The growth shown by the tokenization of real world assets (RWA) confirms that it is one of the most important trends of 2025 and is here to stay.
This has led to increased interest among retail and corporate investors in cryptocurrencies backed by real assets such as real estate, stocks, and bonds.
Additionally, asset tokenization can bring traditional financial markets closer to the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem in innovative ways, creating new opportunities to integrate both worlds.
Attesting to the growth of this trend is the RWA’s market capitalization has increased by more than 100% by 2025. It is now $32.9 billion, as shown in the following graph.
Approximately 70% of tokens in this space represent private credit; Most of the rest is Treasury bills and commodities.like oil and gold.
To be precise, World Liberty Financial, a DeFi platform with ties to Donald Trump’s family, is exploring the tokenization of oil.
The company’s CEO, Zach Witkoff, said at the TOKEN2049 conference that the company is also considering trading gas, cotton, timber, and other products directly on the cryptocurrency network.
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is working along the same lines, tokenizing its exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to strengthen its presence in digital markets.
The company is exploring the digitalization of funds linked to real assets such as stocks, inspired by the success of iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT). Largest Spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETF currently holding 783,767 BTC The value is $98.469 billion.
This enables trading without the time constraints of Wall Street, eases access to investors around the world, and enables new applications that transform traditional assets such as stocks, bonds, and bonds. merchandise It is a digital token that speeds up transactions, enables split buying and selling, and reduces operating costs.
However, it should be made clear that BlackRock is not the first to enter this niche market. The financial giant has a tokenization fund called BUIDL, which was launched in March 2024 in collaboration with Securitize and operates on Ethereum, Solana, and Polygon.
Currently, BUIDL Leading the tokenized government bond market Market capitalization is $2.8 billion.
In a conversation with CriptoNoticias, OKX Europe CEO Erald Ghoos said, “RWA is becoming a fundamental layer for connecting traditional finance (TradFi) to DeFi. This enables a wide range of benefits, including 24/7 operating markets, programmable ownership, and global accessibility.” Furthermore, he emphasized that:
As regulatory clarity improves and infrastructure matures On-chainIncluding compliant custody, identity, and oracle solutions, RWA can drive the next wave of institutional adoption and fundamentally transform capital markets.
CEOX Eurpha, Ertal Ghoho.
According to BCG company projections, the RWA industry could grow from $30 billion to $20 billion. It will be in the range of 4 billion to 16 billion in the next few years.as reported by CriptoNoticias.
With increasing interest from institutional investors and expansion of tokenized capital, several cryptocurrencies have emerged as potential winners of this trend. We review five of them below.
1-Ethereum
The network created by Vitalik Buterin is the network with the most participation in the real-world asset tokenization industry. at the moment, Over $10.32 billion in RWA exists on Ethereumas shown below:
Tokenization will drive new applications and operations on the Ethereum network, where many of these developments will be centered. Add to this the fact that institutional investors prefer its robustness and diversification. If that happens, the price of Ether (ETH), the network’s native cryptocurrency, will be favorable.
Grayscale, a digital asset management company, highlights in one of its reports: Ethereum is the best network for RWA. “It is decentralized and has reliable neutrality for network participants, which will likely be a requirement for a global platform for tokenized assets.”
The company’s analysts described this ecosystem as leading compared to other networks operating within RWA. Ethereum has more users, Total Value Lock (TVL), and decentralized applications.
Regarding this, Joseph Chalom, former director of BlackRock and current co-CEO of Sharplink Gaming, said, “As Ethereum becomes the payment layer for trillions of assets, long-term impacts on the value of ETH are inevitable.”
2 chain links
Chainlink (LINK) is another cryptocurrency that could benefit from the rise of RWA, as it acts as an important bridge between real-world assets and cryptocurrency networks.
This is because its oracle network connects data and prices of traditional products such as stocks, bonds, and real estate to decentralized applications, allowing for secure and verifiable tokenization of these assets.
Moreover, its dominant market position (more than 80% share among Ethereum oracles and significant presence in the DeFi ecosystem) strengthens its position as the preferred infrastructure for institutional projects seeking interoperability and trust in their tokenized operations.
In other words, the more this industry grows, the more demand there will be for reliable oracles. That’s where Chainlink is positioned to take full advantage of that expansion.
Analyst Miles Deutscher argues: This expansion will drive the price of the Chainlink cryptocurrency to levels never seen before. To counter his argument, he points out that Wall Street giants like BlackRock are pushing for tokenization, emphasizing:
A fragmented, multi-chain world requires a universal translator, and Chainlink provides that solution.
Miles Deutscher, Financial Markets Analyst.
3 Ondo
It is the native token of Ondo Finance, a platform specialized in creating and managing financial products backed by RWA assets.
Ondo’s main products are BlackRock’s Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) and the Ondo Short-Term U.S. Treasury Bond (OUSG), a token backed by Treasury bills.
at the moment, Ondo Finance has a market capitalization of $1.762 billionwhich established the company as the world’s third-largest issuer of tokenized government bonds.
John Murillo, B2BROKER’s Chief Business Officer, spoke about cryptocurrencies that could benefit the most from this expansion, highlighting that “Chainlink remains the foundation, with its oracle network connecting real-world data to crypto networks and enabling institutional-level tokenization. Ondo Finance is another important player, bridging the gap between U.S. Treasuries and market funds. It combines the efficiency of finance and DeFi.”
4 stars
As explained on Criptopedia, the educational section of CriptoNoticias, Stellar is a decentralized open source network created by Jed McCaleb in 2014 with the purpose of facilitating fast and low-cost international transactions between different currencies or assets.
The platform positions itself as a bridge between the traditional financial system and the digital world, facilitating more efficient global payments and remittances.
Adoption of the system was strengthened when Franklin Templeton, one of the world’s largest investment managers, said: Stellar Network selected for issuance of tokenized money market fundThis is an important step in integrating RWA into its ecosystem.
Franklin Templeton, which manages more than $1.6 trillion, has the Benji platform, which specializes in managing tokenized assets and distributing profits.
Since Benji is integrated into Stellar, increased activity on the platform and broader institutional adoption could increase demand on the network and indirectly benefit the price of its native cryptocurrency, XLM.
5-Cardano
Cardano’s approach focuses on prioritizing quality over speed of development. Its modular development promises to solve challenges such as scalability and sustainability, applying improvements incrementally and securely to integrate networks over time.
In line with its vision, the Cardano Foundation has laid out six axes to guide the next stage of development, with the aim of strengthening the ecosystem, fostering community projects, and fostering the growth of the DeFi sector within the network.
One of the highlights is Adding RWA to Cardano. This advancement could have a bullish impact on the project and its native cryptocurrency, ADA, as it could attract institutional capital, increase activity within the network, and strengthen the ecosystem as a solid alternative to tokenized asset issuance.
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