Tokenization Could Push DeFi Assets to $2.7 Trillion by 2030, Standard Chartered Says
Standard Chartered says real-world asset (RWA) tokenization is bringing traditional financial products such as bonds and funds onto blockchains, expanding the decentralized finance (DeFi) market alongside crypto-native assets. The trend matters because DeFi protocols could become a new channel through which the digital-asset generation allocates wealth and accesses financial services.
Standard Chartered's latest forecast projects that assets locked in DeFi will grow 37-fold to $2.7 trillion by the end of 2030. As tokenized RWAs and crypto-native assets move more rapidly into on-chain finance, the share of tokenized assets used in DeFi is expected to rise from 3.5% to 30%, becoming a key driver of market expansion in the coming years.
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The history behind this eventStandard Chartered Says Tokenization Could Channel Trillions of Dollars Into DeFi
Asset tokenization puts rights to real-world assets such as bonds, funds and real estate on a blockchain, enabling round-the-clock trading, fractional ownership and their use as collateral. If traditional financial assets move on-chain at scale, DeFi could expand beyond cryptocurrency markets into institutional-grade lending and trading, potentially increasing the amount of capital in the sector significantly.
Standard Chartered’s latest forecast puts the tokenized-asset market at $4 trillion by 2028. The bank expects that growth to increase demand for blockchain-native lending, trading and liquidity infrastructure, drawing trillions of dollars in assets and related financial activity into the DeFi ecosystem.
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