{"id":34988,"date":"2025-08-07T12:39:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T12:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=34988"},"modified":"2025-08-07T12:39:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T12:39:28","slug":"ethereum-in-the-driving-seat-as-on-chain-rwa-tokenization-nears-peak-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=34988","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum in the Driving Seat as On-Chain RWA Tokenization Nears Peak Levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWhen Larry Fink says all stocks, bonds, and real estate can be tokenized, believe him,\u201d said crypto asset manager Bitwise on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The comment in reference to the BlackRock boss came alongside a chart showing that real-world asset (RWA) onchain value had surged to an all-time high of just under $25 billion.<\/p>\n<p>More recent data from RWA.xyz <a href=\"https:\/\/app.rwa.xyz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">reveals<\/a> that it is currently at $25.46 billion, which is close to record highs.<\/p>\n<p>When stablecoins are included, that figure jumps to $283 billion, which is its highest ever level.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">When Larry Fink says all stocks, bonds, and real estate can be tokenized, believe him. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OaHwez3uaQ\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/OaHwez3uaQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bitwise (@BitwiseInvest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BitwiseInvest\/status\/1953075444850241545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">August 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"ethereum-dominates-rwa\">Ethereum Dominates RWA<\/h2>\n<p>With stablecoins excluded, the largest segment of tokenized RWA is private credit with $15 billion onchain, followed by US treasury debt with $6.7 billion, then commodities at $1.8 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Around 73% of US Treasurys are tokenized on Ethereum, which also dominates for stablecoins, as 54% of them are on the network.<\/p>\n<p>Tokenized stocks are still a tiny segment of the overall RWA market, representing just 1.4% of the total onchain value.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of funds, BlackRock\u2019s Ethereum-based USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) is the largest with $2.3 billion in assets under management.<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum is the dominant blockchain for tokenized assets, with a market share of 54% while the Ethereum layer-2 network ZKsync Era is second with 18.6% so the total on Ethereum is closer to 73%.<\/p>\n<p>Other chains such as Aptos, Solana, and Stellar have single-digit market shares.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">TOP PLAYERS IN THE RWA ECOSYSTEM<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">$ETH<\/a> is leading the charge and dominating tokenized assets by a wide margin.<\/p>\n<p>Close behind: ZKsync Era, Aptos, Solana, Stellar, Polygon, and Arbitrum.<\/p>\n<p>These chains are powering the next trillion-dollar market. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RWA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">#RWA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3rL7YjkNj0\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/3rL7YjkNj0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Real World Asset Watchlist (@RWAwatchlist_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RWAwatchlist_\/status\/1953194777333370897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">August 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Even hardcore Bitcoiners such as Fundstrat\u2019s Tom Lee have pivoted to Ethereum recently.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWall Street is running to tokenize its entire system on the blockchain, and it requires smart contracts,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/sharplink-nears-2b-in-ether-holdings-targets-1m-eth-treasury\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">said this week<\/a> before adding that the \u201cbiggest and most secure blockchain with no downtime is Ethereum, and it\u2019s legally compliant.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"strategic-eth-reserves-top-3-million-eth\">Strategic ETH Reserves Top 3 Million ETH<\/h2>\n<p>Ethereum\u2019s RWA dominance has spurred a wave of ETH treasury companies that have adopted strategies to stack and stake the asset.<\/p>\n<p>There is now more than three million ETH in the strategic reserves, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sassal0x\/status\/1953200902057480628\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">observed<\/a> industry expert Anthony Sassano on Thursday. Just three treasury companies that didn\u2019t even exist a few months ago now own over 1.6 million ETH and are aggressively buying more every day, he said before adding:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cETH is a $100 trillion asset trading at $443 billion.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, ETF expert Nate Geraci <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NateGeraci\/status\/195327281442293794\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> that ETH treasury companies and <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/ethereum-etfs-just-bought-7x-more-eth-than-was-issued-on-slow-day\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">spot Ether ETFs<\/a> have each bought around 1.6% of the current total supply of the asset since the beginning of June.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div><center><span style=\"font-size:11px; color: gray;\">SPECIAL OFFER (Sponsored)<\/span><\/center><br \/>\n<b>Binance Free $600 (CryptoPotato Exclusive): <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/binance600f\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Use this link<\/a> to register a new account and receive $600 exclusive welcome offer on Binance<\/b> (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/binance600d\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">full details<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><b>LIMITED OFFER for CryptoPotato readers at Bybit: <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/pl\/bybit24\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Use this link<\/a> to register and open a $500 FREE position on any coin!<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/ethereum-in-the-driving-seat-as-on-chain-rwa-tokenization-nears-peak-levels\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWhen Larry Fink says all stocks, bonds, and real estate can be tokenized, believe him,\u201d said crypto asset&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-crypto","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}