Centrifuge is a protocol foundation firm based in Berlin, Germany that centrifuge is a protocol for tokenizing real-world assets and bringing them on-chain for institutional asset management. founded in 2017 by lucas vogelsang and martin quensel, it originated in berlin and now operates as a distributed organization. it provides infrastructure used by issuers such as anemoy, janus henderson and blocktower. in september 2025 centrifuge launched despxa, a tokenized version of the janus henderson anemoy s&p 500 index fund (spxa), on coinbase's base network, licensed by s&p dow jones indices. it uses a derwa framework that lets non-u.s. users hold and use tokenized real-world assets directly in defi applications, with mint and redeem at net asset value. total value locked surpassed 1 billion dollars in 2025. They serve clients in US, EU, non-US. Centrifuge is listed on The Token Playbook's vetted provider registry at thetokenplaybook.com/registry/centrifuge.