RWA News

Tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) continue to gain traction as crypto firms push for clear regulations for onchain financial instruments.

The nascent real-world tokenized assets track prices but do not provide investors the same legal rights as holding the underlying instruments.

Increasing US regulatory clarity is enabling more traditional finance participants to seek out decentralized financial solutions.

Ondo has acquired Oasis Pro, a FINRA member and SEC-registered broker-dealer.

The platform’s OpenAI private equity tokens were disavowed by the company, prompting OpenAI co-founder Elon Musk to call the AI firm “fake.”

In a media interview, Chair Paul Atkins pledged to empower businesses to innovate through tokenization.

Coinbase’s acquisition of Liquifi aims to address the complexity of token launches by onchain builders by making them faster and easier.

Centrifuge partners with S&P Dow Jones Indices to launch the first tokenized S&P 500 Index fund, enabling programmable onchain index-tracking products.

More than 60 tokenized stocks are now live on Kraken, Bybit and Solana DeFi via Backed Finance’s xStocks.

The tokenized RWA market is now valued at $24 billion, dominated by private credit and US Treasury debt.

The head of the FHFA said his agency is considering how Bitcoin is counted in qualifying for a mortgage.

Tokenized US government debt used as collateral in leveraged trading exposes crypto markets to further geopolitical and liquidity risks.

Digital Asset raised $135 million from Goldman Sachs, Citadel and others to scale its Canton Network and drive tokenization of real-world assets in finance.

Over 28% of Ether’s supply is now locked, signaling tightening liquidity conditions, as more Nasdaq-listed companies establish corporate crypto reserves.

The move will lower collateral requirements to access leverage for crypto trading due to the relatively stable value of US government debt.