RWA

Real-World Assets (RWA) are tangible or intangible assets from the physical world, such as real estate, commodities, or financial instruments, that can be tokenized on a blockchain. By bridging traditional finance and digital assets, RWAs enhance liquidity, transparency, and accessibility, enabling broader participation in investment opportunities and fostering innovation in finance. Check out the table on this page that includes crypto projects with descriptions and interest levels based on the CryptoTotem algorithm. Learn more ↓
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Projects Status Date start
Raised Launchpad Ecosystem X score Interest lvl
Industry
IDO
Upcoming IDO
Jul 08, 2025
Medium
AI
+5
IDO
Ongoing IDO
May 12, 2025
NA
AI
+2
ICO
Ongoing
May 12, 2025
Low
Blockchain
+2
May 12, 2025
NA
Mining
+4
IDO
TBA
Low
Real Estate
+4
IDO
Past
Jun 20, 2025
$16M
+1
Medium
Gaming
+5
IDO
Past
Jun 17, 2025
NA
Trading & Investing
+2
IDO
Past
Jun 26, 2025
NA
Art & Music
+4
IDO
TBA
NA
Multi-Chain Platform
+4
Pharos bounty
TBA
$8M
Medium
Finance
+6
TBA
NA
Real Estate
+7
IDO
Past
May 26, 2025
Low
Data Analytics
+3
May 26, 2025
NA
Data Analytics
+9
IDO
Jun 07, 2025
Low
RWA
+1
Jun 07, 2025
NA
Mining
+6
IDO
Past
May 14, 2025
NA
DeFi
+2
Rayls bounty
May 14, 2025
NA
Finance
+6
May 14, 2025
$521,75M
   
Highest
Crowdfunding & Lending
+3
IEO
Past
Apr 24, 2025
$6M
Medium
Blockchain
+7
ICO
Past
Apr 24, 2025
Medium
AI
+3
Apr 24, 2025
$65,25M
NA
Finance
+7
Apr 24, 2025
$50M
NA
Identity & Reputation
+3
Apr 24, 2025
Low
RWA
IDO
Past
Apr 12, 2025
NA
Web 3.0
+1
IEO
IDO
Past
Apr 26, 2025
NA
Finance
+6
Apr 26, 2025
$26M
NA
Blockchain
+10
Apr 26, 2025
$23,6M
NA
Blockchain
+9
ICO
Past
Apr 26, 2025
Medium
Real Estate
+4
ICO
IEO
Past
Apr 16, 2025
NA
Exchanges & Wallets
+5
ICO
Past
Apr 16, 2025
Low
Data Analytics
+7
ICO
Past
Apr 16, 2025
Low
Crowdfunding & Lending
+3
IDO
Mar 26, 2025
Medium
DeFi
+3
Mar 26, 2025
$0,6M
NA
DeFi
+2
IDO
Past
Mar 07, 2025
+1
Medium
Sport
+9
IDO
Past
Mar 16, 2025
NA
Events & Entertainment
+7
Mar 16, 2025
NA
Production & Manufacturing
+3
IDO
Past
Feb 26, 2025
Medium
AI
+4
IDO
Past
Mar 14, 2025
NA
Real Estate
+4
Gasp bounty
Mar 14, 2025
$11,05M
Medium
Gaming
+6
ICO
IDO
Past
Feb 21, 2025
Low
Software
+6
IDO
Past
Jan 22, 2025
$3,3M
Medium
Finance
+5
IDO
TBA
Low
DeFi
+2
TBA
$102,75M
NA
Crowdfunding & Lending
+5
ICO
Past
Nov 07, 2024
Low
AI
+3
ICO
Past
May 12, 2025
$5,2M
Medium
Blockchain
+3
ICO
Past
Jan 13, 2025
NA
Blockchain
+2
IDO
Past
Dec 13, 2024
Medium
DeFi
+4
IDO
Past
Dec 12, 2024
$3,2M
Medium
Finance
+2
IDO
TBA
Medium
Data Analytics
+7
ICO
IDO
TBA
NA
Exchanges & Wallets
+4

What is RWA

The term RWA (Real World Assets) in the cryptocurrency sphere is associated with the tokenization of “real world” assets. This term is associated with the placement in blockchains of such financial products as direct investments, debt obligations, real estate rights, stocks, bonds, and so on.

Proponents of the idea believe that tokenization can significantly transform the existing financial infrastructure for the better.

