Ondo Global Markets Aims to Revolutionize Securities Trading

🌎 Wall Street Goes Global

By Ondo Finance
May 1, 2025, 2:05 PM
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Ondo Finance is launching Ondo Global Markets to provide global investors with 24/7 access to US securities.​ The platform will enable seamless trading of stocks, ETFs, and bonds with instant settlement and full DeFi composability.​

Similar to how stablecoins transformed access to USD globally, Ondo Global Markets aims to make the $44T annual US securities trading volume accessible worldwide.​ The platform addresses key limitations of traditional markets including high costs, slow settlement, limited hours, and restricted access.​

Key features include:

  • Always-on trading (24/7/365)
  • Instant settlement
  • Global accessibility
  • DeFi composability
  • Programmable liquidity
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The @Mastercard Newsroom recently spoke with Ian De Bode, Ondo's Chief Strategy Officer, about Mastercard's partnership with Ondo, and the opportunities unlocked by tokenization. Ian explained, "Bank infrastructure doesn't operate 24/7. The blockchain does. For time-sensitive

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1/ @Mastercard is bringing Ondo Finance into the Multi Token Network (MTN) as the first RWA provider on the network. The MTN enables banks to offer digital financial services to integrated businesses, and Ondo’s Short Term US Treasuries Fund (OUSG) will be the first tokenized

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Ian De Bode, Ondo’s Chief Strategy Officer, is now live on Nasdaq @TradeTalks, discussing the modernization of financial markets.

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.@OndoFinance @OmniFDN @SmarshInc & Dr. Merav Ozair join @JillMalandrino on @Nasdaq #TradeTalks to discuss modernizing financial markets and positioning the US as the global leader in digital asset innovation. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

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Ondo’s products “climbed to just shy of $1B combined, a 53% surge in market value over the past month,” reports @CoinDesk. “We believe the growth of the tokenized treasury market cap during the recent crypto downturn reflects a flight to quality,” explained Brian Choe, head of

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The tokenized treasury market surged to a fresh record of $4.2 billion as the crypto correction accelerated inflows, per @RWA_xyz, @OndoFinance, @Securitize, @superstatefunds were among the biggest gainers. By @sndr_krisztian trib.al/x8cdYrI

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Tokenization is a hot topic at the NYSE. “The appetite for tokenization right now is very high because people look at the product market fit [of stablecoins] and say: what’s next?” Ondo’s Ian De Bode explains: “I expect a lot of crypto exchanges to offer stocks and the like

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Catch Ian De Bode, Ondo’s Chief Strategy Officer, live from the New York Stock Exchange on FintechTV today at 9:20 AM ET for the latest tokenization insights: fintech.tv

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ICYMI: Ondo Finance and @Mastercard have aligned to bring tokenized RWAs to Mastercard's MTN. This partnership enables MTN participating businesses who have onboarded with Ondo to: • Access OUSG directly on the Multi-Token Network • Settle crypto payments through traditional

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1/ @Mastercard is bringing Ondo Finance into the Multi Token Network (MTN) as the first RWA provider on the network. The MTN enables banks to offer digital financial services to integrated businesses, and Ondo’s Short Term US Treasuries Fund (OUSG) will be the first tokenized

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"That's the reason why BlackRock's in the action. That's the reason why all these large financial players are clearly going to be in the action here—of using better software to do what they currently do." At the Ondo Summit, @PatrickMcHenry highlighted why tokenization is the

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We are excited to announce that Patrick McHenry (@PatrickMcHenry), former Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee and a key architect of US financial policy, is joining Ondo Finance as Vice Chairman of the advisory board. Chairman McHenry brings decades of experience

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To accelerate our vision for Wall Street 2.0 and help institutions take advantage of tokenization, we are building Ondo Chain. Ondo Chain combines the openness of public blockchains with the compliance and security features of permissioned chains—designed from the ground up to

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1/ Today, we’re thrilled to announce Ondo Chain, our new Layer 1 blockchain purpose-built for institutional-grade RWAs. Design advisors for the chain include new members of the Ondo Ecosystem: Franklin Templeton, Wellington Management, WisdomTree, Google Cloud, ABN Amro, Aon,

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First it was stablecoins. Now it’s US capital markets. “I think the same rails that gave people global access to the US dollar will now give global access to US capital markets,” explained Ondo’s Ian De Bode live on Nasdaq @TradeTalks. “We fundamentally believe that the next

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Ian De Bode, Ondo’s Chief Strategy Officer, is now live on Nasdaq @TradeTalks, discussing the modernization of financial markets.

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Yield-bearing assets are going mainstream. “Yield-bearing stablecoins currently make up just 6% of the total stablecoin market cap but could expand significantly, potentially capturing up to 50% of the market,” according to @JPMorgan analysts. Speaking with @TheBlock__,

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EXCLUSIVE: JPMorgan sees yield-bearing stablecoins growing from 6% to 50% of market share theblock.co/post/348449/jp…

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Ian De Bode, Ondo's Chief Strategy Officer, was tapped as an external expert for Ripple and BCG's new report, Approaching the Tokenization Tipping Point. The report echoes what we’ve long believed: tokenization is the foundational infrastructure for a more efficient, inclusive,

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By 2033, a $0.6T → $18.9T shift is coming as tokenization reshapes global finance. Why? 🏛️ Regulation & institutional adoption 🏙️ Real-world assets like bonds & real estate 🔀 Faster, interoperable financial infrastructure The institutions that act now will lead the next

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Catch Ian De Bode, Ondo’s Chief Strategy Officer, live from the New York Stock Exchange on FintechTV today at 9:20 AM ET for the latest tokenization insights: fintech.tv

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We have a big week ahead on Market Movers… • Monday @ 9:20 AM: Patrick L Young (@FrontierFinance), Founder & Chairman of Exchange Invest (@Exchange_Invest) • Tuesday @ 9:50 AM: Nilmini Rubin (@nilminirubin), Chief Policy Officer at Hedera (@hedera) • Wednesday @ 9:20 AM:

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