Binance bStocks surged to $624M within two months, surpassing Kraken's xStocks at $579M. Ondo Finance holds the top spot at $927M as the tokenized equity market swells to $2.7B.
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Binance’s bStocks has become the second-largest tokenized stock issuer by value, overtaking Kraken’s xStocks less than two months after its June 11 launch. Token Terminal data showed bStocks at roughly $624 million on Aug. 3, ahead of xStocks at $579 million, with Ondo Finance leading at $927 million. The ranking held as of Tuesday, when bStocks stood at $610.6 million versus xStocks at $601.2 million.
A year earlier, xStocks led the tokenized stock market with $40.7 million, followed by Robinhood at $37.2 million, while Ondo held about $65,000. Since then, the total value tracked by Token Terminal has surged from roughly $80 million to around $2.7 billion. The market’s expansion has been so rapid that today’s second-largest issuer was not even part of the competitive landscape twelve months ago. At the same time, Ondo moved from a negligible base to the top position, showing how quickly tokenized equity issuance can reorder market share when distribution and product launches accelerate.
Binance’s product offers blockchain-based tokens providing exposure to U.S. stocks without direct ownership of the underlying shares. The ascent within two months suggests distribution can be as decisive as product design in the tokenized-equities market. Binance co-founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao attributed the rapid expansion to the exchange’s large user base, an advantage that moves new blockchain-based financial products quickly to existing customers without building a new audience from scratch.
Even after taking second place, bStocks remains well behind Ondo. The difference between bStocks and xStocks was $9.4 million as of Tuesday, while Ondo retained a substantially larger lead. The numbers point to a market that is growing fast but still capable of changing rank within days or weeks. With total tracked tokenized-stock value near $2.7 billion, Binance’s rapid ascent adds another large distribution platform to a sector that has moved from tens of millions to billions in roughly a year, intensifying competition among issuers for onchain equity exposure. Tokenized QQQ drove 288% of July volume; Robinhood Chain bets on it.
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