ETHZilla acquires 20% of Karus shares, advancing AI car loan tokenization

ETHZilla Corporation (NASDAQ: ETHZ) announced the acquisition of a 20% fully diluted equity stake in AI automotive finance decision platform Karus, Inc. for $8 million ($3 million in cash and $5 million in stock). According to the agreement, ETHZilla will integrate Karus's AI-driven loan assessment technology into its blockchain infrastructure to enable the tokenization of automotive loan assets.

Karus's AI decision engine is based on over 20 million historical automotive loan data points, analyzing more than 1,000 variables, and has processed over $5 billion in automotive loans. The first tokenized portfolio is expected to launch in early 2026 and will be traded on the Liquidity.io platform.