Ondo Finance: Tokenization Push, Trump's Backing, and a 40% Surge

Ondo's Ambitious Tokenization Drive

Ondo Finance recently launched Ondo Global Markets (Ondo GM), a tokenization platform for traditional financial assets like equities, bonds, and ETFs, to enhance market access via blockchain technology. They also launched Ondo Chain, a layer-1 blockchain for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), which supports staking and cross-chain bridging, tapping into the security of permissioned chains with the friendliness of public blockchains.

Furthermore, Ondo Finance has partnered with Mastercard, as the first RWA provider on Mastercard's Multi-Token Network (MTN), and has been backed by World Liberty Financial, alongside investing $95 million in BlackRock's tokenized fund. With approximately 1.94 billion ONDO governance tokens out and a generally positive sentiment within the market, Ondo Finance is set to ramp up its tokenization, leveraging its new blockchain and Mastercard partnership to keep driving adoption within the RWA sector.

Trump Family Invests, Fueling Crypto Interest

World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a DeFi protocol supported by Donald Trump relatives, strategically acquired $250,000 of ONDO tokens on December 16, 2024, in a purchase of 134,216 tokens from CowSwap. This move, as part of a broader $44 million diversification into the likes of such cryptos as Ethereum and Chainlink, pumped ONDO's price up 15-16% and the value of CowSwap's $COW token up 52%. The investment focuses on the growing presence of the Trump family within the crypto environment and the future of RWA tokenization to thrive amidst favorable regulatory reforms

Recent Performance Overview

In the past two days, ONDOUSD gained nearly 40%. The pair remains well above short-term moving averages (34 and 55 EMA) but below the long-term moving average (200 EMA) on the 4-hour chart. It hit a high of $1.20618 at the time of writing and is currently trading around $1.1813. A bullish invalidation could occur if the pair closes below $0.50, with near-term support at $, Breaks below this level could target $0.60, and $0.50.

Resistance and Trading Strategy

Immediate resistance is around $1.25; breaking this could signal a bullish continuation, potentially leading to jumps to $1.66/$2/$2.25/$2.40 and $3. A surge past $3 might take it as high as $4. A suggested trading strategy is to buy on dips around $1, with a stop-loss at $0.50 and a target price of $3.