Chainlink Unlocks Real-Time Pricing for Ondo’s Ethereum-Based Stocks
Ondo Finance just plugged its tokenized securities into the real world. By integrating Chainlink's industry-standard price feeds, the platform now delivers live, accurate valuations for its Ethereum-based stock tokens—no more stale data or manual updates.
The Oracle Bridge
Chainlink's decentralized oracle network pulls price data directly from premium, high-frequency trading venues. It then pipes that information on-chain, where Ondo's smart contracts can consume it instantly. This creates a seamless bridge between traditional equity markets and the Ethereum blockchain.
Why It Cuts Through the Noise
For DeFi protocols dealing with real-world assets, reliable data isn't a nice-to-have—it's the foundation. Mispriced collateral can trigger faulty liquidations or expose protocols to arbitrage. Chainlink's solution bypasses centralized data single points of failure, aiming for the robustness required for serious capital.
A New Standard for RWA Valuation
The move signals a maturation in the tokenized assets space. It shifts the model from periodic, trust-based reporting to continuous, verifiable price discovery. For users, it means the token in their wallet reflects the actual market—minus the usual Wall Street lag.
This integration tackles one of the core skeptics' questions about on-chain stocks: "How do you know it's worth what it says?" Now, the answer runs on the same decentralized infrastructure securing billions in DeFi—proving that sometimes, the most boring data pipelines are what finally bring traditional finance to its knees.
Euler now lets people borrow stablecoins by using Ondo’s tokenized stocks as collateral.
Users on the modular lending platform Euler can now use Ondo’s tokenized US stocks as collateral in a DeFi lending market and even borrow stablecoins against them. People can use these tokenized equities to unlock liquidity on Ethereum instead of just holding them to watch the price move.
It’s the first time people can use tokenized stocks as collateral in Ethereum-based lending, because users usually buy them for exposure but never use them as crypto assets like ETH or stablecoins.
Until now, tokenized real-world assets have been purely passive. Investors could hold a tokenized version of a stock and track its price, but they could not borrow against it, leverage it, or use it to generate income as traditional finance allows. In traditional finance, stocks are often used as collateral for loans, and Ondo wants to make this available in DeFi.
Now, ONDO believes that the pieces are finally coming together. Tokenized stocks can begin to behave like true building blocks in decentralized finance, with strong liquidity driven by traditional stock exchanges, and Chainlink providing reliable on-chain price feeds.
CEO of Euler, Jonathan Han, said users can now borrow against securities instead of selling them and giving up long-term profits.
Of course, good markets require good risk management, especially when new forms of collateral are used. So Ondo said the Senator will set and monitor critical safety limits, such as collateral requirements, liquidation levels, and borrowing limits, to ensure the system remains stable even when markets become volatile.
Sentora CEO Anthony Demartino said retail investors didn’t have the freedom to use their securities before, but they can now use their assets productively while maintaining their long-term investments through tokenization.
Ondo also made it clear that lending is just the first step, as it plans to expand tokenized equities into vaults, structured products, and broader DeFi applications.
So, eventually, Ondo’s tokenized stocks might contribute to the broader on-chain finance ecosystem by making it easier to integrate traditional systems with decentralized ones.
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