The Ondo Summit descended on New York City on February 3, 2026, bringing together over 200 institutional leaders, investors, and policymakers for what many called the biggest event in tokenization. The summit was nearly 10x oversubscribed, signaling unprecedented demand for real-world asset infrastructure.
Ondo Finance used the stage to announce six major developments that position the platform as the leading full-stack onchain capital markets provider. From perpetual futures to day-one IPO tokenization, the announcements mark a turning point for how global investors access U.S. securities.
Tokenization took over NYC.
— Ondo Finance (@OndoFinance) February 4, 2026
Big announcements were made at the Ondo Summit:
→ Ondo Perps
→ Ondo Global Listing
→ SEC registration filed
→ EU regulatory approval
→ Blockchain․com EU expansion
→ MetaMask adds tokenized stocks
Complete recap 🧵👇 pic.twitter.com/6B9cAEOanS
Ondo Global Markets: The Numbers
Before diving into the announcements, the scale of Ondo’s existing platform sets the context. Since launching in September 2025, Ondo Global Markets has become the largest tokenized equities platform globally:
- Total value locked exceeding $556 million
- More TVL than all other tokenized equity platforms combined
- Cumulative trading volume surpassing $9 billion
- Tens of thousands of asset holders outside the U.S.
- 200+ tokenized U.S. stocks, ETFs, and commodities available
These numbers reflect institutional-grade demand for onchain securities. The summit announcements build on this foundation.
Ondo Perps: 24/7 Equity Perpetual Futures
Ondo introduced Ondo Perps, a first-of-its-kind platform where global non-U.S. users can trade perpetual futures on leading U.S. stocks and ETFs around the clock with up to 20x leverage.
The platform launches with perps for AAPL, AMZN, MSFT, NFLX, NVDA, TSLA, QQQ, gold, silver, and more. What makes Ondo Perps different from existing platforms is its capital efficiency model.
The Problem With Existing Perps Platforms:
Current RWA perpetual markets force traders to post only stablecoins as collateral. This creates double-collateralization where capital is locked up twice for the same economic exposure. Traders holding tokenized Apple stock, for example, would need separate capital to open a leveraged position on Apple perps.
How Ondo Perps Solves This:
Shortly after launch, traders will be able to use tokenized securities as collateral alongside stablecoins. This means users can buy spot tokenized securities, post them as collateral, open perpetual positions, and earn funding rates while remaining fully collateralized.
The platform also enables seamless hedging. Traders can manage spot and perpetual positions on one platform, hedging tokenized holdings with a few clicks rather than navigating multiple disconnected venues.
Crypto derivatives trading volume reached approximately $86 trillion in 2025, averaging $265 billion per day. Equity perps offer a more accessible vehicle for gaining leveraged exposure to U.S. stocks without navigating traditional brokerage accounts, margin requirements, and regulatory complexities.
Welcome to Ondo Perps.
— Ondo Perps (@OndoPerps) February 3, 2026
Where users can trade perpetual futures on leading U.S. stocks and ETFs 24/7, starting with up to 20x leverage. Available solely outside the U.S.
→ Use tokenized securities as collateral
→ Cross-collateralize positions
→ Access up to 20x leverage
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Ondo Global Listing: IPOs Tokenized on Day One
Millions of global investors have historically been restricted from accessing U.S. IPOs. Ondo Global Listing changes this.
The new service enables newly listed NYSE and NASDAQ companies to be tokenized across Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain on day one of listing. This allows crypto platforms like wallets and exchanges to provide access to day-one IPO exposure for their global user bases.
The tokenized shares are permissionless, transferable, and designed for stablecoin-like composability across popular blockchain ecosystems. When a company goes public in the U.S., global investors can gain exposure through their existing crypto infrastructure immediately.
This represents a fundamental shift in how IPOs reach global markets. Traditional barriers around brokerage access, geographic restrictions, and settlement timing are bypassed entirely.
Introducing Ondo Global Listing.
— Ondo Finance (@OndoFinance) February 3, 2026
IPO stocks, tokenized on day one.
Millions of investors worldwide have historically been restricted from accessing US IPOs. Ondo Global Listing enables U.S. stock IPOs to be brought onchain in near real time the moment they list, making them… pic.twitter.com/EdhBYktSUR
SEC Registration Statement Filed
Ondo Global Markets confidentially filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Once effective, this filing would make Ondo the first issuer of transferable tokenized stocks to be subject to the SEC’s reporting requirements.
The SEC filing requirements are considered the gold standard for securities disclosure globally. By voluntarily undertaking these requirements, Ondo ensures all investors in Ondo Global Markets products worldwide have equal access to the highest quality information available.
