RWA Tokenization

The real‑world asset market entered 2026 with clear acceleration as on‑chain distributed asset value rose from $20.33 billion to $21.35 billion in early January, a 5% increase that followed a...

Mike Cagney, CEO of financial services firm Figure, has said that growing interest in real-world assets (RWAs) on public blockchains lacks meaning without yield for token holders.  He argued that...

More than $260 billion in real-world assets are now represented on blockchain networks. But only around $19 billion of that value is actively distributed and usable within decentralized finance as...

Solana’s real-world asset ecosystem achieved a new all-time high, reaching $873.3 million in total value as of early January 2026. This milestone makes the blockchain a critical infrastructure layer for...

Real-world assets (RWA) finished the year as the strongest performing crypto narrative by price. According to CoinGecko data, RWA tokens delivered average gains of 185.8% year-to-date, outperforming every major sector...

The push to tokenize real-world assets has moved from theory to competition, as blockchain builders and institutions chase scale. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson recently sharpened that debate by contrasting native...

As 2025 draws to a close, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization has grown steadily, largely independent of the usual ups and downs of the crypto market. The total on-chain value of...

India’s Parliament opened a critical debate on the future of asset ownership when Member of Parliament Raghav Chadha formally urged the government to introduce a dedicated Tokenization Bill. The proposal...

Brazil is testing blockchain technology to overhaul its public-sector real estate auctions. In a first for the country, the Court of Auditors of the State of São Paulo (TCE-SP) will...

Crypto.com and Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) have entered into a partnership aimed at expanding the use of blockchain technology across global commodities markets, with a focus on tokenisation, settlement...

Doha Bank has completed a $150 million digitally native bond issuance, marking one of Qatar’s earliest digitally native USD bond issuances. The floating-rate notes were listed on the London Stock...

Robinhood is effectively building a parallel financial system on the Arbitrum network, with on-chain data confirming that its tokenized stock pilot has cleared a significant liquidity hurdle.  According to analytics...

The race to tokenize global finance found a new engine in Abu Dhabi today. During the Solana Breakpoint conference, institutional capital allocator Keel unveiled a massive $500 million liquidity initiative...

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the core settlement and custody infrastructure for U.S. financial markets, has received a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission No-Action Letter allowing it to...

The government of Bhutan, a Himalayan kingdom, has launched TER, a gold-backed digital token on the Solana blockchain that represents allocated physical gold held in custody. The launch fits into...

Abu Dhabi has solidified its status as the premier destination for institutional digital assets, executing a dual strategy of attracting Wall Street heavyweights and deploying sovereign capital onto the blockchain....

China’s push to upgrade its digital-asset market entered a new phase this week after Hua Xia Bank sold 4.5 billion yuan ($600 million) in tokenized, government-linked bonds to digital-yuan users....

The Ministry of Justice of Georgia has formally engaged the Hedera network to overhaul its national public registry, marking a strategic evolution in the country’s decade-long experiment with blockchain governance. ...

Crypto exchange Kraken formally agreed to acquire Backed Finance AG on Tuesday, executing a strategic pivot to own the infrastructure behind the booming tokenized asset sector. The deal brings the...

Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager with €2.2 trillion in AUM, has formally entered the on-chain finance race, launching the first tokenized share class of a Euro-denominated money market fund on...

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) urged the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to rethink its plan to grant regulatory exemptions for tokenized stock offerings. The entity warned that...

Securitize has secured regulatory authorization from Spain’s National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) to operate a digital asset trading and settlement system under the European Union’s DLT Pilot Regime. The approval...

U.S. Bancorp has begun tests for a proprietary stablecoin on Stellar, one of the leading public networks built for asset tokenization. Bloomberg first reported the development, with confirmation from the...

WhiteBIT Group has signed a strategic agreement with the Holding of Prince Naif Bin Abdullah Bin Saud to overhaul Saudi Arabia’s digital infrastructure. This initiative focuses on blockchain integration, tokenization,...

The Trump Organization and Dar Global have disclosed plans for a new resort in the Maldives. This project will be funded by a “tokenized investment structure.” The initiative, a first...