Real-world asset lending protocol Centrifuge has announced the completion of a $15 million Series A financing round.

The company plans to build an institutional-grade, decentralized finance lending market for RWAs, built on Coinbase's Base layer 2 and integrated with Coinbase Verification. 

"DeFi has always been about accessibility, transparency and interoperability, making markets more open, fair and decentralized, and we’re bringing these innovations to institutions in a compliant and safe way," Centrifuge co-founder Lucas Vogelsang said.

RWA lending market built on Base

According to a Wednesday press release, the integrations with Coinbase will allow institutions to quickly and safely access tokenized real-world assets.

"Centrifuge is a pioneer in real-world assets, and is …