Key Highlights
- Ondo Finance launches a cross-chain bridge for tokenized stocks and ETFs on Ethereum and BNB Chain.
- More than 100 tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs can now move across chains with full 1:1 backing.
- Over 2,600 apps connected to LayerZero can quickly integrate Ondo’s tokenized stocks and ETFs with minimal extra work.
Ondo Finance has introduced a new cross-chain bridge in partnership with interoperability provider LayerZero, allowing tokenized stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to move between blockchain networks.
According to the official announcement, the bridge is now live on Ethereum and BNB Chain, marking a step toward making on-chain securities easier to access and use across multiple ecosystems.
At launch, the Ondo Bridge supports more than 100 tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs issued through Ondo Global Markets. The assets can move between Ethereum and BNB Chain networks and maintain a one-to-one ratio, meaning that their value or nature will not be altered as they move from one network to another. Ondo said additional EVM-compatible blockchains will be added over time.
The new bridge replaces Ondo’s earlier approach, which relied on separate bridge contracts for each asset on each chain. That setup made expansion slower and more complex. Under the new system, all tokenized securities use a single, unified bridging architecture built on LayerZero’s messaging framework.
According to Ondo, this allows new chains to be added in weeks instead of months and simplifies how assets move across networks.
DeFi ecosystem integration
With the bridge being built on LayerZero, applications and wallets that already support LayerZero can integrate Ondo’s tokenized stocks and ETFs with relatively little extra work.
LayerZero said more than 2,600 applications are currently connected to its infrastructure across Ethereum and BNB Chain. Following the launch, Stargate, a cross-chain liquidity protocol, has already added support for Ondo assets.
Ondo Global Markets, which issues the tokenized securities, launched on Ethereum in September and expanded to BNB Chain in October.
Ondo Finance’s President Ian De Bode said the new bridge makes it easy to move 100+ tokenized stocks and ETFs across Ethereum and BNB Chain. It helps users tap into DeFi and brings digital assets the speed, transparency, and flexibility of the modern internet.
“Tokenized assets are quickly becoming the better version of everything that already exists in traditional markets: more transparent, more programmable, and able to move with the speed and finality of the internet,” said LayerZero Labs Co-Founder and CEO Bryan Pellegrino.
Since its launch, the platform has grown to more than $350 million in total value locked and over $2 billion in cumulative trading volume. Ondo has positioned its products as compliant, institution-focused on-chain representations of traditional financial assets.
What’s next for Ondo
Ondo has recently been expanding its tokenized finance products. The company announced in December a partnership with State Street Investment Management and Galaxy Asset Management to introduce the State Street Galaxy Onchain Liquidity Sweep Fund (SWEEP), a private tokenized liquidity fund.
The fund is expected to be launched on the Solana network in 2026 and will be founded upon Ondo’s U.S. Treasury-backed OUSG product, the main investor of the fund, ensuring a constant flow of liquidity.
The company also confirmed its plans to extend its real-world assets platform to the Solana blockchain network, which would be its initial effort to explore a network outside EVM.
The company, which manages $2 billion in tokenized assets such as stocks, ETFs, bonds, and Treasury-backed instruments, will introduce its infrastructure to the Solana platform in early 2026 to target institutional customers as well as qualified foreign customers.
These updates come on the heels of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s earlier this month closing a two-year investigation into Ondo without taking any enforcement actions, which is a major source of uncertainty removed as the company continues to expand the scope of its tokenized assets.
