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What ONDO-USD Is

ONDO-USD refers to the ONDO token of Ondo Finance priced in US dollars (the "-USD" is the quote currency, not part of the coin's name) [DOC-4], [DOC-25]. Ondo is a tokenization platform that brings traditional financial instruments—U.S. Treasuries, money-market funds, equities, ETFs, and commodities—onto public blockchains, bridging TradFi and DeFi [DOC-1], [DOC-2], [DOC-4]. The ONDO token itself is an ERC-20 governance token on Ethereum, used to vote on decisions within the Ondo DAO and the associated Flux Finance lending protocol; it does not represent a direct claim on the assets backing Ondo's yield products (USDY, OUSG, Ondo Stocks) [DOC-4], [DOC-21]. Total supply is 10 billion ONDO, with roughly 4.87 billion (≈49%) circulating [DOC-1], [DOC-4], [DOC-20], [DOC-21]. Founded in 2021 by Nathan Allman (a former Goldman Sachs digital-assets executive), the company is now led by acting CEO Ian De Bode [DOC-4], [DOC-21], [13].