ONDO FINANCE WEIGHS ACQUISITION WORTH UP TO $500 MILLION

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Ondo Finance, founded by former Goldman Sachs executives and managing $3.5 billion in tokenized Treasuries and equities, is exploring a wealthtech acquisition valued at $250 million to $500 million. No advisers have been retained, and the firm says it isn't in active acquisition talks, placing the process at an early exploratory stage. The wealthtech focus signals Ondo's intent to move beyond tokenization infrastructure into distribution and wealth management channels. The potential deal fits a Q2 2026 M&A wave that totaled $12.9 billion in disclosed deal value, with Kraken's $550 million Bitnomial purchase and Bullish's $4.2 billion Equiniti acquisition as recent reference points.