#RWA资产代币化 Seeing Ondo's xTSLA liquidity controversy, a familiar déjà vu flashed through my mind. This is not the first time—whenever a new narrative heats up, projects raise flags and rush to the front, only to reveal fatal contradictions in execution.
Remember the 2017 tokenization wave? Back then, everyone was talking about the future of assets on the chain, but most projects died in the "last mile." Now, the RWA track is reenacting this script, just with a different disguise.
The core issue with Ondo this time reflects a deeper dilemma: **the inherent opposition between on-chain liquidity and the rhythm of traditional markets**. It appears to show a 0.03% slippage on the surface, but the actual liquidity is only $7,000, and during real trades, slippage skyrockets to 45%—this is not a technical problem but a failure of business design. Ironically, real liquidity actually depends on off-chain market makers during US stock market hours. This "pseudo-on-chain" experience is fundamentally still using DeFi as a guise to package traditional financial logic.
The lessons from history are clear. The DAO explosion in 2015, the stablecoin chaos in 2018, oracle risks in 2020—each time, we see projects with elegant concepts but weak liquidity ultimately become jokes. RWA is not impossible, but the premise must be built on **genuine counterparties and continuous price discovery mechanisms**, not just marketing hype and lucky timing.
Mo Shaikh says financial institutions will quickly integrate RWA, but looking at reality—when big institutions enter, they first care about whether they can execute at controllable costs at any time, not just token prices. Ondo is still far from meeting this standard.
What truly deserves attention are those projects building **native liquidity infrastructure** rather than simply applying traditional models. Time will tell everything.
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#RWA资产代币化 Seeing Ondo's xTSLA liquidity controversy, a familiar déjà vu flashed through my mind. This is not the first time—whenever a new narrative heats up, projects raise flags and rush to the front, only to reveal fatal contradictions in execution.
Remember the 2017 tokenization wave? Back then, everyone was talking about the future of assets on the chain, but most projects died in the "last mile." Now, the RWA track is reenacting this script, just with a different disguise.
The core issue with Ondo this time reflects a deeper dilemma: **the inherent opposition between on-chain liquidity and the rhythm of traditional markets**. It appears to show a 0.03% slippage on the surface, but the actual liquidity is only $7,000, and during real trades, slippage skyrockets to 45%—this is not a technical problem but a failure of business design. Ironically, real liquidity actually depends on off-chain market makers during US stock market hours. This "pseudo-on-chain" experience is fundamentally still using DeFi as a guise to package traditional financial logic.
The lessons from history are clear. The DAO explosion in 2015, the stablecoin chaos in 2018, oracle risks in 2020—each time, we see projects with elegant concepts but weak liquidity ultimately become jokes. RWA is not impossible, but the premise must be built on **genuine counterparties and continuous price discovery mechanisms**, not just marketing hype and lucky timing.
Mo Shaikh says financial institutions will quickly integrate RWA, but looking at reality—when big institutions enter, they first care about whether they can execute at controllable costs at any time, not just token prices. Ondo is still far from meeting this standard.
What truly deserves attention are those projects building **native liquidity infrastructure** rather than simply applying traditional models. Time will tell everything.