Ondo Finance (ONDO) is a real-world asset tokenization platform that issues US Treasuries, stocks and other traditional assets as blockchain tokens.
Ondo Finance was founded by former Goldman Sachs employee Nathan Allman with the stated aim of bringing Wall Street finance on-chain. ONDO is the ecosystem's governance token, with a maximum supply of 10 billion tokens according to the project documentation.
Ondo Finance is defined less by novel coin technology than by its role as a bridge that makes real-world assets such as US Treasuries tradable around the clock on public blockchains.
Ondo Finance's flagship products are tokens backed by US Treasuries. OUSG is a token for qualified investors that holds short-term US Treasuries, and USDY is an interest-bearing dollar token that passes through Treasury yield.
Ondo Finance's Treasury products (OUSG and USDY combined) held about 2.6 billion dollars as of July 2026, according to CoinDesk. The tokens give wallet-based access to Treasury yield, though eligibility rules and regional restrictions apply.
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Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization puts assets with underlying value, such as Treasuries, stocks and funds, on-chain for 24/7 trading and faster settlement, which has drawn interest from institutional investors.
The RWA market grew as large firms such as BlackRock moved into tokenization, and Ondo Finance is regarded as one of the sector's leading projects. In September 2026 Ondo Finance unveiled tokenized portfolios built on BlackRock strategies, and it has also announced a partnership with Japan's SBI Group to tokenize Japanese assets.
Ondo Finance announced its own institutional blockchain, Ondo Chain, in February 2025, but in July 2026 replaced that plan with Ondo Network, a private high-speed trading network, according to CoinDesk. Ondo Network executes trades privately and settles on public blockchains, and its first application is Ondo Perps, a perpetual futures venue that accepts tokenized assets as collateral.
Ondo Global Markets is Ondo Finance's service for tokenized US stocks and ETFs tradable on-chain. Ondo Finance's tokenized equities totaled about 850 million dollars as of July 2026 per CoinDesk, and in July 2026 the company also launched tokenized stocks backed by DTCC tokenized entitlements.
Ondo Finance's roadmap is to extend tokenization from Treasuries to stocks and funds, and to add spot trading, lending, structured products and settlement services on Ondo Network as regulation-friendly infrastructure for institutions.
Ondo Finance's stated long-term goal is to become a standard channel between traditional finance and on-chain finance. The shift from Ondo Chain to Ondo Network shows that Ondo Finance's plans can change as market needs change.
Ondo Finance's biggest variable is regulation. Treasury and stock tokens can be treated as securities in many countries, so regulatory risk is high and regional restrictions are common. RWA adoption may also be slower than expected.
Ondo Finance's product growth (OUSG, USDY, Global Markets) does not automatically translate into value for the ONDO token, which is worth checking separately. CoinMarketCap data also points to a large scheduled ONDO token unlock in January 2027, so changes in circulating supply are another factor to watch.
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