It'll be decided by what assets users can trade. And the narrative doesn't lack users; it lacks new markets to bring on-chain. BTC or ETH are not enough; users need something familiar.
@OndoPerps is filling exactly that gap: RWA perps (commodities + tokenized equities).
It's not a coincidence that recent platforms choose RWAs for perp trading:
+ 24/7 access to assets that are normally locked behind market hours (equities, commodities, etc)
+ Tokenized equities are no longer just spot assets, they become viable collateral and underlyings for perpetual markets.
In fact, you can find RWAs perp in multiple places:
+ Hyperliquid (via HIP-3)
+ Aster
+ Grvt
+ Lighter
+ Ostium
Ondo Perps has one real edge: it's built on top of Ondo Global Markets, which just reportedly crossed $1b in TVL, $2b in cumulative trading volume, and around 70% share of the tokenized equity issuer market.
Instead of building an RWA ecosystem from scratch, Ondo Perps can leverage the existing asset base and distribution of Ondo Global Markets as that ecosystem grows.
Distribution brought users.
Asset coverage may decide who keeps them.
For early participants, there's also a $150k reward pool during week one.
