MetaMask, the popular self-custodian wallet, has added access to tokenized U.S. stocks, exchange-traded funds and commodities through a new integration with Ondo Finance’s Global Markets platform, the companies announced Tuesday.
Eligible MetaMask mobile users in “supported non-US jurisdictions” can now purchase and trade more than 200 tokenized US securities, including stock trackers like Tesla, Apple and Nvidia, as well as ETFs linked to gold, silver and Nasdaq, directly in the wallet, without opening a traditional brokerage account, according to the announcement.
This launch marks one of the first times that tokenized US stocks and ETFs have been made available natively through a major self-custodial wallet, highlighting how the tokenization of real-world assets could be more closely integrated with traditional financial infrastructure.
The move comes as real-world tokenized assets have become a market worth more than $22 billion globally, according to the companies, as crypto firms seek to blur the lines between traditional finance and on-chain markets.
“Access to U.S. markets is still through the old rails. Brokerage accounts, fragmented applications, and rigid trading windows have not evolved significantly,” said Joe Lubin, founder and CEO of Consensys and co-founder of Ethereum, in a press release shared with CoinDesk. “Integrating Ondo’s tokenized US stocks and ETFs directly into MetaMask shows what a better model looks like. A single, self-custodial wallet where people can move between crypto and traditional assets without intermediaries and without giving up control.”
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