AstralBeam Launches on Casper, Links RWAs on Robinhood Chain, Base, Ethereum and Polygon, toward T-REX Interoperability

Cross-chain bridge built by MAKE Group enters public testnet following six months of operation and multi-round Halborn security audit; mainnet launch to follow

SHERIDAN, WY, UNITED STATES, September 8, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Tokenized real-world assets are no longer a thesis. More than $32 billion in assets have been tokenized under ERC-3643, the compliance standard adopted by financial institutions. Apex Group, which services $3.5 trillion in assets, has committed to bringing $100 billion in tokenized assets to the T-REX Ledger by 2027. Tokenized stocks trade around the clock on Robinhood Chain. The assets are here. What has been missing is a safe way to move them between networks without stripping away the compliance rules they were issued witToday MAKE Group announced AstralBeam, a cross-chain bridge launching on Casper that connects real-world assets across Robinhood Chain, Base, Ethereum and Polygon, and incorporates a cross-chain messaging layer designed to support ERC-7786, the interoperability standard with which T-REX Network is also aligning, creating a standards-based path for future interoperability between Casper and the T-REX ecosystem.

Moving assets is easy. Moving compliant assets is the hard part.

Regulated tokenized securities carry rules: who may hold them, in which jurisdictions, under what conditions. T-REX Ledger, part of the T-REX network, is designed to act as a shared compliance reference layer: connected blockchains settle transactions independently while relying on it for eligibility, investor registries and transfer rules.

AstralBeam positions Casper to participate in this type of cross-chain architecture. As a token bridge, it moves assets between Casper, Robinhood Chain, Base, Ethereum and Polygon: tokenized equities such as Netflix, SpaceX and Amazon, along with tokenized gold and silver, can leave a brokerage environment and be put to work in Casper DeFi as collateral or in RWA vaults. AstralBeam is also incorporating a cross-chain messaging layer aligned with ERC-7786, the cross-chain messaging standard with which T-REX is aligning its interoperability architecture. By supporting the same interoperability interface, AstralBeam can significantly simplify future connectivity between Casper and T-REX, including the potential distribution of regulated assets through T-REX Lite deployments on Casper.

"Interoperability between regulated asset networks will increasingly depend on open standards rather than bespoke integrations. Casper has been an active supporter of ERC-3643 and of the broader vision behind T-REX, so we are very pleased to see MAKE aligning AstralBeam with ERC-7786, the same interoperability standard T-REX is adopting. This creates a strong technical foundation for future interoperability and makes potential T-REX Lite deployments and compliant asset distribution on Casper significantly easier," said Joachim Lebrun, CTO and co-founder of T-REX Network.

Why Casper is well positioned for regulated assets

Casper is a Layer 1 blockchain designed for the requirements of regulated, real-world assets. Its smart contracts are upgradeable, so tokenized assets can adapt as regulation evolves instead of being locked into the code they launched with. Transactions reach true finality in seconds: once a transfer is confirmed, it is mathematically settled, the same standard of certainty a transfer agent expects when a security changes hands. Casper supports the ERC-3643 compliance standard natively, making it one of the few chains where regulated tokens are first-class citizens rather than workarounds. Combined with AstralBeam's planned ERC-7786-compatible messaging layer, Casper's native support for ERC-3643 positions it among the first non-EVM chains set to connect to the T-REX Network. Once live, the planned integration with the T-REX Network would give assets on Casper a link to the industry's emerging compliance layer.

How AstralBeam keeps assets safe, in plain terms

Most bridge failures in crypto's history share one root cause: a single point of trust. AstralBeam removes it. When a user bridges a token, five verifier nodes each check the transaction on the source chain. Nothing moves unless at least three of the five independently agree, and that three-of-five rule is enforced by the blockchain contracts, not by a company server. No single operator can move funds alone. When anything is ambiguous, the bridge is designed to stop and wait rather than guess. Think of it as five notaries who must each see the original document before a vault door opens with three of their five keys.

AstralBeam has operated on testnet for six months under continuous testing and has undergone a deep, multi-round security audit by Halborn Security. The full audit report is public: [Halborn Security Full Audit Report].

"Every era of finance had its settlement rail: paper certificates, then SWIFT, then central securities depositories," said Michael Steuer, [title TBD: MAKE Group co-founder & CTO]. "Tokenized real-world assets are settling on-chain now, and the hard problem is not moving them, it is moving them without losing the rules they were issued under. AstralBeam does both jobs: it bridges assets between Casper, Robinhood Chain and the major EVM networks, and it will carry the compliance conversation with the T-REX Ledger so those assets stay verifiably compliant wherever they are. Regulated assets get a home on Casper, and Casper gets a direct line to the liquidity of the EVM world. Both sides of that connection matter."

The name

"Beaming" is the promise: a token dematerializes on one chain and rematerializes on another, with cryptographic proof it happened exactly once. Move value across worlds.

Availability

AstralBeam enters its public testnet phase today at https://astralbeam.io/, open to anyone. A mainnet launch follows the testnet phase. Documentation is available at https://docs.astralbeam.io.

About MAKE Group

MAKE Group is an independent product and technology firm founded in 2016, operating in blockchain infrastructure, applied AI and public health technology. MAKE built core infrastructure for the Casper ecosystem, including its leading wallet, block explorer and developer tools. MAKE's public health technology is used by 8 of the world's top 10 pharmaceutical companies.

About the T-REX Network

The T-REX Network is the shared infrastructure for compliant tokenized securities, built on the ERC-3643 standard that governs more than $32 billion in tokenized assets. Within the Network, the T-REX Ledger serves as the book of record: the source of truth for eligibility, investor registries and transfer rules. Together they let connected blockchains settle independently while drawing on a shared compliance framework for regulated assets. Backed by Apex Group.

Derek Haviland
Sarson Funds
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