According to TechFlow, on October 7, CoinDesk reported that Anduro, a multi-chain layer 2 network incubated by Bitcoin mining company Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA), announced that it has cooperated with tokenization expert Vertalo to develop a real asset (RWA) tokenization platform called Avant. The platform's first pilot project will focus on the tokenization of whiskey barrels.

Jullian Duran, head of product at Anduro, said that Avant aims to bring a unique RWA solution to Bitcoin, rather than simply copying the existing model on Ethereum or Solana. He emphasized: "We see opportunities in traditional hard asset industries that Bitcoin holders can immediately identify with, such as American whiskey."

Marathon’s incubation of Anduro may be indicative of a trend: Mining companies are looking for new sources of transaction fee revenue to cope with the block reward halving every four years. In April this year, the Bitcoin block reward was reduced to 3.125 BTC. Duran explained: “As a public mining company with a stock price that is highly correlated to the price of Bitcoin, we need to find new ways to drive price increases and promote adoption.”