Institutions Eye Blockchain Infrastructure Ownership as RWA Market Hits $15B
Institutions Eye Blockchain Infrastructure Ownership as RWA Market Hits $15B
๐ฆ Institutions Ready to Own Blockchain?
The real-world asset (RWA) market has reached $15 billion, demonstrating genuine institutional appetite for onchain settlement.
The focus is shifting from institutions simply using blockchain infrastructure to potentially operating their own networks. These discussions are already underway, with the necessary infrastructure now available.
This evolution follows earlier industry conversations about stablecoin use cases and institutional settlement networks, suggesting a maturation of institutional blockchain adoption beyond basic usage.
$15B in RWAs proves institutional demand for onchain settlement is real. Now the question shifts: when do institutions moving billions graduate from using blockchain to running their own? We're in those conversations now. The infrastructure is ready.
Ethereumโs RWA Market Cap Just Surpassed $15B ๐ Up ~200% year-over-year. This is measurable capital migration. The Ethereum ecosystem has quietly become the primary settlement layer for tokenized real-world assets from treasuries to credit products. $15B in RWAs means: โ
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Startale Group and SBI Holdings Launch JPYSC Trust Bank-Backed Stablecoin
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