Citi predicts the tokenized securities market will grow to $5.5 trillion by 2030

Stablecoins alone will generate a demand for up to $1 trillion worth of onchain U.S. Treasury bills and $2.6 trillion for tokenized stocks, said Citi. What to know : Citi projects that tokenization of real-world assets will surge from a $17 billion market today to as much as $5.5 trillion by 2030, with a range of $2.7 trillion to $8.2 trillion depending on adoption speed. Major market infrastructures including DTCC, Nasdaq and the NYSE’s owner are embedding tokenization into their core trading systems, while growing stablecoin use and clearer U.S. regulation are enabling instant, on-chain settlement. Citi expects tokenization to concentrate in mainstream public markets such as U.S. Treasuries and stocks, with parallel legacy and digital systems coexisting for years and giving an edge to large “structural orchestrators” that control both assets and payment rails.