The market cap of real-world assets (RWA) could more than triple by 2026, expanding beyond cryptocurrency use cases and utilities, according to Chris Yin, co-founder and CEO of RWA-focused Tier 2 firm Plume.
Speaking to Cointelegraph, Yin said the value of RWA has risen in the past year and is expected to increase by three to five times in 2026, as a base case.
“Currently, we are tracking over 10x the number of RWA holders since the beginning of the year, so we expect us to continue to make an impact and we think it is not crazy to imagine another great year with 25x+ in user growth numbers,” he said.
It is estimated that more than $35 billion of RWA is on-chain, According to To RWA.xyz, over 539,000 carriers.
The RWA market will grow significantly
Yin said the market for tokenized RWAs caters entirely to crypto citizens, but he expects it to grow significantly across overall value, users, asset classes and utilities.
“While the vast majority of today’s RWA value is in US Treasuries, the maturing market and the combination of interest rate cuts are pushing onchain users to look for higher yields in new places,” he said.
“We are already seeing a rebound in private credit as well as other alternative assets such as mineral rights, oil, GPUs, energy and more.”
Regulations can also play a role. Many countries, such as the United States, are developing legislation to govern stablecoins and other token assets. This will help bring it out of the sandbox and into real-world use soon, Yin said.
“Beyond a pure supply-side release, we expect to start seeing the demand side finally come on-chain,” Yin added.
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Bloom Announce announced Wednesday that Securitize, a tokenization platform backed by BlackRock and Morgan Stanley, plans to deploy institutional-grade assets on Plume’s Nest Slooking protocol.
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The Nest staking protocol allows investors to trade and earn a return on tokenized assets. The partnership will connect Securitize token funds to Plume’s network of more than 280,000 RWA holders, according to Plume.
Hamilton Lane funds will be the first, followed by other issuers and other asset classes from the Securitize platform in 2026.
Plume has 279,692 RWA holders, which represents approximately 50% of the total number of holders across all RWA networks. However, Plume is not among the top ten networks according to RWA.xyz.
However, Yin explains that Plume has a large share of users, but each asset owner may have a lower RWA than those on other networks.
“Plume has 280,000 users with a total of $200 million in RWAs, which is a more valid measure of usage on the network,” he added.
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