BlackRock, JPMorgan, and Ripple Are Racing Into a $65 Billion RWA Market That Could Reach $30 Trillion

Wall Street’s biggest players are making a surprising bet, and it isn’t on Bitcoin or Altcoins. BlackRock, JPMorgan, and Ripple are pouring money into tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), a market already worth about $65 billion. 

Industry experts predict that this RWA market could grow from $2 trillion to $30 trillion over the next decade.

Wall Street Is Going All In RWA

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager with AUM of $13.9 trillion, has emerged as one of tokenization’s biggest advocates. CEO Larry Fink has repeatedly described tokenization as the “next generation for markets.”

Its tokenized Treasury fund, BUIDL, has already attracted approximately $2.3 billion in assets.

Franklin Templeton moved even earlier. Its OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund (FOBXX), one of the first regulated tokenized money market funds, now manages around $822 million.

Just a few years ago, many banks saw blockchain as a threat. Today, they are helping build it. JPMorgan’s Kinexys platform, formerly known as Onyx, has already handled billions of dollars in tokenized transactions, including settlements, deposits, and repo trades.

Goldman Sachs, BNY Mellon, Citi, and HSBC have launched similar initiatives as competition intensifies.

Ripple Sees Trillion-Dollar Growth

Ripple believes the industry is approaching a tipping point. The company estimates tokenized assets could expand from roughly $600 billion in 2026 to $18.9 trillion by 2033.

To support that vision, Ripple has expanded tokenized asset capabilities on the XRP Ledger and launched RLUSD, its dollar-backed stablecoin designed for settlement and liquidity.

Advantages of Tokenized Treasuries

Treasuries are already one of the most trusted and widely used assets in global finance, making them the easiest place to test the benefits of blockchain technology.

The advantages are hard to ignore:

• Faster Settlement: Transactions can settle within minutes instead of waiting days.
• 24/7 Access: Investors can buy, sell, or transfer assets at any time, not just during market hours.
• Better Capital Efficiency: Tokenized Treasuries can be used as collateral instantly, helping institutions move capital more efficiently.
• Lower Costs: Fewer intermediaries mean lower operational and settlement costs.

Because of this, many see tokenized Treasuries as the first major step toward bringing traditional finance on-chain.

RWA Could Reach $30 Trillion

What’s making investors pay attention is the prediction around RWA. McKinsey sees a $2 trillion market by 2030. Boston Consulting Group estimates $16 trillion. 

Meanwhile, Standard Chartered goes even further, forecasting $30.1 trillion by 2034.