U.S. Treasuries represent the safest and most liquid assets in the world. A U.S. Treasury Bill (T-Bill) is a short-term, debt security issued by the U.S. government. This is considered a highly liquid and risk-free investment exempt from state and local taxes. There are also U.S. Treasury Funds, which are collective investment vehicles such as money market funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). While U.S. Treasuries play a key role in shaping central bank policy to personal investment portfolios, these p ...

Fidelity has launched the Fidelity Digital Interest Token (FDIT), an on-chain money market fund backed by mostly U.S. Treasuries, mainly from Ondo Finance's Short-Term U.S. Treasuries Fund (OUSG) as the only anchor and largest investor. According to Ondo, OUSG makes up more than 99% of FDIT assets at this time. The launch is yet another milestone in the continued efforts by major asset managers to tokenize traditional financial products. Fidelity now joins BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, and WisdomTree i ...