JPMorgan, Mastercard and Ripple Complete First Cross-Border Tokenized Treasury Transfer on XRP Ledger

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JPMorgan, Mastercard, Ripple, and Ondo Finance completed the first cross-border redemption of a tokenized US Treasury fund The transaction used Ripple’s XRP Ledger combined with traditional banking rails for real-time settlement Mastercard’s Multi-Token Network routed instructions to JPMorgan’s Kinexys platform, which delivered USD to Ripple’s Singapore account The pilot builds on a similar test from May 2025 involving JPMorgan, Chainlink, and Ondo Finance The IMF and investors like Kevin O’Leary say regulation must come before widespread tokenization adoption

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JPMorgan, Mastercard, Ripple, and Ondo Finance have completed what they say is the first cross-border, cross-bank redemption of a tokenized US Treasury fund using both blockchain and traditional banking infrastructure.

XRP LEDGER PILOTS LINKING TO BANK RAILS

Ondo Finance, JPMorgan’s Kinexys, Mastercard, and Ripple completed a pilot linking XRP Ledger to interbank settlement for tokenized U.S. Treasuries.

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The transaction settled in real time on May 7, 2026, combining a public blockchain with global interbank payment rails for the first time in this type of trade.

The deal centered on Ondo Finance’s OUSG fund — a tokenized short-term US government Treasury product. Ondo processed the fund redemption for Ripple directly on the XRP Ledger.

From there, Mastercard’s Multi-Token Network stepped in to route the settlement instructions. Those instructions went to JPMorgan’s blockchain payments platform, Kinexys.

JPMorgan then delivered US dollars to Ripple’s bank account in Singapore, completing the full transaction cycle across two continents.

“For the first time, a public blockchain and global banking infrastructure settled a cross-border transaction of a tokenized fund together in real time,” Ondo Finance said in a post to X.

Ripple added: “By combining the XRP Ledger with global banking infrastructure, this pilot shows how institutions can execute cross-border transactions in a single integrated flow.”

Building on Earlier Work

This is not the first time these firms have tested tokenized asset transfers. Almost exactly a year ago, in May 2025, JPMorgan’s Kinexys, Chainlink, and Ondo Finance completed a test that moved a tokenized US Treasury fund between a public and a permissioned blockchain.

The new pilot goes further by adding cross-border and cross-bank elements, routing real dollars to a foreign bank account.

OUSG was first launched in 2023 on Ethereum, then expanded to Polygon and Solana. Ondo brought it to the XRP Ledger shortly after the May 2025 test. It currently offers a 3.48% APY and holds $610 million in total value locked.

Regulation Still a Hurdle

More than $31.1 billion in real-world assets are currently tokenized on-chain, excluding stablecoins, according to RWA.xyz. Forecasts from Boston Consulting Group put the tokenization market at up to $16 trillion by 2030.

But experts say growth depends on clearer rules. The International Monetary Fund warned in April 2026 that tokenization shifts risk to shared ledgers and smart contracts, making it harder to manage problems during financial stress.

The IMF also said that without legal clarity on ownership and settlement finality, tokenized markets risk becoming “fragmented and peripheral.”

Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary echoed those concerns at Consensus Miami 2026, saying large amounts of capital will not move on-chain until US crypto market structure legislation passes and aligns with SEC rules.

OUSG currently holds $610 million in total value locked with a 3.48% annual percentage yield.

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