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By Dan Saada
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How the Book Transfer Actually Works. The mechanics are straightforward. Shares move from an institution's Alpaca account to Ondo via…
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Ondo's $3.63 Billion Position in the Market. Ondo isn't small. Per RWA.xyz data, the platform manages roughly $3.
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Why This Matters Beyond Ondo. Tokenized real-world assets have been a talking point in institutional finance for years.
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Ondo Finance just changed how institutions can build tokenized positions. The platform now lets approved clients convert stocks and ETFs directly into tokenized shares — no cash…
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The old model asked institutions to bring cash even when they already held the underlying securities. That created friction.
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Right now, conversions run on Ethereum and BNB Chain. That's it. No other networks are live yet, and Ondo hasn't said when or whether more chains get added.
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The capital efficiency angle is real. Institutions already sitting on large stock portfolios don't have to liquidate or borrow cash just to build a tokenized position.
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Ondo isn't small. Per RWA.xyz data, the platform manages roughly $3.63 billion in distributed assets across 441 products.
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The $3.63 billion figure matters here because it gives context to what Ondo is actually building toward.
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Related: ECB Launches Pontes for Tokenized Asset Settlements Using Central Bank Money
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But the in-kind system is still new. Unclear how many institutions have actually run conversions through it yet.
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Tokenized real-world assets have been a talking point in institutional finance for years. The gap between promise and practical utility has been the persistent problem.
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And that's kind of the point. Institutions don't want to restructure their balance sheets just to get tokenized exposure to something they already hold.
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The Ethereum and BNB Chain availability is notable too. Both are major networks with established institutional tooling around them.
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More context: MemeToro Unveils 1,373 Lines of Code to Enhance BNB Chain Mainnet Launch
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