According to Chris Yin, co-founder and CEO of the RWA-focused Layer 2 blockchain Plume, the market value of real-world assets (RWA) could grow more than three times by 2026 as the RWA market expands beyond cryptocurrency-native use cases and utility.
In an interview with Cointelegraph, Yin stated that the value of RWA has significantly increased over the past year, and he expects it to grow 3 to 5 times as a baseline scenario by 2026.
"Currently, we have tracked a more than tenfold increase in the number of RWA holders since the beginning of the year, so we expect to maintain this growth momentum. We think it's not crazy to imagine another year of user growth reaching over 25 times," he said.
According to RWA.xyz, it is estimated that there are over $35 billion in RWA on-chain, distributed among more than 539,000 holders.
Yin noted that the tokenized RWA market currently serves cryptocurrency-native users entirely, but he predicts that the market will experience exponential growth in terms of total value, users, asset classes, and utility.
"While the vast majority of RWA value is currently concentrated in U.S. Treasury bonds, the combination of market maturation and interest rate cuts is driving on-chain users to seek higher yields in new areas," he said.
Regulation may also play a role. Many countries, such as the United States, are developing legislation to manage stablecoins and other tokenized assets. Yin stated that this will help them move out of the sandbox and into real-world applications soon.
"In addition to pure issuance on the supply side, we expect the demand side to eventually start going on-chain as well," Yin added.
Plume announced on Wednesday that the tokenization platform Securitize, supported by BlackRock and Morgan Stanley, plans to deploy institutional-grade assets on Plume's Nest staking protocol.
The Nest staking protocol allows investors to trade tokenized assets and earn yields. According to Plume, this collaboration will connect Securitize's tokenized funds to Plume's network of over 280,000 RWA holders.
The Hamilton Lane fund will be among the first, followed by other issuers and asset classes on the Securitize platform in 2026.
Plume has 279,692 RWA holders, accounting for about 50% of the total number of RWA network holders. However, according to RWA.xyz, Plume has not entered the top ten networks.
Nevertheless, Yin explained that while Plume has a large user share, the RWA assets held by each holder may be less than those in other networks.
"Plume has 280,000 users holding a total of $200 million in RWA, which is a healthier indicator of network usage," he added.
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Original article: “Plume CEO predicts RWA will grow 3 to 5 times by 2026 as it evolves beyond cryptocurrency-native users”
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