- ZIGChain adds Ondo tokenized stocks and ETFs to its ecosystem.
- Partnership expands on-chain access to U.S. financial markets.
- The rollout will begin in stages across selected ZIGChain applications.
ZIGChain announced Monday its integration with Ondo Finance to offer tokenized U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to users across the blockchain ecosystem and expand access to on-chain versions of traditional financial assets.
This partnership combines ZIGChain’s infrastructure for regulated investment products with Ondo Finance’s tokenized securities platform, expanding on their common goal of making publicly traded U.S. assets more accessible through blockchain technology.
According to the two companies, this integration strengthens ZIGChain’s broader real-world assets (RWA) ecosystem, which already includes Valdora Finance’s Liquid RWA Vaults and Beehive’s tokenized small business private credit pipeline.
Expanding the tokenized asset ecosystem through partnerships
ZIGChain said this integration is consistent with its strategy of bringing existing financial products on-chain rather than creating entirely new investment vehicles.
Ondo Finance has developed an infrastructure that allows publicly traded U.S. stocks and ETFs to be represented as programmable blockchain-based assets.
The partnership will make these tokenized products available across the ZIGChain ecosystem, with a particular focus on expanding access to users in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region and beyond.
The two companies said the collaboration is designed to provide on-chain exposure to institutional-grade financial products while reducing traditional barriers such as middlemen and minimum investment requirements.
ZIGChain co-founder Abdul Rafay Gadit said, “The next step in on-chain finance is not about duplicating the access institutions already have. It’s about bringing these tools through a transparent, scalable on-chain infrastructure with minimal disruption and no intermediaries, making them truly accessible to a wider range of participants.”
“Ondo has worked hard to bring these products on-chain. ZIGChain is the infrastructure to reach a new generation of users. For us, this aligns deeply with our mission to make high-quality financial opportunities more open, more programmable, and more accessible globally.”
Temperature, distribution expansion goal
Ondo Finance said expanding access to tokenized securities across the new blockchain ecosystem is a key part of its strategy.
Focused on tokenizing real-world assets, the company has built infrastructure to connect traditional financial markets with decentralized networks.
Ondo Global Markets allows non-US investors to gain economic exposure to US stocks and ETFs using blockchain-based tokens backed by those underlying assets.
“Bringing tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs to new ecosystems and user bases is at the core of what the Ondo Global Markets platform enables. ZIGChain’s infrastructure provides investors in the GCC on-chain with exposure to the world’s most in-demand securities, with the execution quality and transparency that institutional markets demand. This is the kind of deployment that expands the reach of tokenized finance where it matters most,” said Oya Celiktemur, EMEA Director at Ondo Finance.
Phased rollout begins
According to the announcement, access to Ondo tokenized products via ZIGChain will be introduced gradually, starting with select ecosystem applications and partners, and expand more broadly over time.
The companies noted that the integration does not imply a token launch and does not guarantee any return or return on investment.
While the underlying assets are issued by Ondo Global Markets (BVI) Limited, ZIGChain does not store the underlying real-world assets.
This partnership comes as blockchain companies continue to focus on the tokenization of traditional financial products, seeking to combine regulated market exposure with the accessibility and programmability offered by decentralized infrastructure.