Real World Assets


Opinion

RWA Tokenization Is Going to Trillions Much Faster Than You Think

A new report from Security Token Market forecasts $30 trillion in asset tokenization by 2030, led by stocks, real estate, bonds and gold.

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Markets

Donald Trump Jr Says Crypto Is the 'Future of American Hegemony'

The son of the U.S. president made a surprise appearance at the Ondo Summit in New York City on Thursday.

Donald Trump Junior speaks the Ondo Summit in New York City. (CoinDesk/Krisztian Sandor)

Finance

Ondo Finance Unveils Layer-1 Network for Tokenized Assets

CEO Nathan Allman said "financial markets are overdue for an upgrade" as tokenization efforts gather steam globally.

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Markets

Real-World Asset Tokens Lead Crypto Rebound as Tokenization Narrative Gathers Steam

Ondo Finance's native token, MANTRA's OM and Chintai's CHEX posted double-digit gains during the crypto rebound, while many altcoins still nursed losses.

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Finance

It’s Hard to Fund Midsize Green Assets. This Tokenization Startup Wants to Change That

Plural Energy is already tokenizing renewable energy projects; it wants these assets to permeate through the crypto ecosystem.

Adam Silver (Plural Energy)

Finance

MANTRA Blockchain to Tokenize $1B of Real-World Assets for UAE-Based Property Firm DAMAC

The deal will allow token-based financing of DAMAC's wide range of portfolio companies that includes real estate development, hospitality and data centers.

Dubai (David Rodrigo/Unsplash)

CoinDesk Indices

What 2025 Holds for Tokenized Real World Assets

What to pay attention to this year as capital markets transfer onto the blockchain. By Jason Barraza.

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Markets

DeFi Protocol Usual's Surge Catapults Hashnote's Tokenized Treasury Over BlackRock's BUIDL

Hashnote's USYC is the primary backing asset of the red-hot decentralized finance protocol Usual, whose USD0 stablecoin zoomed over $1 billion market capitalization in a few months.

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Finance

RWA-Focused Network Plume Raises $20M from Brevan Howard and Others Ahead of Mainnet Launch

The platform has brought over $4 billion of traditional assets on-chain, ranging from renewable energy projects to mineral rights and private credit.

Plume co-founders Eugene Shen, Chris Yin and Teddy Pornprinya (Plume)

Finance

Michael Sonnenshein, Ex-Grayscale CEO, Joins Tokenization Firm Securitize as COO

Sonnenshein left asset management firm Grayscale, issuer of spot bitcoin and ether ETFs, earlier this year.

Michael Sonnenshein (CoinDesk)