Tokenized Assets Could Reach $1.6T by 2030, Binance Research

Binance Research projects tokenized real-world assets could reach about $1.6 trillion by 2030, positioning tokenization as a bridge between traditional finance and blockchain rails. Today adoption is tiny — roughly 0.01% penetration across fixed income, equities, real estate, private credit and commodities — but U.S. Treasury-linked tokens (about half of current RWA value), gold-backed commodities (~$5.1B) and tokenized public equities (~$1.5B) are leading use cases. The report highlights Ethereum and permissioned networks (e.g., Provenance, Canton) as infrastructure options and stresses that regulatory clarity, issuer activity and interoperable infrastructure are required to scale beyond pilots. Market impact: broader tokenization could boost liquidity, speed settlement and create new trading rails for treasuries and gold, creating a potentially large institutional market if policy and infrastructure align.