The future of RWA was a big conversation at TOKEN2049 Singapore 🇸🇬
During TOKEN2049 week, @Brickken engaged with institutions, asset managers, family offices, banks and infrastructure providers on the real challenges behind tokenized capital markets.
➠ @edwin_mata discussed tokenized funds, private credit and real estate, and why issuance alone isn’t enough.
➠ @Ludovico__Rossi explored agentic finance and why trust, reliable data and governed execution are critical for AI-driven capital markets.
➠ The RWA Paddock brought industry leaders together to discuss investor access, distribution and what comes after tokenization.
This is the part of RWA that matters to me.
Putting assets onchain is one thing. Building the infrastructure that connects real assets, investors, capital and compliant financial operations is a much bigger challenge.
I’ve been following the RWA space closely, and the opportunity goes far beyond tokenizing assets. We’re talking about rebuilding how private markets operate.
➠ Proposing new rules to regulate the US crypto industry.
➠ Advancing investor protection measures against fraud, manipulation, and market abuse.
➠ Signaling that it will pursue clearer crypto regulations regardless of whether Congress passes legislation.
And what's more interesting is
The US wants to lead crypto innovation instead of watching it move overseas.
As regulatory clarity improves, institutions could gain more confidence to tokenize real estate, private credit, funds, and other traditional assets.
Trillions in assets could eventually move onchain.
We’re still early in this transition, and the infrastructure needed to support it is being built right now.
That’s why projects like @Brickken are worth watching. They’re already building the infrastructure for businesses to tokenize real-world assets and bring traditional finance onchain.
Regulations are evolving. Infrastructure is maturing. Adoption has room to grow.
The US is already moving toward clearer crypto market structure rules, even without the Clarity Act passing.
And look at what the CFTC is preparing for: onchain systems, mass tokenization, 24/7 trading, and agentic finance.
Regulatory clarity could be a massive catalyst for tokenization.
More clarity means more confidence for institutions to bring real-world assets onchain, from real estate and private credit to funds and other financial instruments.
We’re talking about a potential trillion-dollar industry.
@Brickken has been building the infrastructure for this shift, helping businesses tokenize real-world assets and bring traditional finance onchain.
The market is still developing. The rules are evolving. The infrastructure is being built.
I’m positioning myself early because I believe the next phase of RWA growth will be much bigger than what we’re seeing today.
Real estate tokenization needs more than putting assets onchain.
The bigger challenge is connecting banks, fintechs, regulators, and asset data that still operate in separate systems.
@edwin_mata explains at @rwasummitglobal why the next major step is making stablecoins accessible through everyday banking. When people can move money onchain as easily as making a regular bank transfer, accessing tokenized real estate and other RWAs becomes much more practical.
For Brickken, this is the bigger picture: building the infrastructure is one part of the equation. Making it usable is what brings tokenization closer to the mainstream.
RWAs are making new all-time highs this year. Ngl, I don’t think this trend is slowing down anytime soon.
The CFTC just proposed a new federal framework for crypto markets after Congress failed to pass the Clarity Act.
But with or without regulatory clarity, the direction is becoming obvious:
Trillions of dollars are coming onchain.
That’s why I keep watching @Brickken early.
They’ve been building for RWAs since day one:
➠ Tokenization infrastructure for real-world assets ➠ Private markets brought onchain ➠ Agentic Capital Markets ➠ Global clients and deployments ➠ Infrastructure designed for assets to actually operate onchain
And the team keeps shipping.
I’m not saying $BKN is guaranteed to do anything.
Better DYOR on @Brickken while the market is still early
It’s trillions of dollars of real-world assets moving onchain and actually becoming productive.
That’s why I’m paying attention to the infrastructure being built around this, especially @Brickken and its push toward the asset layer for agentic capital markets.
Early on RWAs to trillions. Early on $BKN to billions.
RWA quietly crossed $8.5B while everyone was watching everything else.
I was looking through the 3-month RWA data and what caught my attention was the activity underneath it.
Tokenized market cap is now around $8.58B, while 24H volume hit $1.32B, up 171%.
And now it’s trending on X too.
To me, this is less about hitting another arbitrary milestone and more about RWA starting to look like an actual market.
More assets. More issuers. More liquidity. More infrastructure being built around them.
That’s also why I keep watching @Brickken.
I’ve been following the RWA space since 2024, and Brickken is one of the communities I’ve seen consistently focused on the infrastructure behind tokenization
150+ clients, $660M+ in total tokenized value, 40+ countries served, and a solid RWA community
$8.58B is the headline.
The infrastructure being built around that number is the part I’m watching
@Brickken is building the infrastructure to bring real-world assets onchain, giving institutions the tools to issue, manage, tokenize and scale assets like real estate, funds, private credit and other financial instruments.
And the numbers are already there:
➠ +150 clients ➠ +$660M Total Tokenized Value ➠ +40 countries served ➠ +28M $BKN staked by the community
What gets me more interested is where @Brickken is going next.
It’s not just about tokenizing assets.
Brickken is building the asset and coordination layer for Agentic Capital Markets, where AI agents can work with machine-readable assets, verifiable claims, capital mandates and defined permissions.
RWA brings assets onchain.
Agentic infrastructure makes them usable by the next generation of financial systems.
@Brickken has one of the strongest RWA communities I’ve come across and I think numbers like this show that people aren’t here just for the narrative.
I think $BKN holders understand where RWA is heading and, more importantly, what @Brickken is actually building to be part of that future.
Staked $BKN has grown from 25M to 28M through the BKN 2.0 migration, now representing 18.7% of total supply
I’m staking my $BKN too.
Trillions of dollars of real-world assets are still waiting to move onchain. The infrastructure being built today will matter when that capital starts flowing.
