Plain English
A tokenized Treasury is a blockchain token representing a claim on short-term US Treasury bills held by a regulated custodian. The token accrues yield mirroring the underlying T-bill rate — currently around 4.5–5% — and can be transferred or used as collateral on-chain.
How it actually works
Issuers like BlackRock (BUIDL), Franklin Templeton (BENJI), Ondo (USDY/OUSG), Mountain Protocol (USDM), and Maple Finance hold a portfolio of short-term T-bills with a regulated custodian. Each token represents a share of that portfolio. Yield accrues either to the token balance or to the price. Redemption is typically daily or weekly back to USDC or dollars.
What it means for you
For HNW members with idle cash, tokenized Treasuries are the cleanest way to earn government-backed yield while keeping the asset on-chain and usable as collateral. The structural innovation is composability — yield-bearing dollars that integrate with DeFi.
Our DeFi-for-family-offices module covers tokenized Treasury selection (issuer, redemption mechanics, jurisdiction), tax treatment of the yield, and how to deploy them as collateral in lending strategies.
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