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Ethereum (ETH) Tokenized Treasury Balance Down 52% From May Peak to $4.31B

Ethereum's tokenized Treasury balance fell to $4.31 billion on November 9, 52% below its May peak, as total tokenized US Treasuries reached $14.2 billion.

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November 9, 2026, 04:30 PM UTC4 min read
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  • Tokenized US Treasuries totaled $14.2 billion across public blockchains as of November 9
  • Ethereum's recorded tokenized Treasury balance fell 52% from its May 11 peak of $8.92 billion
  • Ethereum's tokenized Treasury balance stood at $4.31 billion on November 9
  • Franklin Templeton's Benji platform led issuers with a 22.7% market share
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Tokenized Treasuries Slip to $14.2B

Tokenized United States Treasury products reached roughly $14.2 billion across public blockchains as of November 9, and the share of that value recorded on Ethereum (ETH) has fallen about 52% from its May peak, standing at $4.31 billion. WooBlockchain Data Center's November 9 tally aggregates the market by issuing platform and, separately, by the network where each product is recorded. The 52% decline applies only to the balance written on Ethereum's ledger. It does not measure how the overall market moved over the same period, and it has no direct bearing on the Ethereum (ETH) price, which trades as a separate market. Tokenized Treasuries are blockchain representations of US government debt products. Each one is issued as a token through a smart contract, giving the holder an on-chain claim on an underlying fund or bond position. Asset managers adopted the format to put money-market-style yield on-chain, and the category has grown into one of the largest segments of real-world asset tokenization. In practice, a tokenized Treasury works as a settlement instrument: corporates and funds use it to park idle dollars on-chain and move them between venues without touching the traditional banking rail. The figures are denominated in US dollars and reflect the underlying value of the debt instruments, so they move with issuance and redemption activity rather than with speculative trading. The dataset keeps issuance figures apart from crypto market capitalization and daily trading volume, because a tokenized Treasury's value follows bond prices and fund flows, not the price of the native asset on the chain where it settles. Ethereum's recorded balance peaked at approximately $8.92 billion on May 11. Six months later it stands at $4.31 billion, a decline of roughly half, while the total across all platforms and chains sits near $14.2 billion. The dataset does not attribute the decline to any single product or redemption date.

Benji Leads Issuers at 22.7%

By issuing platform, Franklin Templeton's Benji leads the tokenized Treasury market with a 22.7% share. Ondo Finance follows at 21.9%, with Circle at 14.8% and Securitize at 13.2%. The top four platforms together control 72.6% of issuance. Kinexys holds 6.3%, WisdomTree 4.8%, Libeara 4.6% and Superstate 3.1%.

PlatformShare
Franklin Templeton (Benji)22.7%
Ondo Finance21.9%
Circle14.8%
Securitize13.2%
Kinexys6.3%
WisdomTree4.8%
Libeara4.6%
Superstate3.1%

These percentages attach to the company that issued each product, not to a blockchain. Benji, Ondo, Circle and Securitize each operate their own tokenized product lines under the same Treasury umbrella. The composition shows traditional asset managers and crypto-native issuers competing in the same category, with no single platform holding a dominant position even at the top. Four platforms hold roughly three quarters of the market, which concentrates issuance among established names while leaving room for smaller entrants. Read by network instead, the same dataset puts BNB Chain first at $4.39 billion of recorded tokenized Treasury value, just ahead of the Ethereum network at $4.31 billion. Stellar carries $1.93 billion and Solana $1.91 billion, which shows how far multi-chain issuance has spread beyond the two largest smart contract platforms. The gap between the two leading chains is narrow, and it matters for framing: the 52% decline is measured against Ethereum's own May peak, while the network ranking simply records where balances sit today. The tracking dataset notes that network figures show where a tokenized product is recorded and cannot be compared directly with the platform shares, since one issuer can distribute the same fund across several chains. A single product therefore adds value to a network total without changing the issuer ranking, and a redemption on one chain leaves the platform shares untouched. The distinction matters for anyone reading the November 9 numbers side by side.

A Supply Metric, Not a Price Signal

None of this moves the value of Ethereum's base layer by itself, because the metric tracks where tokenized debt sits, not demand for the asset. The sharper questions are competitive: whether on-chain Treasury yields draw capital away from staking returns, and whether issuers weigh gas fees and settlement finality when they choose a chain. Arguments that only growing L1 demand lets Ethereum (ETH) compete with Bitcoin as a store of value will be tested by issuance trends like these. For now, the November 9 reading gives a clean baseline: BNB Chain holds a slim lead in recorded Treasury value, Ethereum's balance sits 52% below its May peak, and the network's validator set keeps securing settlement for whichever products remain.

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