Now we’re seeing Democrats signaling they’re willing to work with Republicans on crypto legislation, while the White House has made clear it wants a framework it can sign. That matters because getting actual rules on the books will require bipartisan support.
For me, this reinforces one thing:
Crypto regulation is becoming a question of “when,” not whether the U.S. will build a framework.
And that’s exactly why I keep watching the infrastructure being built underneath the headlines.
@Brickken is working toward Agentic Capital Markets and bringing tokenized assets, programmable finance and autonomous agents together onchain so capital markets can operate more efficiently and transparently.
CLARITY Act failed to secure the 60 Senate votes needed.
It can definitely shake the market in the short term. Expect volatility, sentiment will shift, traders will overreact, and we could see some ugly wicks.
But RWA is still RWA.
Capital is still moving onchain. Institutions are still exploring tokenization. Real-world assets are still being brought onto public infrastructure.
Trillions are still coming. The world will still be tokenized.
I’m still positioned for RWA to make multiple ATHs as adoption compounds.
This is also why I keep paying attention to what @Brickken is building.
They’re not just riding the RWA narrative. They’re working toward the infrastructure for Agentic Capital Markets, where capital markets can become more automated, programmable and accessible through onchain rails.
That’s the part I find interesting.
The headlines will change every week. The infrastructure being built underneath them is what I’m watching.
Still bullish on RWA. Still bullish on the builders positioning early.
$BKN is now sitting in the Top 3 RWA gainers on CMC over the last 60 days
I honestly think the market is still sleeping on it.
One thing worth noting: CMC is still displaying outdated/inaccurate information for Brickken. If the verified figures were reflected correctly, $BKN would already rank below #1,000 in the overall crypto market.
That matters because market cap ranking heavily influences how people discover and value projects.
And I’m not bullish on $BKN just because it’s pumping.
I’m bullish because the underlying RWA thesis is getting bigger by the day.
RWA is already a $45B+ market, institutions are increasingly moving toward tokenization, and the long-term opportunity is measured in trillions of dollars of assets coming onchain.
When that capital starts flowing at scale, I want exposure to the teams that are already building the infrastructure for it.
For me, @Brickken is one of those teams.
The market can keep discovering $BKN one step at a time.
I’m positioning before the trillion-dollar RWA market becomes obvious to everyone.
I think it’s time to start loading #RWA bags again
➠ RWA market cap just hit a new ATH at $45B.
➠ The CLARITY Act is getting closer, potentially giving digital assets and tokenization a much clearer regulatory path in the US.
➠ Institutions are moving deeper into RWA tokenization, exploring how traditional assets can be issued, managed and distributed onchain.
And one of the RWA bags I’m watching most closely right now is $BKN
Brickken just ripped 30%+ today and is now the top #1 RWA gainers.
But the price action isn’t what makes me bullish. The infrastructure does.
@Brickken is building the rails for businesses and institutions to bring real-world assets onchain. It's from token issuance and compliance to investor onboarding, distribution and full asset lifecycle management, while its APIs and SDKs make the infrastructure accessible to developers.
And I think this is where the market is still massively underestimating the opportunity:
RWA isn’t just about putting assets onchain.
It’s about building the infrastructure that can make trillions of dollars in traditionally illiquid assets programmable, compliant and globally accessible.
$45B today.
Institutions moving in.
Regulation catching up.
Infrastructure being built.
And the market is only starting to price in what this could become.
I’d rather accumulate the builders laying the rails now than chase them after the trillion-dollar narrative is already obvious.
$BKN remains one of my highest-conviction RWA plays.
RWAs could become the next liquidity channel for the entire market
The previous cycles had ICOs → stablecoins → ETFs/DATs.
Now capital is moving on-chain through Treasuries, funds, equities, credit and real-world assets.
And the important part?
This capital doesn’t have to stay inside the RWA wrapper.
Once tokenized assets become collateral, settle onchain, and interact with DeFi, the line between traditional finance and crypto gets thinner every day.
That’s why I’ve been paying so much attention to the infrastructure layer.
Projects like @Brickken are building the rails that make this transition possible: issuance, compliance, investor onboarding and lifecycle management.
I’m increasingly convinced the next crypto bull market won’t just be about more people buying crypto.
It will be about trillions in traditional capital finally becoming programmable onchain.
RWA is one of the strongest candidates to bring that liquidity in.
And I honestly think we’re still ridiculously early.
What’s getting interesting isn’t just the growth in tokenized assets.
RWA DeFi TVL is up 6.8% over 90 days, while daily DEX volume has exploded 375.2% to $666M
That tells me RWA is moving beyond simply putting assets onchain.
We’re starting to see real financial activity happen onchain.
This is why I’m especially bullish on RWA builders like Brickken.
@Brickken is building the infrastructure to bring traditional assets onchain covering token issuance, compliance, investor management, asset lifecycle, APIs, SDKs and tools that make tokenization easier to scale.
The market is at $45B today.
The opportunity ahead is measured in trillions.
The builders laying the rails before that capital arrives are the ones I’m paying attention to 🔥
I don’t think people fully understand how big the next cycle could get once the rules around crypto finally become clearer.
$16T+ of potential capital tied to RWAs, tokenization and stablecoin payments.
Meanwhile, the entire crypto market is around $2.2T.
The U.S. stock market alone is worth $75T+.
Think about that gap.
This is why I’m increasingly bullish on RWA.
Because traditional capital is already massive and tokenization gives it a new way to move onchain.
And I’m paying close attention to the infrastructure being built before that capital arrives.
That’s where @Brickken stands out to me.
Brickken is building the infrastructure for institutions to tokenize, issue and manage real-world assets onchain.
If CLARITY becomes reality and institutional adoption accelerates, I want to be positioned around the companies building the rails. Bullish on projects that are building early for this sh