Ondo Global Markets Supercharges RWA Revolution on BNB Chain

Real-world assets break free from traditional finance chains

THE DEFI INFUSION

Ondo Global Markets just dropped institutional-grade RWAs directly into BNB Chain's ecosystem—bypassing Wall Street gatekeepers entirely. The move injects tangible asset exposure into DeFi's bloodstream without the usual regulatory friction.

BNB CHAIN'S POWER PLAY

BNB Chain absorbs another massive institutional player while traditional finance scrambles to keep pace. The chain's infrastructure handles the RWA integration seamlessly—proving legacy systems increasingly obsolete.

MARKETS DON'T WAIT

While traditional finance committees debate compliance frameworks, Ondo executes. Another reminder that in crypto, building beats talking—and bankers still don't get why their permission slips don't matter here.

Ondo Finance’s push toward regulated, global tokenized markets

The BNB rollout accelerates Ondo Finance’s push to build what it views as the next chapter of securities trading. The company has been steadily assembling the regulatory and technical components required to support tokenized equities at scale. Earlier this year, it completed the acquisition of Oasis Pro, a U.S. broker with SEC registrations that cover broker-dealer services, an alternative trading system, and transfer agent permissions.

That regulatory stack gives Ondo Finance the ability to issue and facilitate secondary trading of a wide spectrum of tokenized financial instruments inside the United States, something very few crypto firms can claim. The company has said this structure is intended to ensure that onchain stocks operate within the same investor protections that govern traditional markets.

Ondo Finance also Ondo recently began collaborating with World Liberty Financial, the Trump-aligned RWA venture, on using its tokenized assets as potential treasury reserves. The firm is on record taking a public stance in debates surrounding tokenized equities, urging caution around Nasdaq’s proposed framework and pressing for clarity on how settlement mechanics will protect investors.

According to data from DefiLlama data, Ondo Finance currently commands a total value locked of nearly $1.8 billion, a figure that dwarfs its direct competitors in the tokenized securities niche. This scale was bolstered by a $20 million Series A round co-led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund in 2022, followed by a $10 million public token sale later that same summer, providing the war chest for strategic moves like the Oasis Pro acquisition and rapid multi-chain deployments.