In the year 2026, the RWA tokenization track suddenly heats up again. BlackRock's Ethereum-based money market fund has surpassed the $500 million mark, and Singapore's Monetary Authority's Project Guardian pilot has expanded to over a dozen banks, with major players in traditional finance rushing in one after another.
However, the more lively the track, the more obvious the differentiation often becomes.
Ondo Finance currently holds a TVL of $2 billion, firmly occupying the top spot in the RWA track. In comparison, Dusk Network, while telling a similar story, has only about $1.75 million in locked assets—just look at the 25 million DUSK on the Sozu staking platform. The gap between the two projects exceeds a thousand times.
How did such a huge gap come about?
The product design reveals the clues. Ondo's approach is particularly straightforward: tokenize traditional financial assets like U.S. Treasury bonds and money market funds, launching them on Ethereum and Solana respectively. Simply put, it allows crypto users to also earn stable income from government bonds. The OUSG token corresponds to BlackRock's short-term U.S. bond ETF, and USDY is a compliant stablecoin, both backed by real U.S. Treasury bonds. Investors buying these tokens are indirectly holding U.S. Treasury bonds, earning 4-5% annually, while maintaining the liquidity and composability of crypto assets. The logic is simple, and the target audience is clear—those seeking low-risk, stable returns without stepping outside the crypto ecosystem.
Dusk's approach is much more complex. They aim to build a privacy-compliant financial infrastructure system, including multiple component modules such as XSC.
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CryptoSurvivor
· 19h ago
Ondo this move is all about mastering the lazy economy, directly bringing government bonds on-chain, incredibly satisfying.
Dusk talks a lot but the locked-up volume doesn't match the story at all... the gap is really huge.
A stable return of 4-5% may not sound like much, but it's a thousand times more reassuring than going all-in on new tokens here.
Infrastructure stories are always the hardest to tell; investors prefer simple and straightforward logic.
RWA is hot, but few projects are truly implementable. Ondo being recognized by traditional financial giants is the key.
Dusk's privacy compliance sounds professional, but the thousand-fold gap... what does it say?
BlackRock's $500 million move really confused the circle; turns out traditional giants are playing RWA so directly.
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GasFeeLady
· 19h ago
ondo's gas optimization is *chef's kiss* but honestly? that 1000x gap tells you everything about execution timing... dusk built the infrastructure nobody asked for while ondo just bridged what people actually want. lesson in market psychology right there.
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YieldFarmRefugee
· 19h ago
Ondo's idea is indeed brilliant—directly bringing government bond yields onto the chain. Who wouldn't love a steady 4-5% interest? The bunch of modules in Dusk sound overwhelming, no wonder they got beaten easily. Ultimately, it's still about the product speaking for itself.
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GweiWatcher
· 20h ago
Ondo's approach is indeed brilliant—directly targeting the most profitable aspects of traditional finance, using government bond yields to attract crypto users. No wonder so much money is flowing in. Dusk, on the other hand, has made things more complicated for itself, talking about privacy infrastructure systems. It sounds impressive, but there aren't many people actually willing to use it...
In the year 2026, the RWA tokenization track suddenly heats up again. BlackRock's Ethereum-based money market fund has surpassed the $500 million mark, and Singapore's Monetary Authority's Project Guardian pilot has expanded to over a dozen banks, with major players in traditional finance rushing in one after another.
However, the more lively the track, the more obvious the differentiation often becomes.
Ondo Finance currently holds a TVL of $2 billion, firmly occupying the top spot in the RWA track. In comparison, Dusk Network, while telling a similar story, has only about $1.75 million in locked assets—just look at the 25 million DUSK on the Sozu staking platform. The gap between the two projects exceeds a thousand times.
How did such a huge gap come about?
The product design reveals the clues. Ondo's approach is particularly straightforward: tokenize traditional financial assets like U.S. Treasury bonds and money market funds, launching them on Ethereum and Solana respectively. Simply put, it allows crypto users to also earn stable income from government bonds. The OUSG token corresponds to BlackRock's short-term U.S. bond ETF, and USDY is a compliant stablecoin, both backed by real U.S. Treasury bonds. Investors buying these tokens are indirectly holding U.S. Treasury bonds, earning 4-5% annually, while maintaining the liquidity and composability of crypto assets. The logic is simple, and the target audience is clear—those seeking low-risk, stable returns without stepping outside the crypto ecosystem.
Dusk's approach is much more complex. They aim to build a privacy-compliant financial infrastructure system, including multiple component modules such as XSC.