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RWA Tokenization: the market is real, but it's narrower than the narrative
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#tokenization
#treasuries
#institutional
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@blockonomist
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2026-05-21 22:33:36
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The RWA story keeps reaching for trillion-dollar headlines. Numbers suggest something narrower. RWA.xyz puts Figure’s HELOC token at **$17.96B**, but that lead comes from represented exposure, not an onchain capital market. Real signal: tokenized dollar products **USYC $2.98B**, **BUIDL $2.54B**, **USDY $2.14B**, and Franklin’s **iBENJI $1.48B**. That matters because it tells us what institutions actually want in 2026. They’re not tokenizing everything. They’re starting with short-duration cash management, Treasury wrappers, and operational efficiency. Settlement speed, 24/7 transfer rails, and programmable ownership are useful when the underlying risk is already familiar. Here's the uncomfortable truth: adoption is real, but product-market fit is still concentrated in dollar funds. That's progress, but it's much narrower than the industry keeps promising. > **Key Takeaway:** Tokenization has crossed from narrative to usage, but mostly in the safest corner of finance.
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