Frax Adds frxUSD to the Omni Distribution Engine

Institutional Acceleration in 2025

The financial industry is rapidly transforming as major institutions like BlackRock, JP Morgan, Mastercard and others embrace cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Once considered niche, digital assets are now integral to modern finance, offering faster transactions, enhanced security, and greater transparency. Innovations such as tokenized assets, real-time settlements, and interoperable networks are breaking traditional barriers, driven by growing client demand and the need to stay competitive. With clearer regulatory frameworks coming this year, 2025 is set to be a landmark year for institutional crypto adoption.

Distribution Matters

As established institutions continue to expand their footprint in the industry, safe and compliant distribution of digital assets has become paramount for the entities providing the infrastructure to tokenize them. Accessing institutional-grade assets on-chain remains challenging due to complex infrastructure, regulatory hurdles, and a lack of standardized solutions. Investors face fragmented platforms, limited liquidity, and high entry barriers, making the process costly and inefficient. The key to unlocking blockchain’s potential for institutions lies in efficient distribution: products that simplify access, enhance liquidity, and ensure compliance will define the leaders in the institutional crypto market.

frxUSD: Secure, Transparent, Compliant, Trusted

Frax Finance recently announced the launch of a new stablecoin, frxUSD, marking a significant step in integrating traditional finance with blockchain technology. The stablecoin leverages BlackRock's USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), tokenized by Securitize, to provide secure, transparent, and fully auditable backing.

As an evolution of Frax's original FRAX stablecoin, frxUSD offers direct fiat redemption capabilities while ensuring compliance with U.S. financial regulations. The partnership with BlackRock positions BUIDL as a core custodian for minting and redeeming frxUSD, backed by assets like cash, U.S. Treasury bills, and repurchase agreements, guaranteeing full transparency and on-chain audibility.

The collaboration highlights the transformative potential of tokenized real-world assets in connecting traditional and decentralized finance. By combining blockchain’s programmability and transparency with BlackRock’s institutional-grade treasury offerings, frxUSD sets a new standard for stablecoins. The initiative reflects a broader shift in financial strategies, as traditional and decentralized systems converge to redefine asset management. According to Frax Finance Founder Sam Kazemian and Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo, the partnership showcases how tokenization can drive innovation and efficiency, advancing the integration of institutional investments into decentralized platforms.

Omni: The Standard for Institutional-Grade Distribution

Omni is the abstraction layer for the crypto economy, allowing institutions to access unbounded capital across the broader blockchain ecosystem. With the ability to link assets to any integrated blockchain network, Omni will proudly support unparalleled distribution and access for frxUSD to both EVM-compatible chains and eventually alt-VM chains later in 2025.

Omni facilitates this via it’s two key protocol components:

• Omni Core: A protocol for decentralized and fast cross-rollup messaging and computation.
• SolverNet: A network enabling intent-based execution across chains.

The Road Ahead

As we look to the future, our focus remains clear: building the infrastructure that will enable seamless, compliant, and efficient distribution of institutional-grade on-chain assets across the digital economy. Omni’s distribution engine is proud to support frxUSD to help facilitate transactions and lay the foundation for a new era of institutional finance, where traditional assets migrate onchain and converge to create a more inclusive, efficient, and interconnected financial system.

About Securitize

Securitize, the leader in tokenizing real-world assets, is driving the compliant digitization of financial assets through next-generation blockchain technology. Securitize, or through its subsidiaries, is a registered broker-dealer (member Finra / SIPC) and operates a primary marketplace, an alternative trading system, as well as a top 10 transfer agent and has an exempt reporting adviser. Learn more at http://www.securitize.io.

About Frax

Frax aims to be the U.S. digital dollar, establishing itself as the world's most innovative decentralized stablecoin and DeFi stablecoin infrastructure. The Frax stablecoin, a crypto collateralized stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar, is highly scalable, trustless, and ideologically pure on-chain money. Frax — founded by Sam Kazemian and Travis Moore — is committed to stability, proven technology, expert governance, and regulatory clarity.