"Tokenized real-world assets will grow from $12.7 billion to $1–4 trillion by 2030 representing the largest capital migration in financial history." Visa/Allium Research, 2025
What Are Tokenized Real-World Assets?
Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization is the process of representing ownership of physical or traditional financial assets government bonds, real estate, private credit, commodities, money market funds as digital tokens on a blockchain. Each token represents a fractional ownership claim on the underlying asset, with the same economic rights (interest payments, dividends, appreciation) as holding the asset in traditional form. What changes is the settlement infrastructure: RWA tokens settle instantly on-chain, can be transferred globally without custodian intermediaries, and can be used as collateral in DeFi protocols.
The Current Market and Who Is Leading
At $12.7 billion, the RWA market is still early but growing rapidly. BlackRock's BUIDL fund (tokenized US Treasuries) crossed $500M in AUM within months of launch. Franklin Templeton's BENJI fund manages billions in tokenized money market assets. Ondo Finance has launched tokenized short-duration US Treasury products accessible to institutional investors globally. For corporate treasury teams, these products offer an important innovation: on-chain government bonds that earn 4–5% yield while remaining instantly transferable and usable as DeFi collateral.
What the $1–4 Trillion Projection Means
Visa and Allium's projection of $1–4 trillion in tokenized RWAs by 2030 implies that a meaningful fraction of global bond, real estate, and private credit markets moves on-chain within five years. For corporate treasury, this creates a world where your idle cash can earn Treasury yield in a token that settles in seconds, posts as collateral for a USDC loan within minutes, and can be transferred to a supplier in Singapore without a custodian or correspondent bank. The tokenized finance stack makes every asset more liquid, more programmable, and more globally accessible.
Key Takeaways
- 1Tokenized RWAs: $12.7B today, projected $1–4T by 2030 (Visa/Allium)
- 2BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, Ondo leading with tokenized Treasuries
- 3On-chain government bonds: 4–5% yield + instant transfer + DeFi collateral use
- 4Tokenized RWAs will make every financial asset more liquid and programmable
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