ZIGChain and Ondo Finance partner to expand onchain access to US securities
ZIGChain integrates Ondo Finance to carry tokenized US shares and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) onchain, based on info shared with Finbold on Monday, June 8, 2026
ZIGChain, a Layer 1 blockchain constructed to carry funding merchandise onchain for establishments and on a regular basis customers, has introduced an integration with Ondo Finance to carry tokenized US shares and ETFs to customers throughout ZIGChain’s ecosystem. Ondo Finance pioneered the tokenization of institutional-grade real-world property, and the mixing extends onchain publicity to publicly traded US securities to a brand new era of customers throughout the GCC and past.
The combination deepens ZIGChain’s real-world asset stack alongside Valdora Finance’s Liquid RWA Vaults and Beehive’s tokenized SME personal credit score pipeline. Entry to Ondo-tokenized merchandise by means of ZIGChain will roll out in phases starting on the finish of Might, with preliminary availability throughout chosen ecosystem functions and companions, increasing over time.
Bringing institutional-grade securities to a broader consumer base
Ondo International Markets is the issuance and redemption platform behind the tokenized shares and ETFs. Every token is absolutely backed by the corresponding inventory or ETF, enabling buyers exterior america to achieve financial publicity to publicly traded US securities by minting, transferring, and redeeming securities-backed tokens.
“The subsequent section of onchain finance just isn’t about replicating entry that establishments have already got. It’s about taking these devices and making them genuinely accessible to a broader universe of contributors, by means of clear, scalable onchain infrastructure, with out the minimums and intermediaries which have all the time stood in the way in which,” stated Abdul Rafay Gadit, Co-Founder, ZIGChain. “Ondo has achieved the exhausting work of bringing these merchandise onchain. ZIGChain is the infrastructure by means of which that reaches a brand new era of customers. For us, that is deeply aligned with our mission: to make high-quality monetary alternatives extra open, extra programmable, and extra globally accessible.”
“Bringing tokenized US shares and ETFs to new ecosystems and consumer bases is core to what the Ondo International Markets platform permits. ZIGChain’s infrastructure offers buyers throughout the GCC onchain publicity to the world’s most in-demand securities, with the execution high quality and transparency that institutional markets demand. That is precisely the sort of distribution that expands the attain of tokenized finance the place it issues most” stated Oya Celiktemur, EMEA Director, Ondo Finance.
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