Janus Henderson and Centrifuge launch Nasdaq-100-linked fund on Stellar

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Janus Henderson and Centrifuge announced the launch of a blockchain-native fund on October 27 that seeks to provide exposure to the Nasdaq-100 index through a product issued on Stellar. The fund, called JQQQ, is intended for eligible investors in jurisdictions where it can lawfully be offered and is not available to U.S. persons, according to the companies’ release.

The distinction between an index and an investment product matters. The issuer says JQQQ offers indirect economic exposure to an underlying product tracking the index. It does not give holders ownership of the index or shareholder rights in it, and the fund’s value and liquidity can differ from the underlying exposure. Investors can lose money.

The fund is a segregated portfolio of British Virgin Islands company Anemoy Capital SPC Limited. Anemoy Asset Management Limited is its investment manager, with Janus Henderson Investors US LLC acting as sub-investment manager, according to the announcement. Centrifuge provides onchain fund infrastructure. The companies say the fund launches exclusively on Stellar and that the Nasdaq-100 name is used under license.

The release discusses potential uses for fund shares in lending or as collateral. Those are possibilities, not evidence that holders can use the fund in those ways today. The company says any such functionality would come from independent third parties, may not be available to every investor or in every jurisdiction, and is outside Janus Henderson’s management of the fund.

For readers, the launch illustrates how tokenized funds are moving beyond cash-equivalent products into equity-linked exposure. But tokenization does not remove investment or operational risk: the announcement identifies risks involving blockchain networks, smart contracts, wallets and third-party platforms that could delay transfers or redemptions or cause losses.

The firms did not disclose the new fund’s assets, the number of investors or completed transactions. Janus Henderson’s total firm assets and its broader onchain platform are not assets in this particular fund, and neither the launch nor a licensed index establishes demand for Stellar’s native token.

Sources & evidence

Janus Henderson and Centrifuge — JQQQ announcement and fund disclosures, October 27, 2026 ↗

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