The RWA sector is evolving in 2025, with blockchain bridging traditional finance and digital assets. This article explores key trends shaping the future of RWAs.
Introduction
In recent years, the world of blockchain technology has been developing rapidly, and one of the most discussed concepts is the RWA (Real World Assets) concept. In 2025, RWAs will continue to play a key role in transforming financial markets, bridging traditional assets with innovative technologies.
This article will explore what RWAs are and how far the sector has progressed in 2025.
What are RWAs?
RWA, or Real World Assets, are physical and intangible assets in the real economy, such as real estate, commodity inventories, company stocks, and credit obligations.
Traditionally, these assets have been part of classic financial markets and were traded through banks, stock exchanges, or other institutional structures.
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Key Findings of 2024
1 – Stablecoins dominate the RWA market with a $203B capitalization (97% market share).
2- Tokenized U.S. Treasury bonds represent $4B of the RWA market and are increasingly used as DeFi collateral.
3 – 2024 marked institutional investors’ entry into the crypto market through Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs and their own tokenized funds, such as BlackRock’s BUIDL.
4 – Governments worldwide are implementing dedicated national crypto and tokenization regulatory frameworks.
5 – The RWA market (excluding stablecoins) is projected to grow from its current $20B capitalization to between $3.5T and $10T by 2030.
6 – Ethereum, powered by Layer 2 solutions, hosts 82% of all RWA projects, excluding stablecoins.
7 – Asset tokenization has expanded beyond stablecoins to encompass gold, stocks, collectibles, real estate, and even the future earnings of athletes and racehorses.
8 – Within the $630T global real estate market, only $250M is currently tokenized, indicating vast growth potential if merely 1% ($6T) becomes tokenized.
RWA in 2025
RWAs offer opportunities, especially considering the current market to which the RWA technology can be applied. Take a look at this!
Funds estimate that by 2030, the market value for tokenized assets will range from $3.5 trillion in a bear-case scenario to $10 trillion in a bull-case scenario.
Funds estimate that the market value for tokenized assets will be between $3.5 trillion in a bear-case scenario and $10 trillion in a bull-case scenario by 2030.
In the base case, tokenization will capture about ~10% of the net assets of regulated open-end funds worldwide, which were 170 trillion at the end of Q2 2023. In the bull case, the CAGR is comparable to the one we have observed historically for the growth of crypto owners. The bear case is ~0.5x the base case.
Let’s look at the market dynamics and consider TVL.
TVL (Total Value Locked) is the total value locked, a metric used in the cryptocurrency sector to determine the overall value of digital assets in USD locked in a particular blockchain network through decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms or decentralized applications (dApps).
- As of January 1, 2025, the TVL of the RWA sector was $7.88 billion.
- Three months later, on April 1, 2025, the TVL had already grown to $10.538 billion.
- Growth in Q1 2025: 33.7%.
This is just within one quarter.
Over 100 companies have emerged during this time, offering services in the RWA sector. The market is attracting increasing attention.
RWA Ecosystem
The RWA ecosystem is expanding rapidly as we approach 2025, with more traditional assets being tokenized and integrated into the blockchain space.
This expansion is driving innovation in sectors like real estate, commodities, and finance, enabling greater liquidity, transparency, and access for investors.
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Assets tokenization sees institutions moving onchain, transforming securities & commodities into digital assets.
Conclusion
In 2025, RWAs will play a crucial role in transforming financial markets. Blockchain technologies and tokenizing real-world assets will help create more accessible, liquid, and efficient financial instruments.
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