Enso opens xStocks access to Arbitrum’s growing onchain ecosystem

Enso has integrated xStocks with Arbitrum, giving wallets, fintechs and trading platforms a way to add tokenized equity access without building their own execution infrastructure, the team said Wednesday.

xStocks are now available through the Enso API, while eligible users can trade tokenized equities directly through the Enso RWA App.

“Tokenization solved the supply side of real-world assets but what’s been missing is distribution, the liquidity, routing and execution to get those assets into the wallets and apps where people actually transact,” said Connor Howe, co-founder and CEO of Enso. He added that Enso’s integration provides access to xStocks and other tokenized assets, and its launch on Arbitrum lets existing Enso customers add tokenized equity access without developing separate infrastructure.

The integration uses Enso’s existing infrastructure for swaps, cross-chain routing and DeFi actions, allowing applications already connected to the platform to add xStocks on Arbitrum through the same connection. This removes the need for developers to build separate routing or aggregation systems for the assets, the team stated.

“Real-world assets are one of the fastest-growing categories on Arbitrum, and execution infrastructure is what turns that growth into something builders can actually ship,” Peter Haymond, head of DeFi partnerships at Arbitrum, commented. “Enso bringing xStocks to Arbitrum means any wallet, fintech or trading platform in our ecosystem gets tokenized equity access without building that infrastructure themselves. That’s the kind of composability that keeps compounding as more real-world assets move onchain.”

Founded in 2021, Enso has built an execution layer for onchain finance that allows applications, protocols and institutions to access liquidity and execute multi-step transactions across DeFi and tokenized assets through one API.

The project has raised about $14.2 million, with backing from Polychain Capital, Multicoin Capital, Spartan Group, IDEO CoLab Ventures and Hypersphere.

The Arbitrum launch extends Enso’s existing real-world asset business, which includes tokenized stock and metals execution through ether.fi Cash, an approved minting role for Ondo Finance and infrastructure supporting Anchorage Digital’s Porto institutional terminal.