RWA Tokens (Real World Assets)
Tokenization of real-world assets — real estate, bonds, gold on blockchain.
RWA (Real World Assets) is a sector tokenizing real-world assets on blockchain — real estate, government bonds, gold, credit portfolios, even art.
Why RWA?
•$500+ trillion worth of assets in the world, less than 1% tokenized
•Blockchain brings: liquidity, fractional ownership, 24/7 trading, global access
•Institutions seek on-chain yield (US Treasuries ~5% APY)
RWA project examples:
1. US Treasuries on-chain • Ondo Finance — tokenized US T-bills • Maple Finance — institutional credit • MakerDAO — invested $1+ billion in US Treasuries (backing DAI)
2. Real estate • RealT — fractional Detroit real estate as tokens • Landshare — BNB Chain real estate
3. Private credit • Centrifuge — supply chain finance • Goldfinch — credit in developing markets
4. Gold • PAXG (Pax Gold) — 1 PAXG = 1 troy oz of gold • XAUT (Tether Gold)
RWA future:
•BlackRock, Goldman Sachs — entering tokenization
•RWA can be "killer app" for institutional crypto adoption