Transparent, non-custodial, yours

Safe underlying, and a wrapper that is a separate question

Government debt delivered as a token. The underlying may be very safe while the structure around it is not — and the structure is what you hold.

Underlying Short-dated government debt — low credit risk
You hold A token issued by a vehicle, custodian and legal structure
Net yield Underlying rate minus management and custody fees

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What you should know

Tokenized treasury products hold short-dated government debt and pass the yield to token holders. They have grown quickly because the yield is real, the underlying is about as safe as financial instruments get, and settlement is on-chain.

The underlying is not what you hold. You hold a token issued by a structure, and that structure has its own risks.

How yield reaches you

Either the token balance rebases upward, or the token price appreciates against a stable reference, or distributions are paid separately. Each has different tax and accounting consequences depending on where you are.

The yield is the underlying rate minus management and custody fees, which can be a meaningful share when rates are low.

The structural layers

A fund or special-purpose vehicle holds the bills. A custodian holds the securities. A transfer agent or smart contract tracks token holders. A jurisdiction governs the arrangement.

Each layer is a dependency. The bills can be perfectly sound while the vehicle, the custodian or the legal wrapper is the problem.

Concentration is worth checking as well. Several of these products route through the same small set of custodians, administrators and transfer agents, so holding two different tokens can turn out to be one operational exposure wearing two different names.

Access restrictions

Many of these products are restricted to qualified or non-US investors, enforced on-chain through a permitted-address list. Transfers to unapproved addresses simply fail.

That is a compliance requirement rather than a defect, and it means the token is not freely transferable and secondary liquidity may be limited.

Redemption and liquidity

Redemption typically settles on a schedule matching the underlying market, not instantly, and may have minimums. Secondary market liquidity varies and can be thin.

FBT Swap displays market data for listed instruments with the source named. It does not issue or redeem tokenized treasuries, does not guarantee any rate, and shows an unavailable state rather than displaying a yield it cannot source.

At a glance

At a glance

Underlying

Short-dated government debt — low credit risk

You hold

A token issued by a vehicle, custodian and legal structure

Net yield

Underlying rate minus management and custody fees

Access

Often restricted to approved addresses by design

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Clear answers before you decide.

Is this as safe as holding treasuries directly?

The underlying credit risk is similar. You additionally take issuer, custodian, smart contract and legal-structure risk, none of which exists when you hold the security directly.

Can anyone buy these?

Often not. Many are restricted to qualified or non-US investors and enforce it on-chain, so transfers to unapproved addresses fail at the contract level.

How quickly can I redeem?

Usually on a settlement schedule tied to the underlying market rather than instantly, and sometimes with minimums. Secondary market liquidity is the alternative and it varies.

Risk notice

Crypto assets are volatile and on-chain transactions cannot be reversed. You can lose money, including all of it. Nothing here is financial advice.