ZIGChain adds Ondo’s tokenized stocks and ETFs to the ecosystem. Partnership expands on-chain access to US financial markets. The rollout will begin gradually across selected ZIGChain applications.
ZIGChain announced on Monday that it has integrated with Ondo Finance to offer tokenized US stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to users across the blockchain ecosystem, expanding 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, extending their shared goal of making publicly traded assets in the United States more accessible through blockchain technology.
According to the companies, this integration will strengthen ZIGChain’s broader real world assets (RWA) ecosystem, which already includes Valdora Finance’s Liquid RWA Vaults and Beehive’s tokenized SME private credit pipeline.
Partnership expands tokenized asset ecosystem
ZIGChain said the integration is in line with its strategy to bring established financial products on-chain rather than creating entirely new investment products.
Ondo Finance has developed an infrastructure that allows U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs to be represented as programmable blockchain-based assets.
Through this partnership, these tokenized products will be made available across the ZIGChain ecosystem, with a particular focus on expanding access for users in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region and beyond.
The companies said the partnership is designed to provide on-chain exposure to institutional-grade financial products while reducing traditional barriers such as intermediaries and minimum investment requirements.
“The next stage of on-chain finance is not about replicating the access that financial institutions already have. It is about leveraging these instruments and making them truly accessible to a wider range of participants through a transparent and scalable on-chain infrastructure, with minimal instruments and no intermediaries that have always gotten in the way,” said Abdul Rafai Gadit, co-founder of ZIGChain.
“Ondo has done a tremendous job of bringing these products on-chain. ZIGChain is the infrastructure through which it will reach a new generation of users. For us, this is deeply aligned with our mission to make quality financial opportunities more open, more programmable, and more globally accessible.”
Ondo aims to expand distribution
Ondo Finance said expanding access to tokenized securities across new blockchain ecosystems is a core part of its strategy.
Focused on tokenizing real-world assets, the company has built an infrastructure aimed at bridging traditional financial markets and decentralized networks.
Through Ondo Global Markets, non-US investors can gain economic exposure to US stocks and ETFs using blockchain-based tokens backed by corresponding underlying assets.
“Bringing tokenized US stocks and ETFs to new ecosystems and user bases is at the core of what the Ondo Global Markets platform enables. ZIGChain’s infrastructure will provide investors across the GCC on-chain with exposure to the world’s most sought-after securities with the execution quality and transparency that institutional markets demand. This is precisely the kind of distribution that expands the reach of tokenized finance in the areas that matter most.” Ondo said. said Oya Çeliktemur, EMEA Director at Finance.
Start rolling out in stages
According to the announcement, access to Ondo tokenized products via ZIGChain will be introduced in stages, starting with selected ecosystem applications and partners and expanding more broadly over time.
The companies noted that this integration does not constitute a token launch and does not guarantee investment returns or yields.
Although the underlying assets are issued by Ondo Global Markets (BVI) Limited, ZIGChain does not control the underlying assets.
This partnership comes as blockchain companies continue to focus on tokenizing traditional financial products, seeking a combination of regulated market exposure and the accessibility and programmability offered by decentralized infrastructure.
