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WisdomTree Opens $1.23B Tokenized Treasury Fund to MoonPay's 35 Million Users

WisdomTree has opened its $1.23B tokenized Treasury fund WTGXX to MoonPay's 35M accounts, with MoonPay holding the fund against stablecoin reserves in a $15.4B market.

WisdomTree Opens Tokenized Treasury Fund To MoonPay's 35 Million Accounts
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  1. WisdomTree's tokenized Treasury fund WTGXX holds $1.23 billion in assets, ranking fifth in the market.

  2. The tokenized Treasury market totals $15.4 billion.

  3. MoonPay will build an access point for WTGXX across its 35 million user accounts.

  4. MoonPay will hold WTGXX against its stablecoin reserves.

WisdomTree has opened its tokenized Treasury fund, WTGXX, to MoonPay's 35 million user accounts, pairing a $1.23 billion on-chain money market product with one of the largest consumer crypto payment platforms in the market.

Under the arrangement, MoonPay will build a dedicated access point for WTGXX, according to the announcement. The platform will also hold the tokenized fund against its stablecoin reserves — a treasury-management decision that puts regulated, yield-bearing tokenized assets at the core of MoonPay's balance sheet strategy rather than relying solely on conventional stablecoin backing instruments.

What is WTGXX and why does its size matter?

WTGXX is WisdomTree's tokenized money market fund. At $1.23 billion in assets under management, it ranks as the fifth-largest fund in a tokenized Treasury market that now totals $15.4 billion, according to the announcement. That market has grown as issuers race to put short-duration, dollar-denominated yield on-chain for crypto-native treasurers and institutional allocators.

The top of that league table has become a competitive benchmark. BlackRock's BUIDL, Franklin Templeton's Benji and Ondo's USDY have driven much of the category's expansion, and WisdomTree's position in the top five gives the asset manager a meaningful foothold as tokenized cash-equivalent products become standard reserve assets for crypto firms.

What does the MoonPay deal change operationally?

Two structural shifts stand out.

  • Distribution: MoonPay's 35 million accounts gain a path into a SEC-regulated tokenized fund, extending WTGXX's reach far beyond WisdomTree's traditional institutional client base into mainstream fintech users.
  • Reserve composition: By holding WTGXX against its stablecoin reserves, MoonPay substitutes tokenized Treasury exposure for conventional reserve holdings, tying its balance sheet directly to on-chain yield-bearing assets.

For WisdomTree, the partnership converts a fund originally built for institutional wallets into a consumer-facing product with a distribution channel measured in tens of millions of accounts. For MoonPay, the move aligns with a broader industry pattern: crypto platforms increasingly hold tokenized money market funds instead of non-yielding reserve assets, tightening the link between stablecoin issuance and regulated fund managers.

How does this fit the tokenized Treasury market's trajectory?

The $15.4 billion tokenized Treasury category sits at the intersection of two regulatory currents: the maturing framework for tokenized investment products and the intensifying debate over stablecoin reserve standards. WisdomTree, a traditional asset manager with an established digital assets division, benefits from both — its fund offers regulated exposure that platforms need as reserve quality comes under sharper scrutiny.

The deal also signals that distribution, not just issuance, is the next competitive frontier. Issuers have spent the past two years racing to scale fund size; partnerships that plug tokenized funds into payment rails and consumer platforms now determine which products capture flows at scale.

Whether WTGXX can climb from fifth place in the tokenized Treasury rankings will depend on how much of MoonPay's 35 million-account base converts into fund holders — and whether other payment platforms follow MoonPay's lead in adopting tokenized funds as stablecoin reserves.

via The Defiant (Source)

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