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Tokenized funds add $2.7B in market cap over 90 days as JPMorgan and Ondo lead the charge

Tokenized funds add $2.7B in market cap over 90 days as JPMorgan and Ondo lead the charge

CryptobriefingCryptobriefing2026/08/18 20:24
By:Cryptobriefing

The tokenized fund market just had a very productive quarter. Over the past 90 days, tokenized funds added roughly $2.7 billion in market capitalization, driven primarily by two products: JPMorgan’s government money market fund and Ondo Finance’s yield-bearing note.

The growth pushes total distributed value of tokenized assets to approximately $38 billion as of mid-August 2026, according to data tracked on RWA.xyz.

The two products driving the surge

JPMorgan’s JLTXX, a US registered government money market fund tokenized on Ethereum, launched on May 13, 2026, with a $100 million seed investment. Within months, its valuation ballooned to somewhere between $694 million and $809 million.

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The other major contributor is USDY, Ondo Finance’s tokenized note backed by short-term Treasury securities and bank deposits. USDY reached a market value of approximately $2.1 billion by mid-August, making it one of the largest tokenized yield products in existence. Its appeal is straightforward: holders get exposure to Treasury yields while maintaining the flexibility of a digital asset that can be moved, redeemed, or used as collateral across DeFi protocols.

For context, the current leaderboard of tokenized products looks like this: USYC sits at roughly $3.0 billion, BUIDL (BlackRock’s tokenized fund) at approximately $2.7 billion, USDY at $2.1 billion, and JLTXX at around $809 million. The top four alone account for over $8.6 billion in value.

Why institutions keep showing up

Stablecoin issuers have become significant buyers. Companies like Circle and Tether hold tens of billions in reserves, much of it in Treasuries and money market instruments. Tokenized versions of those same instruments let them manage reserves on-chain, reducing friction and potentially improving transparency.

Products like JLTXX and USDY have introduced features that allow instant minting and redemption using digital currencies, removing one of the biggest historical complaints about tokenized funds: that getting money in and out was clunky.

The bigger picture for tokenized assets

Products like JLTXX operate within existing US securities frameworks, which means they satisfy compliance requirements that have historically kept large allocators away from anything blockchain-adjacent. The fact that a registered money market fund can exist on Ethereum without triggering regulatory alarms suggests the legal infrastructure has matured alongside the technology.

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