Tokenized stocks just got a collateral upgrade

Tokenized stocks just got a collateral upgrade.

Ondo Finance, the largest tokenized stock platform, has launched Ondo Perps, enabling users to post Ondo Stock Tokens as collateral while gaining 24/7 perpetual futures exposure to leading technology companiess

➡️ Why this matters

Until now, the growth of tokenized stocks has largely been driven by expanding retail access to U.S. equities.

With more than $1B in tokenized assets and $30B in trading volume, Ondo has already made U.S. markets more accessible to investors across regions such as Hong Kong and Latin America.

But allowing tokenized stocks to be used as collateral could significantly expand their utility.

Previously, if an investor owned $100 of Apple tokenized stock but wanted to hedge that exposure using perpetual futures, they would typically need to deposit additional USDC as collateral on a derivatives platform.

With Ondo Perps, they can simply use their existing tokenized stock position as collateral.

That means:

- No need to tie up additional capital.

- Higher capital efficiency for traders.

- Lower funding requirements for hedging.

For market makers, this also makes it easier to hedge inventory without holding separate collateral balances, which could improve liquidity across both the spot tokenized stock market and perpetual futures market.

The result is that tokenized stocks become more than just a digital exposure wrapper for equities; they gain additional utility as valuable collateral assets that can participate in a broader onchain ecosystem.

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