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Cash + T-Bills 84% · Other 16%
T-Bills + Cash 100%
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RWA 38% · USDC 22% · ETH 18% · Other 22%
USDC + sFRAX backed
Top RWA products by AUM · on-chain US Treasuries & MMF
| # | Product | Issuer | AUM | Yield | Chains |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUIDL | BlackRock + Securitize | $2.34B | 4.92% | Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum |
| 2 | OUSG | Ondo Finance | $680M | 4.81% | Ethereum, Solana, Sui |
| 3 | FOBXX | Franklin Templeton | $540M | 4.75% | Stellar, Polygon, Avalanche |
| 4 | USDY | Ondo Finance | $510M | 4.85% | Ethereum, Solana, Mantle |
| 5 | BENJI | Franklin Templeton | $420M | 4.78% | Stellar, Base |
| 6 | TBILL | OpenEden | $210M | 4.90% | Ethereum, XRPL |
| 7 | USTB | Superstate | $180M | 4.88% | Ethereum |
| 8 | JTRSY | Backed Finance | $95M | 4.65% | Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum |
| 9 | TFUND | Hashnote | $78M | 4.83% | Ethereum |
| 10 | USYC | Hashnote | $55M | 4.92% | Ethereum, Canton |
AUM and yield figures curated weekly. Sources: rwa.xyz, DefiLlama, issuer disclosures.
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