The concept involves tokenizing already existing assets to transfer value to decentralized financial applications, reduce costs or improve the efficiency of funds management in traditional markets.

How does RWA work

While the process of representing an asset digitally is nothing new, blockchain technology has significantly expanded its boundaries. Tokenization brings together real-world assets and the ability to store, trade and transfer them directly in the digital space. During this process, the value associated with a tangible or intangible object is converted into a token. Simply put, tokenization can turn any asset into a digital asset, providing seamless transfer, high liquidity, equity and easy storage – all without intermediaries.

It’s also worth noting that RWAs encourage more community involvement in the DeFi sector. And even those who don’t know much about it. In addition, Real World Assets can be categorized as traditional finance (TradFi) with lots of rules, intermediaries, and more. This tokenization model makes it possible to move assets into the decentralized world, making them part of an actively growing industry.

The tokenization process under RWA can be divided into three stages:

External legitimization of the asset

So called off-chain formalization with legal and administrative requirements, legal and administrative processes.

Digital-physical integration

The encryption of financial and legal factors of transactions using smart-contracts. In addition here are selected token models ERC20, ERC721, ERC3643, ERC2222, ERC1400 and others.

Dynamics and market management of the tokenized asset market

Direct withdrawal of assets in the form of cryptocurrencies to the market. At the same time, the dynamics of supply and demand are established, liquidity checks are performed and the price of assets is evaluated. In addition, a check for compliance with AML, KYC rules is performed.

The Real World Assets market is not yet fully formed, but has already managed to divide into categories of projects belonging to the general trend of tokenized real world assets.

  1. Centralized Stablecoins. USDT from Tether or USDC from Circle are inherently RWAs – the issuing companies of these tokens lock fiat currencies, government or commercial securities in their accounts as collateral. They then issue the stablecoins, which is a kind of tokenization.
  2. Precious metals. Participants in this area of the RWA market are issuers of steblecoins that have precious metals in physical form as collateral. For example, Paxos or Tether XAUT.
  3. Works of art and collectibles. This segment is represented through the NFT marketplace. In 2021, when the NFT fever was just starting, a lot of artists and just collectors started tokenizing their works. For example, Justin Sun bought paintings by Picasso and Andy Warhol as NFTs for $22 million.
  4. Private lending. Popular representative of the sector is MakerDAO or Sky Money now. In 2022, the project opened a $100 million tokenized line of credit to the U.S. Huntingdon Valley Bank, earning a percentage of the profits.
  5. Stocks and bonds. For example, behind the stablecoin USDM on ETH are treasury bonds, thanks to which, the company receives passive income of about 5% per annum. It is also possible to tokenize any shares from the stock market.
  6. Real Estate. In early 2023, the French conglomerate Societe Generale borrowed $7 million in DAI stablecoin from MakerDAO. In turn, this crdit was backed by $40 million in bonds.
  7. Digital assets. Tokenization can transform services and platforms that were previously centralized into something more. An example is the Fragment service developed by the Telegram team. It sells usernames for users, chat rooms and channels, the rights to which can now be secured in the blockchain.

Thus, even Telegram channels can be tokenized, for example, by distributing tokens among subscribers, the channel can form a DAO, where users are interested in the growth and development of the channel and directly benefit from it, as well as can make decisions and participate in management.

Key benefits of holding property with RWA

  • Reduces costs by removing intermediaries such as attorneys, brokers, banks, etc.
  • Allows for quick and efficient trading of items 24/7, which traditionally could only be done during business hours.
  • Lowers the barrier to entry and creates more liquidity.
  • Transparent process increase trust and accountability for traders.
  • Improved traceability. Blockchain immutability ensures no disputes or fraud in records.
  • Built-in legal compliance.

Conclusion

In conclusion, tokenization and the migration of traditional assets to blockchain are associated with a number of challenges that this young market segment will need to overcome for further expansion. The main ones are: the legal framework; technical limitations; and storage security.

Regulation of RWAs is generally more certain than in cryptocurrencies, as the underlying asset is already integrated into the regulatory framework of a jurisdiction – but if securities are traded on controlled and transparent platforms, things are more complicated with their tokenized versions, as they actually form a new market.

To protect investors’ rights, the industry requires a regulated procedure for the issuance, redemption and turnover of RWAs, and such rules have not yet been established in all key jurisdictions.