🇬🇧 NEW: BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Ripple, and 49 other firms have joined the UK’s tokenization taskforce to develop live tokenization use cases across financial markets.
Securitize has surpassed $5B in total RWA value making us the first tokenization platform to reach this milestone.
Institutional demand for tokenized assets continues to grow at an unprecedented rate.
Tokenize the World.
RWA holder data - 30 day change in holder count ranked by size.
Stocks & active strategies being the only 2 real holder counts that have moved this past month.
"Major economies will not allow their currencies to become structurally disadvantaged in an increasingly internet-native financial system."
If you believe this, then tokenized EUR is likely to grow alongside the digitization of global finance.
A sector to watch 👇
"If you are going to tokenize something, you need to figure out which bucket it fits in."
@HesterPeirce explains why tokenization doesn't create a new regulatory category.
The key distinction is whether it's the underlying security, an entitlement, or a synthetic, because each carries different regulatory obligations.
"This market is about to explode."
Andy on why the RWA thesis changes everything for DeFi and why the opportunity hasn't been this big since 2017:
If the thesis plays out, Hyperliquid, Lighter, Aerodrome, Uniswap, Aave, and Morpho all expand.
"We're not just going to trade it on perps. We're going to trade it spot. Lend it. Collateralize it. Put it in vaults. Earn yield. Move it cross-chain."
"If we get this right, that's how big of an opportunity this is."
When tokenized assets or RWAs grow from ~$44.1B to ~$10T, issuers, chains, and DeFi platforms that onboard, custody, and exchange these assets will see a meaningful expansion in their revenue.
Countries need to tokenize their stocks, allowing worldwide buyers. (RWA)
Countries need to issue their own stablecoin(s), to expand their currency's usage on the blockchain.
DTCC is approaching a live demonstration of tokenization using assets held at The Depository Trust Company (DTC).
To underscore the significance of this milestone, we break down what tokenization is, how it works, and how it may help enhance the efficiency, accessibility, and transparency of assets ownership.
Learn more about our tokenization initiatives: https://t.co/IQB5OSm6DB