Finance03 October, 20262 min read
BlackRock Packages Ondo Finance Strategies Into Onchain Tokens Through Intelligent Portfolios
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BlackRock teams with Ondo Finance to wrap investment strategies into a single blockchain token. Tokens allow whole portfolios to be traded, rebalanced, and managed in real time on-chain.
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BlackRock and Ondo preview
BlackRock offered a preview of how tokenization could change portfolio investing by packaging professionally constructed investment strategies into individual tokens on the blockchain through Ondo Finance via Intelligent Portfolios. BlackRock’s three portfolios, developed for Ondo, combined different assets into strategies focused on high income, diversified growth, and high growth. An investor could hold a single token representing a portfolio instead of buying and rebalancing the underlying investments separately.
Lisa O’Connor, BlackRock’s global head of model portfolio solutions, said, "Tokenization creates new ways for portfolio strategies to be delivered through digital infrastructure." Pantera described the shift as moving "from single securities to onchain portfolios."
Model portfolios and scale
Broadridge estimated that model portfolios, described as pre-built combinations of funds and other investments used by wealth managers, held about $9.8 trillion in assets in June. CoinDesk said tokenization could move portfolio strategies beyond traditional structures by making them visible onchain and potentially usable as collateral for borrowing or integrated into other financial products. Bitwise introduced Automated Token Portfolios with Coinbase (COIN) and a16z-backed Glider in August, letting eligible non-U.S. investors follow Bitwise-designed portfolios of tokenized stocks while keeping the individual assets in their own wallets.
Glider’s technology automatically adjusted holdings to keep them aligned with the firm’s target weights, while Ondo wrapped portfolio exposure into a single transferable token. Tom Staudt, president and chief operating officer of ARK Invest, said, "Blockchain and tokenization will clearly open up funds, strategies, asset classes and jurisdictions that are not currently accessible to everyone."
AI, automation, and access
CoinDesk framed the next step as portfolio management becoming software that can operate directly on blockchain-based assets, rather than just tokenizing individual stocks, bonds, and funds. CoinDesk said the approach could become even more powerful when paired with AI, with software potentially building a portfolio around an average investor’s specific goals, risk tolerance, or even individual tax situation. Staudt told CoinDesk, "It's all great to have AI tell you what a perfect portfolio is, but if you can't access the assets, it doesn't really matter," linking personalization to asset availability.
The Traders Union account said BlackRock’s tokenized Intelligent Portfolios offered single-token blockchain exposure to high income, diversified growth, and high growth strategies. Traders Union also said Ondo’s single-token structure contrasted with Bitwise’s individually held tokens, underscoring evolving blockchain-native portfolio management models for broader asset access and industry collaboration.