🤯 ¡BOOM! #RWA Tokenized, Standard Chartered predicts a jump of 5,600% to $2 Trillion by 2028
#Ethereum , the Silent King of the new financial era 👑
The tokenization of Real World Assets (RWA), which consists of converting traditional financial assets (such as stocks or funds) into digital tokens on the blockchain, is about to explode.
📈 The Big Number: #StandardChartered Bank projects that the market capitalization of RWAs (excluding stablecoins) will soar from the current $35 billion to the astonishing figure of $2 trillion by 2028. An increase that would pale many, close to 5,600%.
🌉 The Catalyst (The Bridge): Stablecoins have been the "Trojan horse" (or the foundation, if one wants to be less dramatic) that has paved the way, creating the awareness and liquidity necessary for other assets to move to the blockchain.
🥇 The Undisputed Champion: The bank, through its head of digital asset research, Geoffrey Kendrick, is betting heavily on Ethereum. Why? Its proven reliability (more than 10 years without interruptions on the mainnet). For Kendrick, the fact that other chains are faster or cheaper is "irrelevant" compared to the security and solidity of Ethereum.
💰 Where Do the $2 Trillion Come From? The big slice of the pie will come from:
$750 billion: Tokenized money market funds.
$750 billion: Tokenized listed stocks (once U.S. regulation is clarified).
$250 billion: Other tokenized funds.
$250 billion: Less liquid assets like private equity, real estate, and commodities.
🔄 The Silent Revolution: Kendrick concludes that, finally, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is moving from being an insider game of crypto-users to seriously revolutionizing Traditional Finance (TradFi) by expanding lending and deposit activities to all kinds of real assets.