Real-World Onchain Assets Gain Popularity Amid Bitcoin Market Uncertainty
Date: 2025-02-10 Author: Oliver Abernathy Categories: CRYPTO PAYMENTS
RWA tokenization covers financial instruments and physical assets such as real estate and art, converting them into digital form on the blockchain. This expands investor options and simplifies trading such assets.
Bitcoin BTC $97,651 fell below the psychological $100,000 mark on February 4 after growing tensions in the global market caused by new import tariffs imposed by the US and China.
Bitcoin's weak dynamics may direct investment flows towards RWA, according to Alexander Loktev, commercial director of P2P.org, a platform for institutional staking and crypto infrastructure. In an interview with Cointelegraph, he noted:
"With the growing interest of large financial institutions such as BlackRock and JPMorgan in tokenization, the total value locked (TVL) of RWAs could reach $50 billion by 2025."
TradFi institutions see tokenized assets as an important tool for the transition to decentralized finance (DeFi), as they provide more predictable returns and opportunities for institutional investors, Loktev added.
Recently, the total value of onchain RWAs reached a record high of $17.1 billion, with 82,000 asset holders, confirming the growing popularity of this direction.
Marcin Kaźmierczak, co-founder and COO of RedStone, noted that with the improvement of blockchain infrastructure and increased interest from institutions, RWAs can take a significant share of the global asset market, which is estimated at $450 trillion.
“Traditional financial institutions manage assets worth about $100 trillion. Even if only 1-2% of them are transferred to the blockchain format, it can give a significant boost to the RWA market in 2025,” said Każmierczak.
He added that the development of blockchain technology makes tokenized assets more efficient and accessible compared to the traditional financial system.
In 2025, RWAs may become one of the key investment trends in the crypto industry.
According to Bhaji Illuminati, CMO of Centrifuge, institutional interest in RWAs will continue to grow, especially amid recent crypto market volatility, including $10 billion in liquidations in a week.
“The sharp fluctuations in crypto prices highlight the importance of stable and income-producing assets. RWAs, especially in the fixed income segment, serve as a hedge against volatility,” Illuminati explained to Cointelegraph.
She also noted that asset tokenization is driving long-term change in wealth management, focusing on real economic value rather than speculative trends.
Major consulting firms predict that the RWA market could grow 50-fold by 2030 to reach $30 trillion as more traditional financial institutions integrate blockchain into their processes.
