BlackRock Spearheads Billion-Dollar U.S. Treasury Tokenization Wave Across Major Blockchains

The recent surge in the tokenization of U.S. Treasurys, exceeding $1 billion across various blockchains like Ethereum, Polygon, and Solana, has been significantly influenced by the introduction of BlackRock‘s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund. Launched on March 20 on Ethereum, the fund, known by its ticker “BUIDL,” has quickly reached a market cap of $244.8 million. This growth was propelled by four substantial transactions totaling $95 million within a week, placing BUIDL as the second-largest fund of its kind, just behind Franklin Templeton’s Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund (FOBXX) which leads with $360.2 million in assets. This milestone of