BNB News Today: BNB Chain Expansion Grants Zero-Fee U.S. Stock Access to Asia, Latin America

Ondo Finance has entered a strategic partnership with Chainlink to enhance its tokenized asset platform, leveraging the oracle provider's data infrastructure and Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) to support over 100 tokenized equities and ETFs. The collaboration, announced in late October 2025, positions Chainlink as the official oracle provider for Ondo's tokenized securities, ensuring accurate pricing and corporate action tracking across 10 blockchains, according to Coindesk. This partnership also includes Chainlink joining the Ondo Global Market Alliance, a coalition aimed at expanding institutional adoption of tokenized assets, per PR Newswire.

The integration of Chainlink's data feeds addresses critical needs for real-time valuations, including dividend payments and corporate actions, which are essential for maintaining accurate asset pricing across decentralized networks, as noted by Coindesk. Ondo's tokenized equities, now spanning blockchains like Ethereum and BNB Chain, represent over $350 million in total value locked (TVL) and have facilitated $669 million in on-chain trading volume, according to Coinotag. The expansion to BNB Chain, in particular, targets non-U.S. investors seeking exposure to U.S. markets, with zero trading fees on PancakeSwap for the first 30 days, the Coinotag piece adds. This move taps into BNB Chain's large user base in Asia and Latin America, regions where access to traditional brokerage services is limited, as covered by TheCoinrise.

Chainlink's CCIP plays a pivotal role in enabling seamless cross-chain transfers for institutional clients, a feature already tested by entities like Swift and DTCC, the Coindesk coverage notes. Ondo and Chainlink aim to establish CCIP as the standard for traditional finance firms moving tokenized assets between blockchains, a step that could streamline operations for asset managers and financial intermediaries, as outlined in the PR Newswire release. The partnership also aligns with broader trends in real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, where platforms like Pharos have similarly integrated CCIP to secure cross-chain transactions and deliver low-latency price data, reported by Coinotag on Pharos.

The collaboration underscores growing institutional interest in tokenized assets, with Ondo's TVL surpassing $1.78 billion, driven largely by tokenized treasuries, according to FXStreet. This growth aligns with forecasts from Standard Chartered, which predicts non-stablecoin tokenized assets could reach $2 trillion by 2028, driven by liquidity from stablecoins and DeFi innovation, per Standard Chartered coverage on Yahoo Finance. However, regulatory challenges remain, as highlighted by Ondo's concerns over Nasdaq's proposed tokenized equity framework, which lacks clarity on settlement processes, a point previously raised by TheCoinrise.

For investors, the partnership and BNB Chain expansion signal a shift toward accessible, blockchain-enabled capital markets. Ondo's tokenized stocks, now tradeable on decentralized exchanges like PancakeSwap, offer a model for global financial inclusion, particularly for regions underserved by traditional systems, a point underscored in the Coinotag coverage. Meanwhile, Chainlink's role in securing these assets with institutional-grade data infrastructure reinforces its position as a critical player in bridging traditional and decentralized finance, as described in the PR Newswire announcement.