Tokenized Assets Must Become Tradable to Unlock $320 Billion Market

RWA Inc's CEO Kevin Yunai emphasizes that tokenized assets must become tradable to unlock the $320 billion real-world asset (RWA) market. According to Yunai, simple tokenization is not enough; productive onchain finance requires that tokens are usable, tradable, financeable, pledgeable, composable, transparent, and connected to real economic yield.

The RWA sector has made significant progress in proving that traditional assets can be represented onchain, but the next phase of development involves creating a financial ecosystem around tokenized assets. This includes access to wallets, exchanges, custodians, DeFi infrastructure, reporting systems, and compliant secondary markets.

Liquidity is not created by minting a token; it requires trust, standards, distribution, and market depth. Yunai believes that the industry needs more than issuance platforms, it needs full market infrastructure, including regulated secondary markets, reliable market makers, standardized disclosures, trusted custody, verified pricing, interoperable compliance, identity layers, institutional settlement, and clear redemption mechanics.

The RWA sector must develop a balance between blockchain efficiency and real-world asset requirements. Yunai notes that 'blockchain gives speed, transparency, automation, and global reach,' but real-world assets require legal enforceability, ownership structures, custody, KYC, reporting, valuation, and redemption processes.