# Allo > RWA Onchain Infrastructure Allo is a real-world asset investment and trading platform. It lets qualified investors join private funding rounds through curated syndicates and gives traders onchain exposure to private and public equities. Allo is a real-world asset investment and trading platform that brings private-market deals and equity exposure onchain. Qualified investors join funding rounds for startups and token projects through syndicates led by professional funds and crypto operators. Traders can also take long or short positions on private companies and public equities through perpetual markets settled onchain. Investors complete a one-time accreditation and identity check, then follow syndicate leads and commit to rounds, with allocations, vesting, and distributions recorded onchain. The AlloX perpetual markets are cash-settled and margined in stablecoins, so traders gain price exposure without custody or delivery of the underlying asset. Fund managers can also create tokenized funds that mint shares as tokens on supported blockchains. Allo Syndicates is the flagship investment product, alongside the AlloX perpetual exchange and fund tokenization tools, with the RWA token used across the ecosystem. Allo is used by accredited investors, syndicate leads, fund managers, and traders seeking exposure to private and public markets. Its Bitcoin staking service has closed, with staked funds returned to users. - Type: Company - Sector: Finance - Status: Active - Founded: 2024-01-01 - Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/allo_xyz ## Products - [AlloX](https://thegrid.id/profiles/allo_xyz): AlloX is a decentralized perpetual exchange for real-world assets, giving traders long or short exposure to private companies and public equities. Markets are cash-settled and margined in stablecoins, with leverage on supported markets and no custody or delivery of the underlying asset. Profit and loss is settled onchain, where smart contracts enforce margin and liquidation rules. (Decentralised Exchange, Live, Main Product) - [Allo RWA Platform](https://thegrid.id/profiles/allo_xyz): Allo RWA Platform is a tokenization service that lets fund managers create investment funds and issue fund shares as tokens. Investors contribute supported crypto assets to a fund, and once it reaches its target the manager mints tokens representing fund ownership on supported blockchains. The tokens are distributed to investors, who can hold or trade them. (RWA Tokenisation Platform, Live) - [AlloBTC](https://thegrid.id/profiles/allo_xyz): AlloBTC was a Bitcoin liquid staking service that let users stake their holdings through the Babylon protocol and receive the AlloBTC liquid staking token. Holders kept a liquid position while earning staking rewards and could use AlloBTC in DeFi applications. The service has been closed, and staked amounts and earned interest were refunded to users' wallets. (Liquid Staking, Inactive/Support Ended) - [Allo Syndicates](https://thegrid.id/profiles/allo_xyz): Allo Syndicates is a private-market investment platform where qualified investors join funding rounds for startups and token projects. Investors complete a one-time accreditation and identity check, then follow syndicates led by professional funds and crypto operators and commit to their rounds. Allocations, vesting schedules, and distributions settle onchain and are tracked in one dashboard. (Launch Pad, Early access) ## Assets - [Allo (RWA)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/allo_xyz): RWA is the governance and utility token of the Allo ecosystem. It is used to vote on protocol decisions, stake for fee distribution, and earn ecosystem participation incentives. Staking RWA entitles holders to a share of fees generated across the protocol, aligning token holder incentives with platform activity. (Utility) - [AlloBTC (AlloBTC)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/allo_xyz): AlloBTC was the liquid staking token minted when users staked Bitcoin through Allo's Babylon staking service. It represented staked BTC and let holders keep liquidity while earning staking rewards. The staking service has closed, and staked amounts were refunded to users. (Liquid Staking Tokens (LSTs)) ## Links - [Main](https://allo.xyz) - [Blog](https://allo.xyz/blog) - [Documentation](https://docs.allo.xyz) - [Media Kit/branding](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d8aGwxDgLsi_pSgymmeEXTKM2meIxTeY/view) - [Terms of Service](https://allo.xyz/terms) - [Privacy policy](https://allo.xyz/privacy-policy) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/alloxyz) - [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/allo) - [Telegram](https://t.me/allo_xyz) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/allo_xyz) - [Twitter / X](https://x.com/allo_xyz) - [Substack](https://alloxyz.substack.com) ## Legal This data is provided under two licensing models. Model 1 - open data. The open data core is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL) — a copyleft/share-alike license allowing free use, modification, and sharing for any purpose. Attribution is required: include "Powered by The Grid" linking to https://thegrid.id wherever the data is used. 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