Standard Chartered sees $2 trillion in tokenized RWAs by 2028, matching stablecoins

Tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) may reach a cumulative value of $2 trillion in the next three years as more global capital and payments migrate onto efficient blockchain rails, according to investment bank Standard Chartered.

The bank said in a Thursday report shared with Cointelegraph that the “trustless” structure of decentralized finance (DeFi) was poised to challenge the dominance of traditional financial (TradFi) systems controlled by centralized entities.

DeFi’s growing use in payments and investments may boost non-stablecoin tokenized RWAs to a $2 trillion market capitalization by 2028, the investment bank predicted.

Of the $2 trillion, $750 billion was projected to flow into money-market funds, another $750 billion into tokenized US stocks, $250 billion into tokenized US funds, and another $250 billion into “less liquid” segments of private equity, including commodities, corporate debt and tokenized real estate.

“Stablecoin liquidity and DeFi banking are important pre-requisites for a rapid expansion of tokenised RWAs,” said Standard Chartered’s global head of digital assets research, Geoff Kendrick, who added:

“We expect exponential growth in RWAs in the coming years.”

Reaching a $2 trillion market capitalization implies an over 57-fold growth for RWAs in the next three years from their current $35 billion cumulative value, according to data from RWA.xyz.

Source: RWA.xyz

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