A 20x Surge in RWAs and a $3 Billion ETF Influx Solidify Ethereum’s Market Dominance

• In August, Ethereum’s RWA market went over an astonishing $7.5 billion
• The rise is fueled by growing institutional adoption, with financial giants like BlackRock and Securitize building tokenized products
• A recent academic study points out that despite the rising value of tokenized RWAs, secondary market liquidity is still limited

The market for tokenized Real-World Assets (RWAs) on Ethereum has surged nearly 20 times since January 2024, according to new data spotlighted by Token Terminal. In August, Ethereum’s RWA market went over an astonishing $7.5 billion.

The rise is fueled by growing institutional adoption, with financial giants like BlackRock and Securitize building tokenized products on the network. In addition, platforms such as zkSync Era are contributing a large amount of transaction volume to the ecosystem.

Ethereum currently dominates the RWA space, holding a majority share and acting as the backbone for asset tokenization, including treasuries, private credit, real estate, commodities, and others.

The huge growth shows how traditional finance and crypto are coming together. Tokenization converts illiquid RWAs into instruments that are both…

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