2026-01-02 10:03:20

RWA DeFi protocols now hold about $17 B in TVL and have surpassed DEXs to become the fifth largest category in DeFi.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘙𝘞𝘈 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦

As of today, onchain RWAs reached over $19.1B in distributed value, growing 4.67% over the past month despite a crypto downturn.

𝘈𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘰, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘱 7.63% 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 593,000 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘴.

Private credit continues to dominate, accounting for $19.5B in active loans, while tokenized Treasuries have reached $9B.

Tokenized gold is emerging as a major winner, surging 227% YTD to $3.27B.

𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 @𝘳𝘸𝘢_𝘪𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘞𝘈 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 $36𝘉, 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 2,200% 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 2020.

However, liquidity and pricing remain fragmented across chains, leading to inefficiencies and lost yield opportunities.

If these structural issues are solved, analysts expect RWAs to scale aggressively in 2026, with projections ranging from $150–250B and RWAs becoming a core source of sustainable yield for DeFi.

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