Tokenised Realworld Assets Reach $36 Billion as Institutional Adoption Accelerates

Tokenised Realworld Assets

The global market for tokenised real-world assets has reached approximately $36 billion, marking a nearly eight-fold increase from $4.66 billion in 2024 and signalling a fundamental shift from blockchain experimentation to large-scale implementation.

The Scale of Adoption

More than 100 asset managers, banks, custodians, and enterprises now operate blockchain-powered platforms for real-world assets. The market spans tokenised treasuries, real estate, commodities, private credit, and emerging categories like intellectual property and infrastructure.

Tokenised US Treasuries dominate the space at $12.88 billion-a category that barely existed two years ago. Investors use these instruments to access dollar-denominated yield on-chain, often settling transactions in minutes rather than days.

Who’s Building

The institutional roster reads like a who’s who of traditional finance. BlackRock’s BUIDL fund, Franklin Templeton’s on-chain money market instruments, and J.P. Morgan’s Kinexys platform have all scaled beyond pilot programmes.

Robinhood Chain, the exchange’s proprietary blockchain, now hosts over $70 million in tokenised RWAs-up fivefold from $14 million just two weeks earlier. OpenWorld and Blockchain.com announced a partnership this week to expand RWA tokenisation and institutional access globally.

Beyond Financial Assets

The next frontier extends beyond securities markets. Industry projections suggest RWA tokenisation will expand into:

. Healthcare (medical receivables, insurance claims)

. Infrastructure (toll roads, utilities, energy projects)

. Intellectual property (royalty streams, patents, licensing)

. Global trade finance (letters of credit, invoice financing)

. Commodities beyond precious metals

Regulatory clarity is the key enabler. As frameworks like the GENIUS Act and MiCAR in Europe establish rules for digital asset issuance and custody, institutional risk committees can approve participation in tokenised markets.

The Trillion-Dollar Question

Boston Consulting Group and other forecasters project the tokenised asset market could reach $16 trillion by 2030. Whether that figure proves realistic depends on continued regulatory progress and the development of interoperable infrastructure that connects traditional settlement systems with blockchain rails.

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