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Industry speakers at Paris Blockchain Week said tokenization can broaden access and issuance, but it does not by itself create active secondary markets for illiquid assets. Tokenization does not automatically make hard-to-trade assets liquid, industry executives said at Paris Blockchain Week, pushing back on the idea that putting private credit, real estate or other illiquid products onchain will by itself create active secondary markets. Speaking during a panel moderated by Cointelegraph CEO Yana Prikhodchenko, Oya Celiktemur, Ondo Finance sales director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), said there is still a misconception that tokenizing illiquid assets can make them easier to trade. “I think there’s still this idea that tokenizing something illiquid will somehow magically make it a liquid asset, which is just not true,” said Celiktemur. She added that assets like real estate and private credit “were never that liquid” to begin with. Read more

The IMF said tokenization could improve cross-border payments and financial inclusion in emerging economies but cited concerns over volatility and the “erosion of monetary sovereignty.” The International Monetary Fund said tokenization has the potential to remove friction and boost transparency in finance, but warned that the technology could also create challenges that affect financial stability. "The net effect of tokenization on financial stability is uncertain,” the IMF said in a 23-page report on Thursday, stating that “atomic settlement and enhanced transparency reduce some traditional risks, but speed and automation introduce new ones.” More than $27.6 billion worth of real-world assets, minus stablecoins, is currently tokenized onchain, data from RWA.xyz shows. Boston Consulting Group estimated in 2022 that the tokenization market could rise to $16 trillion by 2030, while McKinsey & Co in 2024 predicted a more conservative $2 trillion over the same time frame. Read more

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The following is a guest post and opinion from Laura Estefania, Founder and CEO of Conquista PR. The past decade of digital assets has been shaped as much by debacle as by innovation. High-profile collapses, sensational headlines, and regulatory whiplash distorted public perception, leaving technologies capable of modernizing global finance viewed through a lens of […] The post From marginal experiment to global market infrastructure: Tokenization is rewriting finance appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Putting real-world assets onchain opens up new markets, increases capital velocity and democratizes access to finance, advocates say. Tokenization will transform the financial industry faster than digital technology disrupted legacy media, such as print newspapers, physical copies of music and other analog formats, according to Keith Grossman, president of crypto payments company MoonPay. “While many feared digitization would destroy media, what it actually did was force its evolution,” Grossman said, adding that real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, the process of representing traditional assets onchain, will force traditional institutions to adapt. He added: Financial incumbents like Citi, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and others will continue to exist in a different form, Grossman said, much like media companies continued to exist after the shift to digital distribution in the late 1990s and early 2000s, which disrupted business models that worked for decades. Read more

CoinShares' 2026 outlook positions next year as crypto's transition from speculation to utility, projecting Bitcoin between $110,000 and $140,000 as tokenization markets expand and institutions incorporate digital assets into traditional financial systems. The post CoinShares Outlook: Tokenization and Real Revenue Define Crypto’s Next Phase appeared first on Cryptonews.

BlackRock sees tokenized assets as the future of finance, enabling instant settlement, transparency, and global access while bridging traditional and digital markets. The post BlackRock CEO: Tokenization to Trigger Finance’s Biggest Overhaul Since the 1970s — How? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitwise CIO believes Solana’s speed positions it as Wall Street’s preferred blockchain for stablecoins and tokenization. The post Bitwise CIO: Solana Will Be Wall Street’s Go-To Network for Stablecoins and Tokenization appeared first on Cryptonews.

Tokenization of real world assets (RWA) on blockchain rails is not a futuristic thought experiment, argues Nick Cherney, head of innovation at Janus Henderson Investors. It is happening right now.

BlackRock has explored Tokenization for ETFs linked to stocks as RWA activity has expanded. BUIDL has exceeded $2B, IBIT has added 2025 inflows, and digital AUM has reached $79.6B, while Ondo Finance and Nasdaq have reported tokenized market initiatives. The post BlackRock Plans $2T Real-World Asset Boom with the Tokenization of ETFs appeared first on Cryptonews.

Tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs) is accelerating, bringing stablecoins, treasury bills, real estate and more into the crypto ecosystem, CZ added.

Tokenization could solve Latin America’s capital market inefficiencies, boosting liquidity and unlocking new investment opportunities, according to Bitfinex Securities. Update Aug. 21, 2:23 p.m. UTC: This article has been updated to include a paragraph on Latin American stablecoin adoption. Tokenization adoption may solve some of the systemic inefficiencies identified in Latin American capital markets and accelerate investment and capital flow in the region, according to Bitfinex Securities. Systemic inefficiencies, including high fees, complex regulations and structural issues such as technological barriers and high startup costs, are slowing investment and hindering capital flow into Latin American capital markets, in a phenomenon dubbed “liquidity latency,” according to the Bitfinex Securities Market Inclusion report, published on Thursday. Read more

As the US regulator explores streamlined rules for securities tokenization, Citadel Securities urges a focus on meaningful innovation. The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) plan to streamline securities tokenization may sound promising, but it is unlikely to benefit investors unless it delivers genuine innovation and efficiency, according to market maker Citadel Securities. “Tokenized securities must achieve success by delivering real innovation and efficiency to market participants, rather than through self-serving regulatory arbitrage,” Citadel wrote in a statement to the SEC’s Crypto Task Force, as reported by Bloomberg.  Tokenization — the process of representing real-world assets on a blockchain with digital tokens — is often touted for its potential to reduce costs and boost efficiency by minimizing the role of intermediaries, shortening settlement times and enabling fractional ownership of financial assets.  Read more

Though pitched as improving financial accessibility, data shows that RWA's current ownership remains concentrated among high net worth participants. Tokenization could open new opportunities for retail investors to access traditionally restricted asset classes, according to Johann Kerbrat, senior vice president and general manager of Robinhood Crypto, who called it “very important for financial inclusion.” Speaking at the Consensus 2025 event in Toronto, Kerbrat said that some real-world assets, such as real estate and private equity, are available only to up to 10% of the US population. “You need to be an accredited investor to invest in private equity right now,” he said. “How many people can afford a house or an apartment in New York?” he elaborated. “But you can get a piece of it with fractionalization, through tokenization. And so we think it makes it a lot easier to be exchanged, a lot more accessible for everybody.” Read more

Tokenization is gaining real traction as BlackRock, Libre, and MultiBank make billion-dollar moves, signaling the shift from theory to execution. Tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs) is evolving from an abstract concept to a practical financial tool as institutional players increasingly test and deploy blockchain-based infrastructure at scale. This past week alone saw a flurry of announcements from both traditional financial institutions and blockchain-native firms advancing their RWA initiatives. On April 30, BlackRock filed to create a digital ledger technology shares class for its $150 billion Treasury Trust fund. It will leverage blockchain technology to maintain a mirror record of share ownership for investors. Read more