Ondo Finance has launched Ondo Intelligent Portfolios, a new product that packages professionally built investment strategies into single tokens. The tokens can be bought, held and transferre
Ondo Finance has launched Ondo Intelligent Portfolios, a new product that packages professionally built investment strategies into single tokens. The tokens can be bought, held and transferred onchain.
The first three portfolios were constructed by BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager. This marked the first time eligible onchain investors can access BlackRock-designed portfolio strategies through a single digital token.
A portfolio, in traditional investing, is a mix of assets, stocks, bonds, commodities, bundled together to balance risk and return. Building one typically requires a brokerage account, a financial adviser or access to a fund.
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Ondo's product takes that same concept and delivers it as a token on a blockchain, meaning it can move between wallets, trade on exchanges and plug into decentralized finance applications the same way any cryptocurrency can.
The initial lineup includes three portfolios, each targeting a different risk profile:
All three are currently available to eligible non-U.S. investors in permitted jurisdictions.
Lisa O'Connor, who leads BlackRock's Model Portfolio Solutions team, said tokenization opens new ways for portfolio strategies to reach investors through digital infrastructure.
She called it an example of "how established portfolio construction approaches can be delivered through new channels and technologies."
Because these portfolios live on a blockchain, they come with features that traditional fund structures don't offer.
Rebalancing, the process of adjusting a portfolio's mix of assets to stay aligned with its target strategy, can be done programmatically rather than manually. Holdings are fully transparent and verifiable onchain.
And because each portfolio is a single transferable token, it can be integrated into lending protocols, used as collateral, or composed with other onchain financial products. The launch builds on Ondo's broader push into tokenized financial products.
The company currently holds over $3.5 billion in total value locked, and lists more than 440 tokenized securities through Ondo Stocks. It recently became the first tokenization company to join DTCC's Fund/SERV platform, which processes over 85% of U.S. mutual fund activity.
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