an application is another.

Plume provides a network on which these activities can take place. The availability of an application does not establish that every asset is suitable or eligible for every use. For the underlying process, read how asset tokenization works.

Plume, PLUME and asset tokens are different

Term	What it refers to	What it does not establish
Plume Network	The blockchain environment hosting transactions and applications.	The credit quality of a product using it.
PLUME	The native token used to pay network gas fees.	A share in every asset issued on the network.
Individual asset token	A token associated with a particular product or claim.	Automatic direct ownership of a physical asset or unrestricted redemption.

Plume’s developer documentation specifies that gas fees are paid in PLUME rather than ETH. Paying for a transaction and investing in an underlying financial product are separate actions.

What are Arc and Nexus?

Plume describes Arc as tooling for creating, onboarding and managing assets, including associated compliance and data workflows. Nexus brings offchain data into the onchain environment.

These components serve different needs: representing a product and supplying information about it. Their presence does not remove the need to assess who supplies the data, which rules apply and what the token’s documentation promises.

How does Plume compare with Centrifuge?

They describe different parts of the infrastructure stack. Plume focuses on a blockchain ecosystem and applications for RWAfi. Centrifuge provides asset-management infrastructure organized around pools, share classes and vaults. An individual issuer or manager remains responsible for the terms of its own financial product.

For a map of these roles, see RWA infrastructure explained.

Can anyone buy and redeem assets on Plume?

Do not infer eligibility from the network alone. Check each offering’s access restrictions, legal claim, custody arrangements and redemption process. Public blockchain transactions do not make every financial product universally available.

A purpose-built RWA ecosystem still depends on issuer quality, legal enforceability, liquidity and application security. Network activity does not establish the quality of an underlying investment, and an asset token’s market liquidity can differ from its redemption terms. This profile is an explanation of the ecosystem, not an investment recommendation.

Primary sources

• Plume — Overview
• Plume — Architecture
• Plume — Gas and fees
• Plume — Genesis