This positions Ondo to quickly enter any new market and support primary and secondary market trading of tokenized securities anywhere in the world when regulatory and market conditions are favorable. This includes the United States.
Ondo Finance is now the only platform building regulatory, product, and service infrastructure to support all three major models of securities tokenization in the United States:
- Direct ownership of traditional securities in tokenized form
- Tokenized beneficial ownership
- Digitally-native tokenized securities that provide exposure to traditional assets
Through an integrated stack that includes an SEC-registered transfer agent, broker-dealer, investment adviser, and alternative trading system (ATS), Ondo has the capabilities and licensing to tokenize corporate equities and funds, enable direct ownership by U.S. retail and institutional investors, and support compliant secondary market trading.
This isn’t about Tokenized Stocks or ETFs becoming “Real Stocks.”
— Tokenoya 🇦🇪🇫🇷 (@Tokenoya) February 4, 2026
Even with SEC approval, Ondo’s products won’t give you full shareholder rights.
No native voting.
No direct ownership.
Intermediaries still exist.
But here are 5 reasons why the filing matters:
1/ The wrapper… pic.twitter.com/W9kfGIC0xc
EU Regulatory Approval Confirmed
Ondo received regulatory approval to offer tokenized stocks and ETFs across the European Union and broader European Economic Area. The Base Prospectus was approved by the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority (FMA), a recognized European regulator with passporting rights across all 30 EU and EEA member states.
This approval expands Ondo’s reach to over 500 million investors across Europe. The authorization aligns with regional standards for investor protection while providing a clear regulatory path for tokenized securities distribution.
Blockchain.com Expands to Europe
Blockchain.com and Ondo Finance announced an expansion of their partnership to offer tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs to the European market. Eligible users across 30 EEA states can now buy, sell, and hold over 200 tokenized securities via the Blockchain.com DeFi wallet.
By bringing U.S. equities onchain for our European users, we are providing self-custody solutions through our DeFi wallet that are faster, more efficient and completely self-owned that remain unmatched by traditional banks
Peter Smith, CEO and Founder at Blockchain.com
This follows Blockchain.com’s earlier launch with Ondo in Africa and South America in 2025. The European expansion brings Ondo’s tokenized equities to millions of additional users through a familiar wallet interface.
Assets available include major stocks like Tesla, NVIDIA, Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon, plus commodity ETFs like SLV (silver) and IAU (gold). All trading happens within the existing Blockchain.com wallet experience, removing the friction of traditional brokerage accounts.
MetaMask Adds 200+ Tokenized Stocks
MetaMask and Ondo Finance announced an integration bringing tokenized U.S. stocks, ETFs, and commodities directly into the MetaMask mobile wallet. Starting February 3, eligible users in supported non-U.S. jurisdictions can access more than 200 tokenized securities including Tesla, NVIDIA, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and commodity ETFs.
The integration allows users to mint, redeem, and transfer tokenized securities with DeFi composability and peer-to-peer transferability. Trading is available 24 hours a day, five days a week through MetaMask Swaps, with tokens transferable around the clock.
“Access to US markets still runs through legacy rails. Brokerage accounts, fragmented apps, and rigid trading windows haven’t meaningfully evolved,” said Joe Lubin, Founder and CEO of Consensys and Co-Founder of Ethereum. “Bringing Ondo’s tokenized US stocks and ETFs directly into MetaMask shows what a better model looks like.”
Key features include:
- 200+ tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs on Ethereum mainnet
- 24/5 trading access through MetaMask Swaps
- 24/7 transfers between wallets
- Unified portfolio management alongside crypto assets
THE ONDO SUMMIT IS LIVE.
— Ondo Finance (@OndoFinance) February 3, 2026
Watch the biggest event in tokenization with BlackRock, DTCC, The White House, & more.
Tune in now 👇 https://t.co/qnj2fmlM5r
The Bigger Picture
The Ondo Summit announcements collectively represent the emergence of a complete onchain capital markets stack. Spot tokenized securities, perpetual futures, primary market access through IPO tokenization, and global distribution through major wallet providers.
Tokenized real-world assets have surpassed $22 billion globally. Ondo alone now accounts for over $2.5 billion in total value locked across its tokenized Treasury and equity products.
The regulatory momentum is equally significant. The SEC ending its investigation into Ondo without charges in late 2025, combined with the confidential registration filing and EU approval, signals a maturing regulatory environment for tokenized securities.
Traditional finance infrastructure is being rebuilt on blockchain rails. The question is no longer whether tokenization will happen, but how quickly global markets will adopt it.
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