- Ondo Finance’s acquisition of Oasis Pro brings access to critical U.S. securities licenses.
- The move positions Ondo to roll out tokenized stocks backed by real-world equities.
- Analysts project the tokenized assets market to exceed $18 trillion by 2033.
Ondo Finance has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Oasis Pro, a U.S.-regulated brokerage platform, marking a major expansion into the regulated digital asset space.
The agreement, also remaining conditional upon regulatory approval, allows Ondo the right to access a suite of core financial licenses, broker-dealer, Alternative Trading System (ATS), and transfer agent status so it can conduct its business fully within the bounds of U.S. securities law.
It is likely to reassure Ondo’s steps towards the development of the full tokenized securities ecosystem with the main concentration on targeting the Americans as investors. Ondo’s CEO, Nathan Allman, mentioned the purchase as the initiation towards the realization of the regulated blockchain financial products.
Oasis Pro also has an established regulatory record and infrastructure in place, with a FINRA-registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered ATS and TA capabilities.
These regulatory mechanisms are the cornerstone of the issuance and transfer of tokenized securities as per U.S. law as an enabling condition for mass institutional and retail adoption.
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Oasis Pro’s Infrastructure Enhances Ondo Finance’s Vision
Founded in 2019, Oasis Pro is known for its first-mover advantage in the digital securities space. Being among the first U.S.-regulated exchanges to be licensed to handle settlements of fiat and stablecoins like USDC and DAI, the company has established itself as an early market leader in the realm of tokenization.
Funded by Mirae Asset Ventures, it has also been involved with FINRA’s Crypto Working Group, contributing to the developing regulatory landscape for blockchain securities.
The pre-existing licensing and operating infrastructure of Oasis Pro allow Ondo to bypass the majority of the regulatory hurdles typically facing crypto-native firms entering the U.S. securities market.
This will enable Ondo Finance to match its institutional-grade tokenization solutions with a compliant trading system, an addition meant to hasten adoption among regulated financial institutions and traditional asset managers.
Current Oasis Pro CEO Pat LaVecchia will also become an Ondo Finance team member as part of the acquisition and has the background of having launched and grown regulatory-compliant digital asset platforms himself. His addition should help with the integration as well as expansion of tokenized securities into Ondo’s existing infrastructure.
Ondo Expands Global Reach in $18T Tokenization Market
The acquisition is in line with Ondo’s broader vision of reaching the vast market of tokenized assets. By 2033, the market for tokenization could touch nearly $18 trillion in size.
Ondo seeks to offer its tokenized issuances of stock initially to non-U.S. investors through its Global Markets platform in collaboration with the globe’s largest exchanges, wallets, and DeFi protocols for easy accessibility.
With over $1.4 billion in assets under management, Ondo has already done substantial work in the tokenized real-world asset (RWA) space.
Its existing network of custodians, on-chain liquidity protocols, and blockchain infrastructure puts the company in place to scale the newly achieved regulatory advantages into a compliant and accessible tokenized finance ecosystem.
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