RWA is currently by far the most promising crypto sector. We compare the two current leaders in RWA, Mantra Chain and Ondo Finance.
And if we want to believe VanEck’s RWA report, this could be a $50 billion sector THIS YEAR. Its projected potential is 50x by 2030. Will Ondo or Mantra also do a 50x? Let’s find out the true winner in this hottest crypto sector.
To break the ice here, let me give you a quick idea of what RWA is about. Earlier, you heard Larry Fink already mention tokenization. Well, that pretty much sums it up. RWA is about tokenization. It’s short for Real-World Assets.
This can be anything, really. From real estate to precious metals, or bonds and treasuries. You can tokenize them, which means digitalizing the RWA. You turn it into an NFT. What makes RWA interesting is the fact that you can also fractionalize these assets.
Let’s take real estate for example. Most of us can’t afford real estate, at least not in one lump sum. However, when you fractionalize the tokenized real estate. Now it is becoming much more affordable to many people. In other words, you don’t own all the estate, but fractions of it. The following video gives an explanation on what RWA is.
Both Mantra and Ondo Finance cater mostly to institutions. However, both also have options for retail. You can also buy or trade in their respective tokens. The tokens are Mantra’s $OM token and Ondo’s $ONDO token. These two tokens are available at almost all major exchanges. And anyone can buy them, not only institutions.
Mantra ($OM) is currently leading the RWA chart, measured by market cap. On the other hand, their mainnet didn’t launch until October 2024. That’s only 4 months ago. This integrates RWAs into the blockchain. Before mainnet, there was an incentivized testnet. This was the Hongbai testnet.
Unfortunately, many testnet users are disappointed about the delay of the airdrop. Mantra had a $50 million airdrop on the table. However, it changed the vesting a few times, and now tokens are locked until September 2025. Airdrop releases continue until March 2027.
But let’s look at what Mantra offers. Here’s something that stands out. Mantra advertises itself as a permissionless chain for permissioned applications. What does that mean? Permissionless means that anybody can use it. It has all the advantages that a blockchain offers. For instance, there’s no single entity that controls it and it’s anonymous.
On the other hand, Mantra is compliant, like almost all other RWA projects. This means that a KYC or KYB (know your business) is mandatory. In other words, out goes the anonymous part. However, now you can trade in regulated assets or products. That’s the trade-off.
So, when you say Mantra, you also say DeFi. But there’s more. It connects TradFi with DeFi. Traditional banking systems can now interact with crypto and fiat, on-chain and off-chain.
A few months ago, I did a deep dive into Mantra. If you want to find out more about Mantra, here’s the link.
The current $OM price is $5.93 with a $6.41 ATH from only four days ago. Its market cap is $5.7 billion. $OM has an unlimited token supply. Out of the 1.8 billion total supply, 971 million circulate. I can see it doing a 50x within the next 5 yrs at the rate of RWA growth.
Ondo Finance ($ONDO) announced Wall Street 2.0 only a few days ago. That was during their Ondo Summit in NYC. During the summit, Ondo also announced their very own Layer 1 chain. As a surprise last-minute guest, Donald Trump Jr was added as a speaker.
So, talking about the Trump family. Their DeFi platform, World Liberty Financial, bought an additional $4.7 million of $ONDO. That brings their total $ONDO investment to $5 million. Furthermore, a Binance listing might be in the making. Yes, indeed, surprisingly, $ONDO is not yet listed on Binance.
That’s a lot of exciting news in one go, right there. It should come as no surprise that the $ONDO token is doing well. A week ago, it was still at $1.30, and today it briefly touched $1.41. $ONDO’s market cap is $4.3 billion. However, in contrast to $OM, $ONDO has a fixed supply of 10 billion tokens. In other words, much better tokenomics. Currently, 3.1 billion tokens circulate.
$ONDO does things differently with their token vesting and unlocks. Recently it unlocked 1.94 billion tokens worth $2.4 billion. However, the expected token price drop didn’t happen. It went from $1.38 to $1.20 and immediately back up to $1.53. That means that holders believe in the project and don’t sell their tokens.
I already talked about Larry Fink and BlackRock. Well, Ondo Finance works together with BUIDL. Institutional investment is a minimum of $5 million. However, with Ondo’s $OUSG stablecoin, the minimal investment is only $100,000. This also offers retail an opportunity to take part.
Furthermore, Ondo introduced their Global Markets platform. This offers access to tokenized stocks, bonds, and ETFs. Ondo really is on fire and is ready to take over the RWA crown. They have 50x potential as well over the next few years.
So, which project do you prefer? Ondo Finance? It offers tokenized notes backed by US Treasuries to institutions and retail. Or rather Mantra? It offers a wider range of tokenized assets.
If we look back over the last year, Mantra wins. Its $OM token saw a 34439% price increase. $ONDO only saw a 1597% increase. But both are impressive, to be honest.
Source: Wallet Investor
Mantra is the current leader. However, Ondo launched a lot of new features during their summit. I can see Ondo taking over that RWA crown soon. Join the discussions on our Discord and X channels. Or let me know in the comments which project you prefer and why.
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