Active use of tokenized real-world assets (RWA) in DeFi has recovered to $3.77 billion, nearing pre-exploit levels after an April 18 incident caused a $13 billion decline. The recovery, led by Ethereum, also sees significant growth on Solana, Monad, and Avalanche, but concerns about market concentration and cross-chain risk persist.
Standard Chartered predicts tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) could reach $2.7 trillion by 2030, driven by increased adoption in DeFi and growing market value. US Treasuries, private credit, stocks, commodities, and real estate are key growth areas, with significant institutional involvement.
Despite strong Solana ETF inflows and high network usage, SOL's price is falling due to a value-capture disconnect. Fee structures and macro pressures are cited as reasons, with proposed reforms aiming to address inflation and weak fee burns.
The tokenized real-world asset market is approaching $30 billion, but only $2.47 billion is active in DeFi. Permissioned structures and compliance hurdles limit integration with open crypto markets, creating a divide between on-chain ownership and DeFi composability.
The tokenized real-world assets (RWA) market is valued at nearly $30 billion on-chain, but only $2.47 billion is actively used in DeFi protocols. This gap is largely due to permissioned architectures and compliance constraints that limit composability, with bond and money market funds being the largest category outside of DeFi.
OCBC has launched GOLDX, a tokenized physical gold fund issued on Ethereum and Solana, in partnership with its asset management arm Lion Global Investors and digital asset exchange DigiFT. The token provides on-chain exposure to the LionGlobal Singapore Physical Gold Fund, which has $525 million in assets under management. Targeted at institutional investors, hedge funds and asset managers, the fund can be purchased using stablecoins and fiat currencies, with tokens delivered directly to investors' blockchain wallets.
