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Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization is poised to be a promising growth area for the digital asset industry in 2023. This is largely because tokenization enables a safer, more inclusive, and more efficient investment environment for investors.
What is Real World Asset (RWA) tokenization?
Real World Asset (RWA) tokenization is the process of representing physical and traditional financial assets as digital tokens on a blockchain. Tokenized assets can be bought, sold and traded just like securities and offer a range of benefits.
The benefits of tokenization include increased liquidity, faster settlement, lower costs, and improved risk management. In short, they lower the barriers to entry and offer more efficient and secure access to real assets to a wider range of investors.
Amid the increasing adoption of crypto and blockchain technologies, the number of projects experimenting with tokenized assets has also increased significantly. For example, a group of 12 banks, including Bank of America and Citi, are exploring liability tokenization with a view to profiting from near-instant settlement.
Additionally, three global banks including DBS Bank, JP Morgan and SBI Digital Asset Holdings executed FX and government bond transactions against liquidity pools comprising tokenized Singapore government bonds, Japanese government bonds, JPY and SGD via Polygon, an Ethereum L2 network on the November last year.
“This demonstrates the increasing adoption of RWA tokenization by large financial institutions and their adoption of L2 for scaling,” CoinMetrics said. DeFi project MakerDAO is also delving deeper into real-world assets.
The protocol recently passed a positive vote to allow commercial real estate mortgage loans through a partnership with Huntingdon Valley Bank (HVB), marking the first involvement in a commercial loan between a regulated U.S. financial institution and a decentralized digital currency. CoinMetrics said:
“This is significant as it shows the potential for various assets to be used as collateral for crypto-native protocols. RWA-backed loans have also seen a spike, reaching as high as $140 million. This indicates the growing demand for RWA tokens as a means of funding real-world assets.”
WisdomTree, a $75 billion wealth manager, recently launched its Short-Term Treasury Digital Fund (WTSY), which digitizes its records of fund unit ownership on the Ethereum or Stellar blockchains. The offering is seen as a major step in bringing traditional financial assets into the digital ecosystem.
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Tokenized assets could be a $16 trillion market by 2030
According to global consulting firm BCG, the cumulative size of token assets worldwide could reach a staggering $16 trillion by 2030. This represents growth of more than 50,000% compared to $310 billion in 2022. Additionally, tokenized assets are expected to account for 10% of global GDP by the end of the decade.
There has also been a surge in RWA-backed loans, which have recently reached as high as $140 million. This points to the “growing demand for RWA tokens as a way to fund real-world assets,” CoinMetrics said, adding:
“Overall, the adoption of RWA tokenization in the crypto market is increasing, with major financial institutions and platforms exploring the use of these tokens in various transactions. While the overall supply of RWA tokens has declined, the potential for growth in this space remains strong.”
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About the author
Ruholamin Haqshanas is an accomplished crypto and financial journalist with over two years of writing experience in the field. He has a solid understanding of various segments of the FinTech space, including the decentralized iteration of financial systems (DeFi) and the emerging non-fungible tokens (NFTs) market. He is an active user of digital assets for remittances.
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