ETHZilla Corporation has acquired a 20% stake in the AI-driven auto finance platform Karus, investing $30 million in cash and $70 million in stock. This strategic move aims to integrate Karus' predictive credit analysis with ETHZilla's blockchain technology to tokenize AI-modeled auto loans. The initiative targets the $1.6 trillion U.S. asset-backed securities market, with the first tokenized portfolios set to launch on Liquidity.io in early 2026.