Ondo Finance lets users buy and sell token versions of stocks using a fast blockchain system. People from many places can now join in and trade without needing old financial platforms. ONDO surged to a high of $1.04 before pulling back with a 4.17% price decline. Ondo Finance has launched Ondo Global Markets, introducing public stock trading on the Solana blockchain with built-in decentralized finance features. This marks a major step for traditional asset integration into decentralized platforms. The new platform allows trading of tokenized public securities, enhancing liquidity, transparency, and investor access. Ondo Finance leverages Solana’s speed and affordability to streamline financial transactions on-chain. 🚨Stocks will soon be tradable on Solana.@OndoFinance just announced “Ondo Global Markets,” enabling onchain trading of public securities directly on Solana with native DeFi integration. $SOL pic.twitter.com/qeHVdruH6r — Bitcoin.com News (@BTCTN) May 23, 2025 Bridging Traditional Finance and Blockchain Systems The platform works to include real equities within the world of digital assets. Now, anyone with a brokered account can trade tokenized forms of public securities on the blockchain. Smart contracts show all the details of these trades in real time. As well as making it possible to trade directly on-chain, the platform supports financial inclusion. It allows users from all parts of the world to use its services. The protocol also works to enhance liquidity by making assets in the Solana system function more efficiently. Building on this foundation, the platform appeals to institutional players, asset managers, and crypto users. By tokenizing traditional securities, they can generate steady returns. These tokenized forms can then be staked, traded, or reinvested, supporting a circular financial model. Key Performance and Market Statistics As of now, Ondo (ONDO) trades at $0.9658 after a 4.17% drop in the last 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap. Its market capitalization is $3.05 billion, with a fully diluted valuation (FDV) of $9.65 billion. Source: CoinMarketCap Additionally, the 24-hour trading volume increased to $290.3 million, reflecting a 4.93% rise in market activity. ONDO has 139,020 holders and a circulating supply of 3.15 billion tokens from a total of 10 billion. The token’s total value locked (TVL) stands at $1.25 billion, yielding a market cap to TVL ratio of 2.43. Earlier, ONDO peaked above $1.04 before experiencing a sharp sell-off. Related: Kraken to Tokenize 50 US Stocks for Global 24/7 Access Can Ondo Finance Set the Standard for On-Chain Asset Trading? As frameworks are revised, tokenizing securities on a decentralized platform raises certain legal and regulatory questions. Even so, Ondo Finance could set standards for the development of future financial markets. By combining traditional asset tokenization with Solana’s blockchain technology, Ondo Finance creates new pathways connecting conventional finance with decentralized digital markets.