[Aave Founder: DeFi Could Benefit from $50 Trillion in Tokenized Assets by 2050] According to Cointelegraph, Aave founder Stani Kulechov stated that by 2050, DeFi could benefit from $50 trillion worth of 'abundant assets' (such as solar energy) through tokenization, thereby creating a new category of on-chain collateral. Data from RWA.xyz shows that nearly $25 billion in real-world assets have already been tokenized on-chain, primarily in the form of U.S. Treasury bonds, stocks, commodities, private credit, and real estate. Kulechov predicts that these scarce assets will continue to grow, but 'the greatest impact of tokenization can be achieved by tokenizing abundant assets.' By 2050, solar energy alone could account for $15-30 trillion.