Ondo Perps opens equity perpetuals to non-U.S. investors with up to 20x leverage on tokenized stock collateral
NEW YORK, July 8. Up to 20x leverage on U.S. equity derivatives, backed by tokenized stock collateral, is now live for non-U.S. investors through a platform called Ondo Perps. The company said the product is the first to enable tokenized equities to serve as collateral for perpetual futures contracts.
Key takeaways
- Ondo Perps has launched equity perpetual futures for non-U.S. investors, offering up to 20x leverage backed by tokenized U.S. stock collateral.
- The company says it is the first platform to let tokenized equities serve as collateral for perpetual futures contracts.
- Perpetual futures on the platform have no expiry date, staying open until the holder closes them or is liquidated.
- The platform operates around the clock, providing derivatives access to U.S. stocks and indices outside standard American exchange hours.
- Leverage is capped at 20x, with no per-asset breakdown disclosed for individual stocks versus indices.
NEW YORK, July 8. Up to 20x leverage on U.S. equity derivatives, backed by tokenized stock collateral, is now live for non-U.S. investors through a platform called Ondo Perps. The company said the product is the first to enable tokenized equities to serve as collateral for perpetual futures contracts.
A first for tokenized equity collateral
Perpetual futures contracts carry no expiry date. A position stays open until the holder closes it or is forced out through a liquidation event. The contract type has been the dominant derivatives format in crypto markets for years. What is new on Ondo Perps is the collateral: tokenized representations of U.S. stocks, rather than cash or stablecoins, back the positions.
That distinction shapes the platform's design. A non-U.S. investor holding tokenized U.S. equity can deploy those holdings as margin for leveraged exposure to the same assets, according to the company. The collateral and the underlying market are the same segment.
Continuous access and leverage ceiling
The platform runs around the clock, according to Ondo Perps, bringing derivatives infrastructure to U.S. stocks and indices outside the fixed sessions of American exchanges. The release described the focus as the most in-demand U.S. assets for a global investor base.
Leverage caps at 20x. The release gave no per-asset breakdown of how that ceiling applies across individual stocks versus indices listed on the platform.
Who can trade
Ondo Perps is live now for non-U.S. investors, the company said. The release disclosed no timeline for any access expansion to U.S. participants, and no conditions for such a change were described.