Plume, the blockchain for tokenized real world assets, has launched a “first-of-its-kind’ pilot to use shares of a tokenized money market fund from asset manager WisdomTree to pay employees.

The pilot has been developed with Toku, the stablecoin payroll provider that can integrate with existing payroll software. Plume employees have the option to receive a portion of their pay in shares of a regulated tokenized money-market fund, WTGXX, rather than receiving all compensation in cash. Participation is voluntary and subject to employees meeting WisdomTree Prime eligibility requirements, including wallet verification.

James Huang, head of operations at Plume, said in a statement: “By allowing employees to receive part of their salary directly into regulated, yield-bearing money-market funds, we’re showing how real world assets can move beyond investment products and become everyday financial infrastructure.”

The pilot removes the need for employees to buy crypto themselves, interact with exchanges, or manually move funds onchain. They will earn yield on the compensation received in fund shares from the day it is paid onchain.

Plume purchases the corresponding fund shares via WisdomTree Connect and delivers those shares to participating employees, who will hold the shares in verified wallets linked to their WisdomTree Prime account.

Maredith Hannon, head of business development, digital assets at WisdomTree, said on X:

A real-world use case for tokenization: payroll.

Today we announced a pilot with @plumenetwork + @usetoku:

• Plume (employer) buys our tokenized MMF (WTGXX) via @WTConnect
• Employees (@WisdomTreePrime users) opt to receive part of pay in WTGXX
• Shares are delivered…

— Maredith (@MaredithH1) March 31, 2026

Plume pilots payroll that pays part of salary in WTGXX fund shares, yielding from payday via automatic token conversion and wallet delivery. Smart, pragmatic step that lowers onchain friction and could nudge tokenized assets toward mainstream use.

— Nifty (@nifty0x) March 31, 2026

Plume pilots tokenised payroll with WisdomTree funds. This is the consumer entry point that was missing. NYSE tokenises equities. Circle tokenises dollars. Midas tokenises Treasuries. Now Plume tokenises your salary. Once payroll is in everything follows. @CoinDesk @WSJ

— Nikhil Chalasani (@nikhilchalasani) March 31, 2026

WisdomTree’s tokenized funds

in February this year WisdomTree was granted relief by the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch 24/7 trading and instant settlement capabilities for its tokenized Treasury Money Market Digital Fund (WTGXX)  The asset manager said this structural innovation via regulatory relief has not been seen since the introduction of exchange-traded funds.

Will Peck, head of digital assets at WisdomTree, told Markets Media at the time that this marks the first time registered tokenized mutual fund shares have been permitted to trade and instantly settle 24/7 within the U.S. regulatory perimeter via a dealer-principal liquidity model.

In its fourth quarter results WisdomTree said tokenized assets under management reached $770m by the end of 2025, up from essentially zero at the end of the previous year, which the firm said reflects real adoption and growing client trust. WisdomTree Connect grew from four onboarded institutions to 29 in 2025 and the number of wallets holding WisdomTree assets rose to more than 3,500.

In the results presentation WisdomTree said the early growth curve of tokenized real world assets exceeds the early ETF adoption in the 1990s and the firm is looking to expand the adoption of its total tokenized product lineup further including gold, equities, and more.